# Validates password

POST https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate-password
Content-Type: application/json

Verifies that the password adheres to the [Unleash password guidelines](https://docs.getunleash.io/using-unleash/deploy/configuring-unleash#securing-unleash)

Reference: https://docs.getunleash.io/api/validate-password

## OpenAPI Specification

```yaml
openapi: 3.1.1
info:
  title: Validates password
  version: endpoint_auth.validatePassword
paths:
  /auth/reset/validate-password:
    post:
      operationId: validate-password
      summary: Validates password
      description: >-
        Verifies that the password adheres to the [Unleash password
        guidelines](https://docs.getunleash.io/using-unleash/deploy/configuring-unleash#securing-unleash)
      tags:
        - - subpackage_auth
      parameters:
        - name: Authorization
          in: header
          description: Header authentication of the form `undefined <token>`
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: This response has no body.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Auth_validatePassword_Response_200'
        '400':
          description: The request data does not match what we expect.
          content: {}
        '415':
          description: >-
            The operation does not support request payloads of the provided
            type. Please ensure that you're using one of the listed payload
            types and that you have specified the right content type in the
            "content-type" header.
          content: {}
      requestBody:
        description: validatePasswordSchema
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/validatePasswordSchema'
components:
  schemas:
    validatePasswordSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        password:
          type: string
          description: The password to validate
      required:
        - password
    Auth_validatePassword_Response_200:
      type: object
      properties: {}

```

## SDK Code Examples

```python
import requests

url = "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate-password"

payload = { "password": "hunter2" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<apiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate-password';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<apiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"password":"hunter2"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate-password"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"password\": \"hunter2\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<apiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate-password")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"password\": \"hunter2\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate-password")
  .header("Authorization", "<apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"password\": \"hunter2\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate-password', [
  'body' => '{
  "password": "hunter2"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => '<apiKey>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate-password");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "<apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"password\": \"hunter2\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["password": "hunter2"] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/auth/reset/validate-password")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```