question about basic authentication

zhong_li

hi I can use api via basic authentication(email/ password), For security reasons, I need to reset my password for 3 months. then I got 403 error. I need login web sit via new password. this way is very cumbersome, Is there a way to avoid logging into the site when resetting the password?

Diego_88dj6o

Hello @zhong_li !

As I understand, you need to reset your user password via REST call so your entire workflow is correctly aligned.

The first thing I would like to point out is that Basic Authentication is deprecated for usage via REST. It might be a good idea to look into this document:

• [Confluence Cloud Developer] Deprecation notice - Basic authentication with passwords 

Secondly, I was able to find an older thread here in our community that tackles this situation exactly, the need to reset a user password via REST. Here, take a look:

• [Atlassian Community] Error changing user password through REST

I hope this helps you out! Looking forward to your reply.