Update user password on user interface

[Maryna Brodina]

Hello! We were able to import without any problem. Could you clarify how do you import it - through builder back-end (Import button) or any other way? Do you import Users collection or table?

[Sean Kelley]

sorry left that in from pasted example- did not catch the obvious problem

[bahar.wadia]

Sorry for asking the same question again. Given the explanation above, I can consistently update any kind of user information, except the password.

What am I missing ?

[Maryna Brodina]

Hello! Could you clarify your question? What you did and what exactly doesn't work?

[bahar.wadia]

My app requires users to signup before using the app. This works well. I have also allowed users to create their own profile. All the data for the profile is stored in the "User Data" collections. I have provided users with the ability to update their profile through the app. All of this works really well.

Now I am trying to add the ability to allow users to change their password. I have followed the same process as what I am doing for updating user information, but this does not work. I get a success response on my PUT call, but when the user tries to login with their new password, it does not work. Since there is no way to see the password in the collections because it is a "password" type. I am having a hard time debugging the problem.

What am I missing ?

Thanks for you help in advance.

[Serhii Kulibaba]

Hello! To change user's password, create new REST service with next settings:
URL: https://api.appery.io/rest/1/db/users...
Method: put
DataType: json
Settings: the same as login service

Set next request parameters:
user_id = empty
X-Appery-Database-Id = {database_id}
X-Appery-Session-Token = empty
username = empty
password = empty

Mark X-Appery-Database-Id and X-Appery-Session-Token as "header parameter"

Save user_id and session token from login REST to localStorage, and add it to request parameters for "change password rest"

REST service for changing password done.

[bahar.wadia]

Awesome that worked. Thank you Sergiy

[Zahhar Kirillov]

Hi! There is still some error in importing passwords. I user plain number sequences as a password (ie 123456), but fail to sign in after importing from CSV. When I change password for 123456 in the dabadase backed, the same code works fine. Please advice.

[maxkatz]

When you import.. can you check if there is a space after (or before) the password?

[Zahhar Kirillov]

This is how my CSV looks like, Max:

"fullname:string","username:string","expires:string","password:password"
"KIRILLOV, Zahhar","a href="mailto:zahhar@gmail.com" rel="nofollow"zahhar@gmail.com/a","08'14","123456"