Email-domain-usernames-mailboxName-mailbox-action:POST
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POST /email/{domain}/usernames/{mailboxName}/mailbox/action
Apply an action on a mailbox e.g. reset password
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Request
POST /email/{domain}/usernames/{mailboxName}/mailbox/action
Request Parameters
- account - string
- The user account owning the domain and the mailboxes
- domain - string
- The specific domain for which the call will retrieve the list
- maiboxName - string
- The name of the mailbox.
Request Headers
- Content-Type
- Required. Set this header to
application/json; charset=UTF-8
Request Body
{
"action": "resetPassword",
"actionData": {
"secretQuestionsAnswers": {"{tk}": "{answer}"},
"password": "{password}"
}
}
- action - string
- The action that should be performed. Allowed values are:
- resetPassword - Reset the password of a mailbox.
- actionData - dictionary (Required)
- Data to be send with the action.
- secretQuestionsAnswers - dictionary (Required)
- Dictionary of key/value pairs, each of which represents secret question text key/answer pair.
- tk - string (Required)
- The text key for the secret question. There should be no duplicate text keys per mailbox.
- answer - string (Required)
- The answer in plain-text - must be at least two characters.
- password - string (Required)
- The password. The password should be at least 8 characters long, a mix of numbers, symbols and mixed-case letters. It should not begin with "pass", "123", "abc", should not contain the second-level domain name of the service, should not contain the username of the mailbox or start with its first 3 characters. There is a restriction using the same password more than once.
- Password validation rules:
- Password must not be used more than once
- Minimum length 8
- Maximum length 128
- Should have at least one digit
- Should have at least one capital letter
- Should have at least one lower case letter
- Should contain at least one special character (any character other than lower or uppercase letters, digits and underscore "_" is considered special character)
- Should not start with the phrase 'pass' case-insensitively
- Should not start with 'abc' case-insensitively
- Should not start with 123
- Must not contain second-level domain, username or start with the first 3 letters from the username
Response
Expected Response Codes
- 204 No Content
- Success
- 400 Bad Request
- The supplied action or the supplied data is invalid.
- 404 Not Found
- The resource does not exist.
- 409 Conflict
- Validation of the secret answer failed.
Examples
Request password reset of a mailbox
Request
POST /email/test.com/usernames/mailbox123/mailbox/action
Content-Type: application/json; Charset=UTF-8
{
"action": "resetPassword",
"actionData": {
"secretQuestionsAnswers": {"tk1": "answer123"},
"password": "pWord123$"
}
Response
204 No Content
Request password reset of a mailbox with wrong answer
Request
POST /email/test.com/usernames/mailbox123/mailbox/action
Content-Type: application/json; Charset=UTF-8
{
"action": "resetPassword",
"actionData": {
"secretQuestionsAnswersList": {"tk1": "wrongAnswer"},
"password": "pWord123$"
}
Response
409 Conflict
{
"conflict": {
"message": "Invalid secret questions and answers provided",
"code": 409,
}
}
See also
