REST API:passwordPolicy Resource

Manage Password Policies using the REST APIs

Permissions

Users that have the Access Control permission can modify the password policy..

Get the Password Policy

Retrieves Password Policy information.

Method

GET

URI

https://{yourDomain}/networking/rest/passwordPolicy

Response

<syntaxhighlight lang="xml" enclose="div">

<platform>

   <passwordPolicy>
       <min_length>6</min_length>
       <characters_type>2</characters_type>
       <expiry_frequency>0</expiry_frequency>
       <last_matching_limit>1</last_matching_limit>
       <password_min_age>2</password_min_age>
       <session_timeout>120</session_timeout>
       <try_limit>10</try_limit>
       <lockout_duration>15</lockout_duration>
       <excluded_ids>123qwe345rty,678yui901abc,...</excluded_ids>
       <date_modified>2010-11-12T13:14:15Z</date_modified>
       <created_id type="USER" 
         uri="https://{domain}/networking/rest/user/3" 
         displayValue=" System">3</created_id>
       <modified_id type="USER" 
         uri="https://{domain}/networking/rest/user/657hik947abc" 
         displayValue="Bob Smith">657hik947abc</modified_id>
   </passwordPolicy>
   
   <message>
       0
       <description>Success</description>
   </message>

</platform> </syntaxhighlight>

See also: REST API:Error Codes

Update the Password Policy

Updates a Password Policy

Method

PUT

URI

https://{yourDomain}/networking/rest/passwordPolicy

Request

<syntaxhighlight lang="xml" enclose="div">

<platform>

   <passwordPolicy>
       <min_length>6</min_length>
       <characters_type>2</characters_type>
       <expiry_frequency>0</expiry_frequency>
       <last_matching_limit>1</last_matching_limit>
       <password_min_age>2</password_min_age>
       <session_timeout>120</session_timeout>
       <try_limit>10</try_limit>
       <lockout_duration>15</lockout_duration>
       <excluded_ids>123qwe345rty,678yui901abc,...</excluded_ids>    
   </passwordPolicy>              

</platform> </syntaxhighlight>

Response

<syntaxhighlight lang="xml" enclose="div">

<platform>

   <message>
       0
       <description>Success</description>        
   </message>

</platform> </syntaxhighlight>

See also: REST API:Error Codes

Fields

Name	Type	Attribute	Default Value	Description	Additional Information
min_length	Integer	Editable on Add/Update	6	Minimum numbers of characters in the password	Range: 6-10
characters_type	Integer	Editable on Add/Update	1	Types of characters and character combinations required for passwords	1 - No restrictions 2 - Alphanumerics 3 - Alphanumerics, Upper case character required 4 - Alphanumerics, Special character required: #$%@ 5 - Alphanumerics, Upper case and special character required
expiry_frequency	Integer	Editable on Add/Update	90	Number of days the password remains valid before the user will be prompted to change it	Values: 15, 30, 60, 90, 120, 0 (never)
last_matching_limit	Integer	Editable on Add/Update	1	Number of previous passwords the new password may not match	Range: 1-5
password_min_age	Integer	Editable on Add/Update	0	Number of days that must elapse before a user can change passwords	Range: 0-5
session_timeout	Integer	Editable on Add/Update	30	Number of minutes an application will remain active with no user activity	Values: 15, 30, 60, 90, 120
try_limit	Integer	Editable on Add/Update	5	Number of failed login attempts before account is locked out	Range: 3-10, or 0 (no limit)
lockout_duration	Integer	Editable on Add/Update	15	Number of minutes user must wait before login can be attempted again	Values: 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, 0 (disable account)
excluded_ids	String	Editable on Add/Update		Comma-separated list of users who do not have to update their password
date_created	Date	Read Only			UTC Format
created_id	Lookup	Read Only
date_modified	Date	Read Only			UTC Format
modified_id	Lookup	Read Only