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namecheap.users.changePassword

This API call works in two ways depending on the parameters that are sent.The first way is sending the global parameter username along with the oldpassword and newpassword. The next way is using Resetcode obtained with namecheap.users.resetpassword API

FIRST WAY:

Example Request

https://api.namecheap.com/xml.response?ApiUser=apiexample&ApiKey=56b4c87ef4fd49cb96d915c0db68194&UserName=apiexample&Command=namecheap.users.changepassword&ClientIp=192.168.1.109&OldPassword=NCpass09&NewPassword=NCpass~9

Request Parameters

Global parameters are not shown here for clarity, but should be present in all requests

Name Type MaxLength Required? Description
OldPassword String 20 Yes Old password of the user
NewPassword String 20 Yes New password of the user

Example Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ApiResponse xmlns="http://api.namecheap.com/xml.response" Status="OK">
  <Errors />
  <RequestedCommand>namecheap.users.changePassword</RequestedCommand>
  <CommandResponse Type="namecheap.users.changePassword">
    <UserChangePasswordResult Success="true" UserId="123" />
  </CommandResponse>
  <Server>SERVER-NAME</Server>
  <GMTTimeDifference>+5</GMTTimeDifference>
  <ExecutionTime>0.024</ExecutionTime>
</ApiResponse>

Response Parameters

Name Description
Success Indicates if the password was changed successfully
UserID A unique integer value that represents the username

Error Codes

Specifies the error codes that might be returned from this method

Number Description
2010302 OldPassword is missing
4022335 Unable to change password
5050900 Unhandled exceptions

SECOND WAY:

Example Request

http://api.namecheap.com/xml.response?APIUser=apiexample&ApiKey=56b4c87ef4fd49cb96d915c0db68194&clientip=61.11.95.68&command=namecheap.users.changepassword&resetcode=zd8e256727d1e4c8563e014a16c1054cc&newpassword=password2

Request Parameters

Global parameter - UserName should be omitted for this API call.All other Global parameters must be included.

Name Type MaxLength Required? Description
ResetCode String 50 Yes The password reset code you get after calling namecheap.users.resetpassword API
NewPassword String 20 Yes New password of the user

Example Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ApiResponse Status="OK">
  <Errors />
  <RequestedCommand>namecheap.users.changePassword</RequestedCommand>
  <CommandResponse Type="namecheap.users.changePassword">
    <UserChangePasswordResult Success="true" UserId="392" />
  </CommandResponse>
  <Server>SERVER159</Server>
  <GMTTimeDifference>--5:00</GMTTimeDifference>
  <ExecutionTime>0.14</ExecutionTime>
</ApiResponse>

Response Parameters

Name Description
Success Indicates if the password was changed successfully
UserID A unique integer value that represents the username

Error Codes

Specifies the error codes that might be returned from this method

Number Description
2015103 Cannot change UserName and ResetCode at a time
2010302 OldPassword is missing
2010103 UserName is missing
2010303 ResetCode is missing
4011331 Invalid status
4022335 Unable to change password
5050900 Unhandled exceptions

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