---
title: "POST /auth/creds/forgot"
method: POST
path: "/auth/creds/forgot"
tags: ["auth"]
---

# POST /auth/creds/forgot

`POST /auth/creds/forgot`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.outdoorsy.com/v0`
- URL: `https://api.outdoorsy.com/v0/auth/creds/forgot`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `Authorization`
  - API key in header `API-Key`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/outdoorsy/apis/outdoorsy-api-documentation/docs/auth/creds/forgot/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Sends email to registered email with password reset instructions

## Request body

- PasswordForgotRequest
  - `email` string

## Response `204`

Everything went as planned

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid input or state means you're bad
- `401`: Unauthorized error
- `404`: Not found error
- `default`: An unknown, unexpected error.

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