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Use ConfirmForgotPassword with an AWS SDK or CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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There are more AWS SDK examples available in the AWS Doc SDK Examples GitHub repo.

Use ConfirmForgotPassword with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use ConfirmForgotPassword.

Action examples are code excerpts from larger programs and must be run in context. You can see this action in context in the following code example:

CLI
AWS CLI

To confirm a forgotten password

This example confirms a forgotten password for username diego@example.com.

Command:

aws cognito-idp confirm-forgot-password --client-id 3n4b5urk1ft4fl3mg5e62d9ado --username=diego@example.com --password PASSWORD --confirmation-code CONF_CODE
Go
SDK for Go V2
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

import ( "context" "errors" "log" "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws" "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cognitoidentityprovider" "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cognitoidentityprovider/types" ) type CognitoActions struct { CognitoClient *cognitoidentityprovider.Client } // ConfirmForgotPassword confirms a user with a confirmation code and a new password. func (actor CognitoActions) ConfirmForgotPassword(ctx context.Context, clientId string, code string, userName string, password string) error { _, err := actor.CognitoClient.ConfirmForgotPassword(ctx, &cognitoidentityprovider.ConfirmForgotPasswordInput{ ClientId: aws.String(clientId), ConfirmationCode: aws.String(code), Password: aws.String(password), Username: aws.String(userName), }) if err != nil { var invalidPassword *types.InvalidPasswordException if errors.As(err, &invalidPassword) { log.Println(*invalidPassword.Message) } else { log.Printf("Couldn't confirm user %v. Here's why: %v", userName, err) } } return err }
AWS CLI

To confirm a forgotten password

This example confirms a forgotten password for username diego@example.com.

Command:

aws cognito-idp confirm-forgot-password --client-id 3n4b5urk1ft4fl3mg5e62d9ado --username=diego@example.com --password PASSWORD --confirmation-code CONF_CODE
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