updateCredentials #

Updates a user credentials for the specified authentication strategy.

updateCredentials(strategy, kuid, credentials, [options]);

Property	Type	Description
`strategy`	string	Strategy to use
`kuid`	string	User kuid
`credentials`	object	New credentials
`options`	object	Query options

credentials #

The credentials to send. The expected properties depend on the target authentication strategy.

Example for the local strategy:

{
  username: 'foo',
  password: 'bar'
}

options #

Additional query options

Property	Type (default)	Description
`queuable`	boolean (`true`)	If `true`, queues the request during downtime, until connected to Kuzzle again
`refresh`	boolean (`false`)	If set to `wait_for`, Kuzzle will not respond until the credentials are indexed
`timeout`	number (`-1`)	Time (in ms) during which a request will still be waited to be resolved. Set it `-1` if you want to wait indefinitely
`triggerEvents`	boolean (`false`)	If set to `true`, will trigger events even if using Embeded SDK. You should always ensure that your events/pipes does not create an infinite loop. Available since Kuzzle 2.31.0

Resolves #

An object representing the new credentials.
The content depends on the authentication strategy.

Usage #

try {
  const response = await kuzzle.security.updateCredentials(
    'local',
    'john.doe',
    {
      username: 'jdoe',
      password: 'newPassword'
    }
  );
  console.log(response);
  /*
  { username: "jdoe" }
    */
} catch (e) {
  console.error(e);
}

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