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Discovery

Resetstart

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Initiates a password reset for the email address provided, when cross-org passwords are enabled. This will trigger an email to be sent to the address, containing a magic link that will allow them to set a new password and authenticate.

This endpoint adapts to your Project's password strength configuration. If you're using zxcvbn, the default, your passwords are considered valid if the strength score is >= 3. If you're using LUDS, your passwords are considered valid if they meet the requirements that you've set with Stytch. You may update your password strength configuration on the Passwords Policy page in the Stytch Dashboard.

post/v1/b2b/passwords/discovery/email/reset/start

Request

  • Base URL
    https://api.stytch.com
  • Auth
    HTTP basic

Request body

email_addressstring required

The email address of the Member to start the email reset process for.

reset_password_redirect_urlstring

The URL that the Member is redirected to from the reset password magic link. This URL should display your application's reset password page. Before rendering the reset page, extract the token from the query parameters. On the reset page, collect the new password and complete the flow by calling the corresponding Password Reset by Email endpoint. If this parameter is not specified, the default Reset Password redirect URL configured in the Dashboard will be used. If you have not set a default Reset Password redirect URL, an error is returned.

discovery_redirect_urlstring

The URL that the end user clicks from the discovery Magic Link. This URL should be an endpoint in the backend server that verifies the request by querying Stytch's discovery authenticate endpoint and continues the flow. If this value is not passed, the default discovery redirect URL that you set in your Dashboard is used. If you have not set a default discovery redirect URL, an error is returned.

reset_password_template_idstring

Use a custom template for reset password emails. By default, it will use your default email template. Templates can be added in the Stytch dashboard using our built-in customization options or custom HTML templates with type “Passwords - Reset Password”.

reset_password_expiration_minutesinteger

Sets a time limit after which the email link to reset the member's password will no longer be valid. The minimum allowed expiration is 5 minutes and the maximum is 10080 minutes (7 days). By default, the expiration is 30 minutes.

pkce_code_challengestring
localestring

Used to determine which language to use when sending the user this delivery method. Parameter is an IETF BCP 47 language tag, e.g. "en".

If no value is provided, the copy defaults to English.

verify_email_template_idstring

Use a custom template for verification emails sent during password reset flows. When cross-organization passwords are enabled for your Project, this template will be used the first time a user sets a password via a password reset flow. By default, it will use your default email template. Templates can be added in the Stytch dashboard using our built-in customization options or custom HTML templates with type “Passwords - Email Verification”.

Response

Successful response

request_idstring required

Globally unique UUID that is returned with every API call. This value is important to log for debugging purposes; we may ask for this value to help identify a specific API call when helping you debug an issue.

status_codeinteger required

The HTTP status code of the response. Stytch follows standard HTTP response status code patterns, e.g. 2XX values equate to success, 3XX values are redirects, 4XX are client errors, and 5XX are server errors.

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