---
title: "Send reset password link"
method: POST
path: "/api/accounts/send-reset-password-link/"
tags: ["accounts"]
---

# Send reset password link

`POST /api/accounts/send-reset-password-link/`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://docs.blindinsight.io` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://docs.blindinsight.io/api/accounts/send-reset-password-link/`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in cookie `sessionid`
  - HTTP basic
  - HTTP bearer
  - none
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/blindinsight/apis/blind-insight-rest-api/docs/api/accounts/send-reset-password-link/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Send a password reset link email to the user with the given email address. This
endpoint does not require the user to have activated their account yet.

The response will be a detail message indicating if the reset link was sent.

**On the command line:**

```bash
blind accounts send-reset-password-link --data '{"email": "demo@example.com"}'
```

## Request body

- DefaultSendResetPasswordLink: Default serializer used for sending reset password link. It will use :ref:`send-reset-password-link-serializer-use-email-setting` setting.
  - `email` string, required

## Response `200`

- ResetPasswordLinkSent
  - `detail` string

## Other responses

- `400`

---

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