---
updatedAt: 2026-06-12T14:47:10.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://docs.formant.io/llms.txt
---

# Forgot password

Initiate the 'forgot password?' workflow.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "ForgotPasswordRequest": {
        "properties": {
          "email": {
            "format": "email",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Email address to which to send a 'forgot password?' email."
          }
        },
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "email"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "info": {
    "title": "Formant admin-api",
    "version": "1.357.8"
  },
  "openapi": "3.0.0",
  "paths": {
    "/auth/forgot-password": {
      "post": {
        "operationId": "AuthController.forgotPassword",
        "requestBody": {
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ForgotPasswordRequest"
              }
            }
          },
          "description": "ForgotPasswordRequest",
          "required": true
        },
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "content": {
              "application/json": {}
            },
            "description": "Successful response"
          }
        },
        "summary": "Forgot password",
        "tags": [
          "Auth"
        ],
        "description": "Initiate the 'forgot password?' workflow."
      }
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.formant.io/v1/admin"
    }
  ]
}
```