The resetByEmailStart method wraps the Reset By Email Start Password API endpoint. This endpoint initiates a password reset for the email address provided. This will trigger an email to be sent to the address, containing a magic link that will allow them to set a new password and authenticate.
Reset by email start
Method parameters
email* string
The email of the user.
Configuration object
Additional configuration.
reset_password_redirect_url string
The url that the user clicks from the password reset email to finish the reset password flow. This should be a url that your app receives and parses before showing your app's reset password page. After the user submits a new password to your app, it should send an API request to complete the password reset process. If this value is not passed, the default reset password redirect URL that you set in your Dashboard is used. If you have not set a default reset password redirect URL, an error is returned.
login_redirect_url string
The url that the user clicks from the password reset email to skip resetting their password and directly login. This should be a url that your app receives, parses, and subsequently sends an API request to the magic link authenticate endpoint to complete the login process without reseting their password. If this value is not passed, the login redirect URL that you set in your Dashboard is used. If you have not set a default login redirect URL, an error is returned.
reset_password_expiration_minutes int
Set the expiration for the password reset, in minutes. By default, it expires in 30 minutes. The minimum expiration is 5 minutes and the maximum is 7 days (10080 mins).
reset_password_template_id string
Use a custom template for password reset emails. By default, it will use your default email template. The template must be a template using our built-in customizations or a custom HTML email for Passwords - Password reset.
Response fields
request_id string
Globally unique UUID that is returned with every API call. This value is important to log for debugging purposes; we may ask for this value to help identify a specific API call when helping you debug an issue.
status_code int
The HTTP status code of the response. Stytch follows standard HTTP response status code patterns, e.g. 2XX values equate to success, 3XX values are redirects, 4XX are client errors, and 5XX are server errors.
user_id string
The unique ID of the affected User.
email_id string
The unique ID of a specific email address.
import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
import { Text, TouchableOpacity, View } from 'react-native';
import { useStytch } from '@stytch/react-native';
export const Login = () => {
const stytch = useStytch();
const resetPasswordStart = useCallback(() => {
stytch.passwords.resetByEmailStart({
email: '${exampleEmail}',
});
}, [stytch]);
return (
<View>
<TouchableOpacity onPress={resetPasswordStart}>
<Text>Reset Password Start</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
</View>
);
};RESPONSE 200
200
{
"status_code": 200,
"request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
"user_id": "user-test-16d9ba61-97a1-4ba4-9720-b03761dc50c6",
"email_id": "email-test-81bf03a8-86e1-4d95-bd44-bb3495224953"
}RESPONSE 404
200
{
"status_code": 404,
"request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
"error_type": "email_not_found",
"error_message": "Email could not be found.",
"error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/404"
}RESPONSE 429
200
{
"status_code": 429,
"request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
"error_type": "too_many_requests",
"error_message": "Too many requests have been made.",
"error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/429"
}RESPONSE 500
200
{
"status_code": 500,
"request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
"error_type": "internal_server_error",
"error_message": "Oops, something seems to have gone wrong, please reach out to support@stytch.com to let us know what went wrong.",
"error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/500"
}