# Validate password for a user

POST https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/user-admin/validate-password
Content-Type: application/json

Validate the password strength. Minimum 10 characters, uppercase letter, number, special character.

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

## OpenAPI Specification

```yaml
openapi: 3.1.1
info:
  title: Validate password for a user
  version: endpoint_users.validateUserPassword
paths:
  /api/admin/user-admin/validate-password:
    post:
      operationId: validate-user-password
      summary: Validate password for a user
      description: >-
        Validate the password strength. Minimum 10 characters, uppercase letter,
        number, special character.
      tags:
        - - subpackage_users
      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/Users_validateUserPassword_Response_200'
        '400':
          description: The request data does not match what we expect.
          content: {}
        '401':
          description: >-
            Authorization information is missing or invalid. Provide a valid API
            token as the `authorization` header, e.g.
            `authorization:*.*.my-admin-token`.
          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: passwordSchema
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/passwordSchema'
components:
  schemas:
    passwordSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        password:
          type: string
          description: The new password to change or validate.
        oldPassword:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The old password the user is changing. This field is for the
            non-admin users changing their own password.
        confirmPassword:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The confirmation of the new password. This field is for the
            non-admin users changing their own password.
      required:
        - password
    Users_validateUserPassword_Response_200:
      type: object
      properties: {}

```

## SDK Code Examples

```python
import requests

url = "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/user-admin/validate-password"

payload = { "password": "k!5As3HquUrQ" }
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/api/admin/user-admin/validate-password';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<apiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"password":"k!5As3HquUrQ"}'
};

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/api/admin/user-admin/validate-password"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"password\": \"k!5As3HquUrQ\"\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/api/admin/user-admin/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\": \"k!5As3HquUrQ\"\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/api/admin/user-admin/validate-password")
  .header("Authorization", "<apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"password\": \"k!5As3HquUrQ\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/user-admin/validate-password', [
  'body' => '{
  "password": "k!5As3HquUrQ"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => '<apiKey>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/user-admin/validate-password");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "<apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"password\": \"k!5As3HquUrQ\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["password": "k!5As3HquUrQ"] as [String : Any]

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

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/user-admin/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()
```