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Update Recovery Flow

POST 
/auth/self-service/recovery

Use this endpoint to update a recovery flow. This endpoint behaves differently for API and browser flows and has several states:

choose_method expects flow (in the URL query) and email (in the body) to be sent and works with API- and Browser-initiated flows. For API clients and Browser clients with HTTP Header Accept: application/json it either returns a HTTP 200 OK when the form is valid and HTTP 400 OK when the form is invalid. and a HTTP 303 See Other redirect with a fresh recovery flow if the flow was otherwise invalid (e.g. expired). For Browser clients without HTTP Header Accept or with Accept: text/* it returns a HTTP 303 See Other redirect to the Recovery UI URL with the Recovery Flow ID appended. sent_email is the success state after choose_method for the link method and allows the user to request another recovery email. It works for both API and Browser-initiated flows and returns the same responses as the flow in choose_method state. passed_challenge expects a token to be sent in the URL query and given the nature of the flow ("sending a recovery link") does not have any API capabilities. The server responds with a HTTP 303 See Other redirect either to the Settings UI URL (if the link was valid) and instructs the user to update their password, or a redirect to the Recover UI URL with a new Recovery Flow ID which contains an error message that the recovery link was invalid.

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recoveryFlow