---
title: "Begin a Cognito email change to a new address."
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/account/email-change/start"
tags: ["Account"]
---

# Begin a Cognito email change to a new address.

`POST /api/v1/account/email-change/start`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.avatarfactory.io` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.avatarfactory.io/api/v1/account/email-change/start`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in cookie `session`
  - HTTP bearer

## Request body

- EmailChangeStartRequest
  - `access_token` string, required: Cognito access token
  - `new_email` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- OkResponse
  - `ok` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `409`: Conflict
- `422`: Unprocessable Entity
- `429`: Too Many Requests

---

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