---
title: "Send password reset email"
method: POST
path: "/api/auth/passwords/email"
tags: ["Authentication"]
---

# Send password reset email

`POST /api/auth/passwords/email`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.sponsorunited.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.sponsorunited.com/api/auth/passwords/email`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/sponsorunited/apis/sponsorunited-api/docs/api/auth/passwords/email/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Sends a password reset link to the specified email address. Returns success even if email doesn't exist for security reasons.

## Request body

- ForgotPasswordRequest
  - `email` string, email, required: Email address for password reset

## Response `200`

Password reset email sent

- ForgotPasswordResponse
  - `success` boolean: Whether the request was processed successfully
  - `status` string: Status message

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/sponsorunited/apis/sponsorunited-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/sponsorunited/apis/sponsorunited-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/sponsorunited/apis/sponsorunited-api/revisions/cbf1ca5bff8f?raw)