--- id: create-custom-password-instructions sidebar_label: Create Custom Password Instructions hide_title: true hide_table_of_contents: true api: {"operationId":"createCustomPasswordInstructions","tags":["Custom Password Instructions"],"description":"This API creates the custom password instructions for the specified page ID. 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If you want your link to be redirected to a different page, please redirect it to \"_blank\" like this: link. This will open a new tab when the link is clicked. Notice we're only supporting _blank as the redirection target."},"locale":{"type":"string","example":"en","description":"The locale for the custom instructions, a BCP47 language tag. The default value is \\\"default\\\"."}}},"example":{"pageId":"reset-password:enter-password","pageContent":"See company password policies for details by clicking here"}}}},"responses":{"200":{"description":"Reference to the custom password instructions.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"pageId":{"type":"string","description":"The page ID that represents the page for forget user name, reset password and unlock account flow.","enum":["change-password:enter-password","change-password:finish","flow-selection:select","forget-username:user-email","mfa:enter-code","mfa:enter-kba","mfa:select","reset-password:enter-password","reset-password:enter-username","reset-password:finish","unlock-account:enter-username","unlock-account:finish"]},"pageContent":{"type":"string","description":"The custom instructions for the specified page. Allow basic HTML format and maximum length is 1000 characters. The custom instructions will be sanitized to avoid attacks. 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The default value is \\\"default\\\"."}}},"example":{"pageId":"reset-password:enter-password","locale":"default","pageContent":"See company password policies for details by clicking here"}}}},"400":{"description":"Client Error - Returned if the request body is invalid.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"detailCode":{"type":"string","description":"Fine-grained error code providing more detail of the error.","example":"400.1 Bad Request Content"},"trackingId":{"type":"string","description":"Unique tracking id for the error.","example":"e7eab60924f64aa284175b9fa3309599"},"messages":{"type":"array","description":"Generic localized reason for error","items":{"type":"object","properties":{"locale":{"type":"string","description":"The locale for the message text, a BCP 47 language tag.","example":"en-US"},"localeOrigin":{"type":"string","enum":["DEFAULT","REQUEST"],"description":"An indicator of how the locale was selected. *DEFAULT* means the locale is the system default. *REQUEST* means the locale was selected from the request context (i.e., best match based on the *Accept-Language* header). 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A token with ORG_ADMIN authority is required to call this API.
Request Body required
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Reference to the custom password instructions.
Schema
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Client Error - Returned if the request body is invalid.
Schema
    messages object[]
    Generic localized reason for error
    causes object[]
    Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field
Forbidden - Returned if the user you are running as, doesn't have access to this end-point.
Schema
    messages object[]
    Generic localized reason for error
    causes object[]
    Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field
Internal Server Error - Returned if there is an unexpected error.
Schema
    messages object[]
    Generic localized reason for error
    causes object[]
    Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field