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Validating Password

This section explains how to check if the password that you want to use satisfies Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure validation criteria.

Request

POST https://<hostname>/api/v1/users/validatePassword

Request Headers

The request header must contain an authorization token of the current session.

Request Parameters

None.

Request Body

Property

Type

Description

name

string

Sets the name to be validated.

Request Example

Request:

POST https://<hostname>/api/v1/users/validatePassword

 

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

 

Request Body:

{

 "password": "ZbQIZIjVkEfLBE0y-"

}

Response

The server returns the following response to the client.

Response Codes

A successfully completed operation returns a response code 200 (OK).

Response Headers

The response to this request contains the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTPS headers.

Header

Description

Content-length

The length of the response body.

Content-type

The media type and syntax of the response body message: application/json; charset=utf-8

Response Examples

If the specified password satisfies validation criteria, nothing will be returned.

If the specified password does not satisfy validation criteria, the following response will be returned.

Response:

200 OK

 

Response Body:

[{

  "severity": "Error",

  "message": "Your password does not match the requirements.",

  "contextId": ""

}]

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