---
title: "Requests a password reset email."
method: POST
path: "/api/auth/forgot-password"
tags: ["auth"]
---

# Requests a password reset email.

`POST /api/auth/forgot-password`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.pricklymails.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.pricklymails.com/api/auth/forgot-password`
- Auth: none declared

## Request body

- ForgotPasswordRequest: Request body for `POST /api/auth/forgot-password`.
  - `email` string, required: The email address of the account requesting a password reset.

## Response `204`

Reset email sent if the address is registered. Same response whether or not the account exists.

## Other responses

- `400`: Malformed email address.

---

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