---
title: "Send reset password instructions email"
method: POST
path: "/reset"
---

# Send reset password instructions email

`POST /reset`

## Request body

- EmailLink
  - `email` string, required — Email address to send link email to.

## Response `200`

Reset password response. For forms both success and validation errors.

- DefaultJsonResponse
  - `user` object, required — By default just 'id', and 'authentication_token' are returned. However by overriding _User::get_security_payload()_ any attributes of the User model can be returned.
    - `id` integer, required — Unique user id (primary key)
    - `authentication_token` string — Token to be used in future token-based API calls.
  - `csrf_token` string — Session CSRF token

## Other responses

- `400` — Errors while validating form

## Changes

- **2019-07-23** `11c8459a5c04` — 2 breaking, 1 warning, 5 info
  - the response's body type/format changed from ``/`` to `object`/`` for status `200` (media type: application/json)
  - the `response/errors` response's property type/format changed from `array`/`` to `object`/`` for status `400`
  - removed the optional property `response/field_errors` from the response with the `400` status
  - removed `#/components/schemas/BaseJsonResponse, subschema #2` from the response body `allOf` list for the response status `200` (media type: application/json)
  - …4 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/pallets-eco/apis/flask-security-external-api/changes/reset/post.md)

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