POST /Account/ChangePassword/

Updates the password for the current account, or if an account ID is specified, the password for the specified account.
 

Request

Method Request URI
POST /API/Account/ChangePassword/?sessionId=value

URI Parameters

URI Parameter Description
sessionId Current session ID.

Request Body

Name: options
Type: Dundas.BI.WebApi.Models.ChangePasswordOptions

Response

Response Body

The status code indication of success or reason of failure.

Examples

This example will change the password from "1234" to "4321" for the user with ID = 70161c7a-fb5e-49a2-a30d-7780862c1453.

C# Java JavaScript
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;
using System.Web.Script.Serialization;

   ...

using (HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient())
{
	// Get Session Id
	string logonUri = "http://localhost:8004/Api/LogOn/";
	var logonOptions = new
	{
		accountName = "admin",
		password = "1234",
		cultureName = string.Empty,
		deleteOtherSessions = true,
		isWindowsLogOn = false
	};

	JavaScriptSerializer serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
	var requestBodyAsString = serializer.Serialize(logonOptions);
	StringContent content =
		new StringContent(
			requestBodyAsString,
			Encoding.UTF8,
			"application/json"
		);

	string jsonString = string.Empty;

	using (var response = httpClient.PostAsync(logonUri, content).Result)
	{
		jsonString =
			response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
	}

	var obj = (Dictionary<string,object>) serializer.DeserializeObject(jsonString);
	string sessionId = obj["sessionId"].ToString();
	string url = "http://localhost:8004/API/Account/ChangePassword/?sessionId=" + sessionId + "";

	// Define the request body
	HttpContent requestBody = null;
	requestBody = 
		new StringContent(@"
		{
		     ""oldPassword"":  ""1234"",
		     ""newPassword"":  ""4321"" 
		}
		",Encoding.UTF8,"application/json");
	using (var response = httpClient.PostAsync(url, requestBody).Result)
	{
		if(response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Success");

			// The status code indication of success or
			// reason of failure.
			string jsonObject = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
		}
	}
}

		
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpDelete;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPut;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
import org.json.JSONObject;

   ...

HttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();

String url = "http://localhost:8004";

// Get Session Id
String logonUri = url + "Api/LogOn/"
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(logonUri);
StringEntity stringEntity = 
	new StringEntity("{
		+ "\"accountName\":\"admin\","
		+ "\"password":\"1234\","
		+ "\"cultureName\":\"\","
		+ "\"deleteOtherSessions\":false,"
		+ "\"isWindowsLogOn\":false"
		+ "}"
	);
stringEntity.setContentType("application/json");
httpPost.setEntity(stringEntity);
HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpPost);
String jsonString = EntityUtils.toString(httpResponse.getEntity());
JSONObject jsonObj = new JSONObject(jsonString);
String sessionId = jsonObj.getString("sessionId")

String requestUrl = "http://localhost:8004/API/Account/ChangePassword/?sessionId=" + sessionId + "";

// Define the Request Method.
HttpPost requstMethod = new HttpPost(requestUrl);

// Define the Request Body.
StringEntity input =
	new StringEntity(
		 "{"
		+ " \"oldPassword\":  \"1234\","
		+ " \"newPassword\":  \"4321\" "
		+ "}"
	);
input.setContentType("application/json");
requstMethod.setEntity(input);
HttpResponse response = 
	httpClient.execute(requstMethod);

if(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == 200)
{
	System.out.println("Success");
}
// The status code indication of success or
// reason of failure.
String json = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity());
		
var baseUrl = 'http://localhost:8005';
var logonOptions =
{
	accountName: 'admin',
	password: '1234',
	cultureName: 'en-us',
	deleteOtherSessions: false,
	isWindowsLogOn: false
};
$.ajax({
	type: 'POST',
	url: baseUrl + '/Api/LogOn/',
	data: logonOptions,
	success: function(logOnResultData) { 
		var sessionId = logOnResultData.sessionId; 

		var dataObject =
			{			
			     "oldPassword":  "1234",
			     "newPassword":  "4321" 
			
			};

		$.ajax({
			type: "POST",
			url: baseUrl + "/API/Account/ChangePassword/?sessionId=" + sessionId + "",
			data: dataObject,
			success: function(data) { 
				 // data = The status code indication of
				 // success or reason of failure.

			},
			error: function(data) { alert('failed' + data); }
		});
	}
});