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
The email of the user.
Additional configuration.
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.
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.
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).
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
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.
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.
The unique ID of the affected User.
The unique ID of a specific email address.
import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
import { useStytch } from '@stytch/react';
export const Login = () => {
const stytch = useStytch();
const resetPasswordStart = useCallback(() => {
stytch.passwords.resetByEmailStart({
email: '${exampleEmail}',
});
}, [stytch]);
return <button onClick={resetPasswordStart}>Reset Password Start</button>;
};
{
"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"
}
{
"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"
}
{
"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"
}
{
"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"
}