Use ConfirmForgotPassword with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use ConfirmForgotPassword.

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• Automatically migrate known users with a Lambda function

CLI

AWS CLI

To confirm a forgotten password

This example confirms a forgotten password for username [e-mail].

Command:

aws cognito-idp confirm-forgot-password --client-id 3n4b5urk1ft4fl3mg5e62d9ado --username=[e-mail] --password PASSWORD --confirmation-code CONF_CODE

• For API details, see ConfirmForgotPassword in AWS CLI Command Reference.

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
}

• For API details, see ConfirmForgotPassword in AWS SDK for Go API Reference.

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using this service with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.