# Create a password

Create a new password for the user identified by the `user_id` path parameter.

Endpoint: POST /v1/password/{user_id}
Version: v1
Security: apiKey

## Security:

  - `apiKey` (unknown)
    apiKey in header api-key

## Path parameters:

  - `user_id` (string, required)
    The unique identifier for the user.

## Request fields (application/json):

  - `password` (object, required)
    The user's password or passcode used to log in a user.
Passwords must be:
- between 8 and 30 characters
- include a lowercase character
- include an uppercase character
- include a digit and a special character
- different from any of the 5 last such passwords used.

For non-PCI compliant integrations, the password submitted must be **tokenised**.

  - `password.value` (string, required)

## Response 200:

  - `200` (unknown)
    OK

## Response 200 fields (application/json):

  - `passwordInfo` (object)
    Additional information related to the user's password.

  - `passwordInfo.buyerId` (string, required)
    The buyer to which the user's password information belongs to.

  - `passwordInfo.expiryDate` (integer)
    The millisecond timestamp indicating when the password will expire. If 0, then this password will not expire.

  - `token` (string)
    The authorisation token to be used in the Authorization header for secured operations.

## Response 200 headers (application/json):

  - `request-ref` (string, required)
    A request identifier. Providing this reference when contacting our support team will help us investigate your query.

## Response 400:

  - `400` (unknown)
    Bad Request Error - Your request is invalid.

## Response 400 fields (application/json):

  - `message` (string)
    When present helps to identify and fix the problem.

  - `syntaxErrors` (object)
    Is returned as part of an HTTP error response whenever a syntax error is detected. A list of the fields together with their syntax error will be provided.

  - `syntaxErrors.invalidFields` (array)

  - `syntaxErrors.invalidFields.params` (array)

  - `syntaxErrors.invalidFields.fieldName` (string)

  - `syntaxErrors.invalidFields.error` (string)
    Enum: "REQUIRED", "HAS_TEXT", "REQUIRES", "SIZE", "RANGE", "IN", "NOT_IN", "REGEX", "EXACTLY", "AT_LEAST", "AT_MOST", "ALL_OR_NONE"

## Response 400 headers (application/json):

  - `request-ref` (string, required)
    A request identifier. Providing this reference when contacting our support team will help us investigate your query.

## Response 401:

  - `401` (unknown)
    Unauthorized - Your credentials or access token are invalid.

## Response 401 headers:

  - `request-ref` (string, required)
    A request identifier. Providing this reference when contacting our support team will help us investigate your query.

## Response 403:

  - `403` (unknown)
    Forbidden - Access to the requested resource or action is forbidden.

## Response 403 fields (application/json):

  - `errorCode` (string)
    Enum: "INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS"

## Response 403 headers (application/json):

  - `request-ref` (string, required)
    A request identifier. Providing this reference when contacting our support team will help us investigate your query.

## Response 404:

  - `404` (unknown)
    Not found - The requested resource couldn't be found.

## Response 404 fields (application/json):

  - `code` (string)

  - `message` (string)

## Response 404 headers (application/json):

  - `request-ref` (string, required)
    A request identifier. Providing this reference when contacting our support team will help us investigate your query.

## Response 409:

  - `409` (unknown)
    Conflict

## Response 409 fields (application/json):

  - `errorCode` (string)
    Enum: "UNRESOLVED_IDENTITY", "PASSWORD_PROFILE_NOT_CONFIGURED_FOR_CREDENTIAL_TYPE", "PASSWORD_TOO_SHORT", "PASSWORD_TOO_LONG", "PASSWORD_TOO_SIMPLE", "PASSWORD_KEY_ALREADY_IN_USE", "PASSWORD_ALREADY_CREATED"

## Response 429:

  - `429` (unknown)
    Too many requests.

## Response 429 headers:

  - `request-ref` (string, required)
    A request identifier. Providing this reference when contacting our support team will help us investigate your query.

  - `x-ratelimit-limit` (string, required)
    Example: `20, 10;w=60, 20;w=3600, 200;w=86400`
The first number (20) is the limit that has been exceeded.
The remaining numbers are the limits that are in force, with 'w' meaning 'window in seconds'. In this example `20;w=3600` was exceeded. 20 calls in 3600secs (1hr)

  - `x-ratelimit-reset` (integer, required)
    The number of seconds until the window is reset.

## Response 500:

  - `500` (unknown)
    Internal Server Error - There is a problem with the server. Please try again later.

## Response 500 headers:

  - `request-ref` (string, required)
    A request identifier. Providing this reference when contacting our support team will help us investigate your query.

## Response 503:

  - `503` (unknown)
    Service Unavailable - We're temporarily offline for maintenance. Please try again later.

## Response 503 headers:

  - `request-ref` (string, required)
    A request identifier. Providing this reference when contacting our support team will help us investigate your query.

## Response default:

  - `default` (unknown)
    Error

## Response default fields (application/json):

  - `code` (string)

  - `message` (string)