---
title: "Send a teammate a password recovery email"
description: "Requires current owner/admin authority and matching verified requester identity. Sends only to the target's Auth email using a server-selected redirect. Never changes or returns the existing password, a recovery token, or a recovery link. The retired path /api/workspace-members/reset-password returns 410 and sends nothing."
---

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`POST /api/workspace-members/request-recovery`

Requires current owner/admin authority and matching verified requester identity. Sends only to the target's Auth email using a server-selected redirect. Never changes or returns the existing password, a recovery token, or a recovery link. The retired path /api/workspace-members/reset-password returns 410 and sends nothing.

## Authentication

- `BearerAuth`, http, header `Authorization`, format `JWT`

## Request body

_Required._

- `workspace_id` (`post/api/workspace-members/request-recovery.workspace_id`; string, required)
- `target_user_id` (`post/api/workspace-members/request-recovery.target_user_id`; string, required)
- `requester_user_id` (`post/api/workspace-members/request-recovery.requester_user_id`; string, required)

## Example request

```json
{
  "workspace_id": "string",
  "target_user_id": "string",
  "requester_user_id": "string"
}
```

## Code samples

### cURL

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.channelautomation.com/api/workspace-members/request-recovery \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "workspace_id": "string",
  "target_user_id": "string",
  "requester_user_id": "string"
}
'
```

### TypeScript

```typescript
const url = 'https://api.channelautomation.com/api/workspace-members/request-recovery';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json', Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'},
  body: JSON.stringify({workspace_id: 'string', target_user_id: 'string', requester_user_id: 'string'})
};

fetch(url, options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(json => console.log(json))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
```

### Python

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.channelautomation.com/api/workspace-members/request-recovery"

payload = {
    "workspace_id": "string",
    "target_user_id": "string",
    "requester_user_id": "string"
}
headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
```

## Responses

### 200

Recovery request accepted by provider; inbox delivery is not confirmed

#### Example

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "recoveryEmailRequested": true
  }
}
```

- `success` (`post/api/workspace-members/request-recovery.response.200.success`; boolean, optional)
- `data` (`post/api/workspace-members/request-recovery.response.200.data`; object, optional)
  - `recoveryEmailRequested` (`post/api/workspace-members/request-recovery.response.200.data.recoveryEmailRequested`; boolean, optional)

### 400

Invalid request

### 401

Invalid or missing verified identity

### 403

Current authority denied

### 404

Workspace or member not found

### 409

Target has no recovery email

### 429

Recovery email rate limit reached

### 500

Recovery request failed

### 502

Auth provider rejected the recovery request

### 503

Authority verification unavailable


Source: https://developer.channelautomations.com/api/post-api-workspace-members-request-recovery/index.md