Use ForgotPassword with an AWS SDK or CLI

To force a password change

The following forgot-password example sends a message to jane@example.com to change their password.

aws cognito-idp forgot-password --client-id 38fjsnc484p94kpqsnet7mpld0 --username jane@example.com

Output:

{
    "CodeDeliveryDetails": {
        "Destination": "j***@e***.com",
        "DeliveryMedium": "EMAIL",
        "AttributeName": "email"
    }
}

import (
	"context"
	"errors"
	"log"

	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cognitoidentityprovider"
	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cognitoidentityprovider/types"
)

type CognitoActions struct {
	CognitoClient *cognitoidentityprovider.Client
}



// ForgotPassword starts a password recovery flow for a user. This flow typically sends a confirmation code
// to the user's configured notification destination, such as email.
func (actor CognitoActions) ForgotPassword(ctx context.Context, clientId string, userName string) (*types.CodeDeliveryDetailsType, error) {
	output, err := actor.CognitoClient.ForgotPassword(ctx, &cognitoidentityprovider.ForgotPasswordInput{
		ClientId: aws.String(clientId),
		Username: aws.String(userName),
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("Couldn't start password reset for user '%v'. Here;s why: %v\n", userName, err)
	}
	return output.CodeDeliveryDetails, err
}