Db_connections/change_password responds with error "email or username are required"

[lucas5]

Hey, had this issue another user came across - linked below. I’m making a request to the db_connections/change_password authentication endpoint exactly as the cURL statement provided in the docs suggests. I am providing an email that is attached to an existing account. Any idea what the issue is?

curl --url 'https://mydomain.auth0.com/dbconnections/change_password' --request POST --header 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"headers":{"content-type":"application/json"},"data":{"email":"myemail@site.com","client_id":"myClientId123","connection":"Username-Password-Authentication"}}'  

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Thank you Dan for the fast response. Ive tried that API endpoint you linked to, and even though Im setting client_id, email, and connection. The API keeps telling me 400 Bad Request (“error”: “email or username are required.”) And Im passing an email for sure. Ill use your link to put in a feature request. Thank you for your help.

[lucas5]

Solved, careless. My curl request has headers and data keys in the data payload, so the actual data is nested a layer deeper than it should be. This means there is no email key at the top layer in the data arg. Oops.

[konrad.sopala]

Thanks for sharing that with the rest of community!