POST api/account/forgot-password

This method will handle password retrieval request by sending an e-mail to end user with a link that he can follow to reset his password

Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

Instance of ForgotPasswordModel

ForgotPasswordModel

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
Username		string	None.

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "username": "sample string 1"
}

text/html

Sample:

{"username":"sample string 1"}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<ForgotPasswordModel xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Ptd.Model.WebModels.AccountBinding">
  <Username>sample string 1</Username>
</ForgotPasswordModel>

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Sample:

Failed to generate the sample for media type 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'. Cannot use formatter 'JQueryMvcFormUrlEncodedFormatter' to write type 'ForgotPasswordModel'.

Response Information

Resource Description

HTTP 200 OK response

IHttpActionResult

None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json, text/html, application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

Sample not available.