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Self admin

Self admin operations allow a user to perform actions on the user's own info.

Calls to the self admin operations are disabled by default. You'll have to edit the rest.properties file (more info at the REST services page) and add the line:

/rest/security/self/**;GET,POST,PUT,DELETE=ROLE_AUTHENTICATED

/security/self/password

Allows a user to change own password

Warning

The use of HTTPS is recommended, otherwise all password are sent in plain text.

Method Action Status code Formats Default Format
PUT Changes the user password 200,400,424 XML, JSON

Formats for PUT (password change).

XML

<userPassword>
   <newPassword>newPassword</newPassword>
</userPassword>

JSON

{ "newPassword":"newPassword" }

Exceptions

Exception Status code Error string (payload)
PUT with an invalid newPassword or bad params 400 Missing 'newPassword'
PUT for user not updatable 424 User service does not support changing pw