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Suhail Gupta
Suhail Gupta

Reputation: 23256

Unable to change the user password after cognito authentication

I created the user using adminCreateUser. On trying to authenticate using adminInitiateAuth, a challenge NEW_PASSWORD_REQUIRED is returned. How do I change the password?

I am trying to reset the user password for a user with status FORCE_CHANGE_PASSWORD, using the following snippet:

cognitoidentityserviceprovider.respondToAuthChallenge({
        ChallengeName: 'NEW_PASSWORD_REQUIRED',
        ClientId:'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',
        ChallengeResponses: {
                NEW_PASSWORD: 'T.YpkKu487',
                USERNAME: 'XXXXX'
        },
        Session: "cMcKC5ymFvZG2D10lJMRArpfmLZvnQE25P1XjwkHtl47g4kW-LAjOgB4CAjIgv1CurDmfRHpxzvYgYE61BBrp5-TNyVQcXXX"
}, (err, data) => {
        if(err) console.log(err);
        else console.log(data);
});

When I run the above code, I get the following error:

InvalidParameterException: Invalid attributes given, name is missing

I do not understand this. Why am I getting this error? Reference doc

Also, is there a way I could disable this challenge altogether?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 901

Answers (2)

Sunilkumar A
Sunilkumar A

Reputation: 111

Please add the 'name' attribute in your "userattributes" which you will pass for changing the password .

Upvotes: 0

ClaraG
ClaraG

Reputation: 342

Found A solution: When I created the user pool I added name and email as required attributes, creating it without requiring attribute name solved it.

Upvotes: 1

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