Is there an API call for changing user password on keycloak?

Question

I am trying to implement my own form for changing a user\'s password. I tried to find an API for changing a user\'s password in Keycloak but I couldn\'t find anything in the

Answer 1

Rather than specifying a new password manually a better security practice is to use the

PUT /auth/admin/realms/{realm}/users/{id}/execute-actions-email

admin call with "UPDATE_PASSWORD" as the required action. This causes Keycloak to send an email to the user that gives a magic link for the user to set a new password.

Note: {id} is the user id in keycloak (not the login)