Example: Changing a user account password in the request body
Here’s a sample POST request that uses the updatePasswordRequest
data type in the request body to change the password for a Finance tenant user account with the username lgreen . The requested new password is End321!, which is specified in an XML file named Password.xml. The request is made using a system-level user account that includes the security role.
Request body in XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <updatePasswordRequest> <newPassword>End321!</newPassword> </updatePasswordRequest>
Request with cURL command line
curl -k -i -d @Password.xml -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -H "Authorization: HCP YWxscm9sZXM=:04EC9F614D89FF5C7126D32ACB448382" "https://admin.hcp.example.com:9090/mapi/tenants/finance /userAccounts/lgreen/changePassword"
Request headers
POST /mapi/tenants/finance/userAccounts/lgreen/changePassword HTTP/1.1 Host: admin.hcp.example.com:9090 Authorization: HCP YWxscm9sZXM=:04EC9F614D89FF5C7126D32ACB448382 Content-Type: application/xml Content-Length: 2
Response headers
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/xml X-HCP-SoftwareVersion: 9.0.0.2 Content-Length: 0