Fetch user with email always returning nil error

[Kevin]

i am trying to send a password reset to a user but when i do

EVUser.fetchUserWithEmail(userEmail.text, block: { (user:EVUser!, error:NSError!) -> Void in
    if (error == nil) {
        self.errorLabel.hidden = false
        //print("The user " + user.username + " is logged in with valid access token.")
        self.errorLabel.textColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
        self.errorLabel.text = "please Check your email account for a reset Link"
        print("please Check your email account for a reset Link")
        //self.navigationController?.popToRootViewControllerAnimated(true)
    } else {
        // fail
        print("Fail")
        self.errorLabel.hidden = false
        self.errorLabel.textColor = UIColor.redColor()
        self.errorLabel.text = error.domain

    }
})

:

 

the error is always nil even if no email address is provided

 

also how do i trigger the reset email to be sent to the user

[Martin]

Hi Diego,

The function EVUser.fetchUserWithEmail returns a nil EVUser if no user with the specified email is found as the method makes a GET request with a query "Email=....". Therefore you have to add additional check if the EVUser object is nil.

Still calling EVUser.fetchUserWithEmail will not be necessary to call reset password.

To send a password reset email you should send a POST request to the following endpoint:
https://api.everlive.com/v1/your-app-id/users/resetpassword

The request body can be either an Email or Username:
Email:
{"Email": "[e-mail]"}
or Username:
{"Username": "sample"}

Here is a sample reset password request in Swift:

let appId = Everlive.sharedInstance().appId
let serverUrl = Everlive.sharedInstance().apiServerUrl

let email = "[e-mail]"
let dic = ["Email": email]

do {
    let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: "\(serverUrl)/\(appId)/users/resetpassword")!)
    request.HTTPMethod = "POST"
    request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")

    let jsonData = try NSJSONSerialization.dataWithJSONObject(dic, options: NSJSONWritingOptions.PrettyPrinted)
    request.HTTPBody = jsonData
    let task = NSURLSession.sharedSession().dataTaskWithRequest(request) { data, response, error in
        guard error == nil && data != nil else {
            print("error=\(error)")
            return
        }

        let responseString = NSString(data: data!, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
        print("responseString = \(responseString)")
    }
    task.resume()

} catch let error as NSError {
    print(error)
}

A request password reset method in the iOS SDK will be included in future releases.

Hope I was able to help.

Regards,
Martin
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