Forgot Password

The following are the steps related to Forgot Password functionality.

1. Validate Username or Email or Mobile Number

2. Challenge Security Questions

3. Pick Your Delivery Method

Step 1: Validate Username or Email or Mobile Number¶

Description

The validateUsernameOrEmailOrMobileNumber endpoint is used to retrieve the forgotten password of the user with the VELA application by providing the username or email or mobile number.

Request

Endpoint

/ui/v1/validateUsernameOrEmailOrMobileNumber  

Method

POST  

Header

Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Digest nonce="0cada2c21ae94896", nl="16", token="480771ff499c028178f560e395bb0d21"  

Header Attributes

ELEMENT	DESCRIPTION	FORMAT
Content-Type	Required Specifies the media type of the request body.	application/json
Authorization	Required Authentication information used to authorize the request. The Digest authorization header contains the nonce, nonce length (nl), and token.	Digest nonce="{nonce}", nl="{nonceLength}", token="{token}"
• nonce	Required Unique value used as part of the request authentication.	e.g., 0bafa2c21ae94792
• nl	Required Nonce Length. Specifies the length of the nonce value.	e.g., 19
• token	Required token is the MD5 of (Merchant Code : Secret : DATE in UTC : Nonce : Nonce Length).	MD5 hash

JSON Body Attributes

ELEMENT	DESCRIPTION
Username or Email or Mobile Number	Required Either Username or Email or Mobile Number is required
firstName	Required First Name of the user
lastName	Required Last Name of the user

Request Body

{
    "id":"",
    "userName":"merchant.user1",
    "currentPassword":"",
    "password":"",
    "reEnterPassword":"",
    "firstName":"Vela",
    "lastName":"User",
    "mobile":"",
    "email":"",
    "reEnterEmail":"",
    "user_name":"**************",
    "mobile_number":"",
    "merchantCode":"VELA"

}

Response

[
    {
        "id": 301,
        "userId": 213,
        "securityQuestionId": 1,
        "answer": "",
        "createdDateTime": 1571353292000,
        "lastUpdatedDateTime": null,
        "securityQuestion": "What was your childhood nickname?",
        "message": null,
        "email": null,
        "mobile": null
    }
]

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Updated As Of Version 7.2.1