Chilkat Online Tools

Android / Salesforce Platform APIs / Forgot Password - Change Password

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    boolean success;

    // Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON

    // The following JSON is sent in the request body.

    // {
    //   "username": "<username>",
    //   "newpassword": "<new password>",
    //   "otp": "<OTP sent ot end user>"
    // }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("username","<username>");
    json.UpdateString("newpassword","<new password>");
    json.UpdateString("otp","<OTP sent ot end user>");

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3("https://login.salesforce.com{{site}}/services/auth/headless/forgot_password","application/json",json);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));
    Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());


  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-d '{
    "username": "<username>",
    "newpassword": "<new password>",
    "otp": "<OTP sent ot end user>"
}'
https://login.salesforce.com{{site}}/services/auth/headless/forgot_password

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Forgot Password - Change Password",
  "protocolProfileBehavior": {
    "disabledSystemHeaders": {
      "accept": true,
      "accept-encoding": true,
      "connection": true,
      "user-agent": true
    }
  },
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "noauth"
    },
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"username\": \"<username>\",\n    \"newpassword\": \"<new password>\",\n    \"otp\": \"<OTP sent ot end user>\"\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{url}}{{site}}/services/auth/headless/forgot_password",
      "host": [
        "{{url}}{{site}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "auth",
        "headless",
        "forgot_password"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Forgot Password/Change Password is a two step process:\nIn the first step you pass a username and recaptcha token into the endpoint. Salesforce then sends an OPT to the end user. In the second step you collect that OTP from the end user, confirming that they do own the email associated to the user, and the new password. This call is the second step in that process."
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}