---
title: "Request password reset email"
method: POST
path: "/v1/auth/forgot-password"
tags: ["Authentication"]
---

# Request password reset email

`POST /v1/auth/forgot-password`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.1claw.co`
- URL: `https://api.1claw.co/v1/auth/forgot-password`
- Auth: none required

Always returns the same message whether or not the email exists (no account enumeration).
Only password-based accounts receive mail.

## Request body

- ForgotPasswordRequest
  - `email` string, email, required

## Response `200`

Acknowledgement (check email if account exists)

- ForgotPasswordResponse
  - `message` string, required
  - `status` 'email_sent' | 'no_account' | 'social_account' | 'invalid', required: Outcome of the reset request: - email_sent: password reset email dispatched - no_account: no account found for the email - social_account: account uses Google/SSO sign-in - invalid: request was malformed

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