Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Elements Errors See Also

ConfirmForgotPassword

Allows a user to enter a confirmation code to reset a forgotten password.

Amazon Cognito doesn't evaluate Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies in requests to this API operation. For this operation, you can't use IAM credentials to authorize requests, and you can't grant IAM permissions in policies. For more information about authorization models in Amazon Cognito, see Using the Amazon Cognito native and OIDC APIs.

Request Syntax


{
   "AnalyticsMetadata": { 
      "AnalyticsEndpointId": "string"
   },
   "ClientId": "string",
   "ClientMetadata": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   },
   "ConfirmationCode": "string",
   "Password": "string",
   "SecretHash": "string",
   "UserContextData": { 
      "EncodedData": "string",
      "IpAddress": "string"
   },
   "Username": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

AnalyticsMetadata

The Amazon Pinpoint analytics metadata for collecting metrics for ConfirmForgotPassword calls.

Type: AnalyticsMetadataType object

Required: No

ClientId

The app client ID of the app associated with the user pool.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [\w+]+

Required: Yes

ClientMetadata

A map of custom key-value pairs that you can provide as input for any custom workflows that this action triggers.

You create custom workflows by assigning Amazon Lambda functions to user pool triggers. When you use the ConfirmForgotPassword API action, Amazon Cognito invokes the function that is assigned to the post confirmation trigger. When Amazon Cognito invokes this function, it passes a JSON payload, which the function receives as input. This payload contains a clientMetadata attribute, which provides the data that you assigned to the ClientMetadata parameter in your ConfirmForgotPassword request. In your function code in Amazon Lambda, you can process the clientMetadata value to enhance your workflow for your specific needs.

For more information, see Customizing user pool Workflows with Lambda Triggers in the Amazon Cognito Developer Guide.

Note

When you use the ClientMetadata parameter, remember that Amazon Cognito won't do the following:

Store the ClientMetadata value. This data is available only to Amazon Lambda triggers that are assigned to a user pool to support custom workflows. If your user pool configuration doesn't include triggers, the ClientMetadata parameter serves no purpose.
Validate the ClientMetadata value.
Encrypt the ClientMetadata value. Don't use Amazon Cognito to provide sensitive information.

Type: String to string map

Required: No

ConfirmationCode

The confirmation code from your user's request to reset their password. For more information, see ForgotPassword.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2048.

Pattern: [\S]+

Required: Yes

Password

The new password that your user wants to set.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: [\S]+

Required: Yes

SecretHash

A keyed-hash message authentication code (HMAC) calculated using the secret key of a user pool client and username plus the client ID in the message. For more information about SecretHash, see Computing secret hash values.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [\w+=/]+

Required: No

UserContextData

Contextual data about your user session, such as the device fingerprint, IP address, or location. Amazon Cognito advanced security evaluates the risk of an authentication event based on the context that your app generates and passes to Amazon Cognito when it makes API requests.

Type: UserContextDataType object

Required: No

Username

The user name of the user for whom you want to enter a code to retrieve a forgotten password.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [\p{L}\p{M}\p{S}\p{N}\p{P}]+

Required: Yes

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

CodeMismatchException

This exception is thrown if the provided code doesn't match what the server was expecting.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ExpiredCodeException

This exception is thrown if a code has expired.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ForbiddenException

This exception is thrown when Amazon WAF doesn't allow your request based on a web ACL that's associated with your user pool.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InternalErrorException

This exception is thrown when Amazon Cognito encounters an internal error.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidLambdaResponseException

This exception is thrown when Amazon Cognito encounters an invalid Amazon Lambda response.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidParameterException

This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service encounters an invalid parameter.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidPasswordException

This exception is thrown when Amazon Cognito encounters an invalid password.

HTTP Status Code: 400

LimitExceededException

This exception is thrown when a user exceeds the limit for a requested Amazon resource.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotAuthorizedException

This exception is thrown when a user isn't authorized.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service can't find the requested resource.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyFailedAttemptsException

This exception is thrown when the user has made too many failed attempts for a given action, such as sign-in.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyRequestsException

This exception is thrown when the user has made too many requests for a given operation.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnexpectedLambdaException

This exception is thrown when Amazon Cognito encounters an unexpected exception with Amazon Lambda.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UserLambdaValidationException

This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service encounters a user validation exception with the Amazon Lambda service.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UserNotConfirmedException

This exception is thrown when a user isn't confirmed successfully.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UserNotFoundException

This exception is thrown when a user isn't found.

HTTP Status Code: 400