Portainer

Interact with Portainer via API

Actions190

Auth Actions
- Authenticate User
- Validate O Auth
Backup Actions
- Backup
- Restore
Custom Templates Actions
- Custom Template List
- Custom Template Delete
- Custom Template Inspect
- Custom Template Update
- Custom Template File
- Custom Template Git Fetch
- Custom Template Create File
- Custom Template Create Repository
- Custom Template Create String
Docker Actions
- Docker Container Gpus Inspect
- Docker Dashboard
- Docker Images List
Edge Groups Actions
- Edge Group Create
- Edge Group Delete
- Edge Group Inspect
- Ege Group Update
Edge Jobs Actions
- Edge Job Delete
- Edge Job Inspect
- Edge Job Update
- Edge Job File
- Edge Job Tasks List
- Edge Job Tasks Clear
- Edge Job Task Logs Inspect
- Edge Job Tasks Collect
- Edge Job Create File
- Edge Job Create String
Edge Stacks Actions
- Edge Stack Delete
- Edge Stack Inspect
- Edge Stack Update
- Edge Stack File
- Edge Stack Status Update
- Edge Stack Create File
- Edge Stack Create Repository
- Edge Stack Create String
Endpoint Groups Actions
- Endpoint Group Delete
- Endpoint Group Update
- Endpoint Group Delete Endpoint
- Endpoint Group Add Endpoint
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- Endpoint Delete Batch
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- Endpoint Inspect
- Endpoint Update
- Endpoint Association Delete
- Endpoint Dockerhub Status
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- Endpoint Force Update Service
- Endpoint Registries List
- Endpoint Registry Access
- Endpoint Settings Update
- Endpoint Snapshot
- Endpoint Update Relations
Gitops Actions
- Git Operation Repo File Preview
Helm Actions
- Helm List
- Helm Install
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- Helm Repo Search
- Helm Show
- Helm User Repositories List
- Helm User Repository Create
- Helm User Repository Delete
Intel Actions
- Open AMT Configure
- Open AMT Activate
- Open AMT Devices
- Device Action
- Device Features
- Open AMT Host Info
Kubernetes Actions
- Get All Kubernetes Applications
- Get All Kubernetes Applications Count
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- Delete Cluster Roles
- Get All Kubernetes Cluster Role Bindings
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- Get All Kubernetes Cluster Ingresses Count
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- Delete Jobs
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- Get Kubernetes Metrics For All Nodes
- Get Kubernetes Metrics For Node
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- Get Kubernetes Metrics For Pod
- Delete Kubernetes Namespace
- Get Kubernetes Namespaces
- Create Kubernetes Namespace
- Update Kubernetes Namespace Deprecated
- Get Kubernetes Namespace
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- Get Kubernetes Ingress Controllers By Namespace
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- Create Kubernetes Service
- Update Kubernetes Service
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- Get Kubernetes Volumes In Namespace
- Get Kubernetes Namespaces Count
- Get Kubernetes Nodes Limits
- Get Kubernetes RBAC Status
- Delete Role Bindings
- Get Kubernetes Role Bindings
- Get Kubernetes Roles
- Delete Roles
- Get Kubernetes Secrets
- Get Kubernetes Secrets Count
- Delete Service Accounts
- Get Kubernetes Service Accounts
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- Get All Kubernetes Services Count
- Delete Kubernetes Services
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- Get Kubernetes Volume
- Get All Kubernetes Volumes Count
- Get Kubernetes Config
Ldap Actions
- LDAP Check
Registries Actions
- Registry Create
- Registry Delete
- Registry Inspect
- Registry Update
- Registry Configure
Resource Controls Actions
- Resource Control Create
- Resource Control Delete
- Resource Control Update
Settings Actions
- Settings Update
Ssl Actions
- SSL Update
Stacks Actions
- Stack List
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- Stack Create Kubernetes Git
- Stack Create Kubernetes File
- Stack Create Kubernetes Url
- Stack Create Docker Standalone File
- Stack Create Docker Standalone Repository
- Stack Create Docker Standalone String
- Stack Create Docker Swarm File
- Stack Create Docker Swarm Repository
- Stack Create Docker Swarm String
- Stack Delete Kubernetes By Name
- Webhook Invoke
Tags Actions
- Tag Create
- Tag Delete
Team Memberships Actions
- Team Membership Create
- Team Membership Delete
- Team Membership Update
- Team Memberships
Teams Actions
- Team List
- Team Create
- Team Delete
- Team Inspect
- Team Update
Templates Actions
- Template File
Upload Actions
- Upload TLS
Users Actions
- User List
- User Create
- User Delete
- User Inspect
- User Update
- User Memberships Inspect
- User Update Password
- User Get API Keys
- User Generate API Key
- User Remove API Key
- User Admin Init

Users → User Update Password

AI-generated

Overview

This node operation allows updating a user's password in the "Users" resource. It is useful in scenarios where you need to programmatically change or reset user passwords via an API, such as in user management systems, administrative dashboards, or automated workflows that handle user account maintenance.

For example, an administrator could use this node to update a user's password after verifying their identity or as part of a password recovery process.

Properties

Name	Meaning
Id	The unique identifier of the user whose password is to be updated. This is a required numeric value.
Body	The details for the password update, provided as a string. This typically contains the new password and any other relevant information formatted according to the API's requirements.

Output

The node outputs JSON data representing the response from the API after attempting to update the user's password. This usually includes confirmation of success or failure, and may contain additional metadata about the updated user or error messages if the update failed.

No binary data output is indicated.

Dependencies

Requires an API key credential for authentication with the Portainer API.
The node uses the base URL configured in the credentials to send requests to the Portainer API endpoint.
The request headers specify Accept: application/json and Content-Type: application/json.

Troubleshooting

Common issues:
- Invalid or missing user ID can cause the update to fail.
- Incorrectly formatted body content may result in API errors.
- Authentication failures due to invalid or expired API keys.
- Network connectivity issues preventing access to the API endpoint.
Error messages:
- Errors related to authorization typically indicate problems with the API key; ensure it is valid and has necessary permissions.
- Validation errors from the API often mean the body content does not meet expected schema; verify the format and required fields.
- Not found errors suggest the user ID does not exist; confirm the ID is correct.

Links and References

Portainer API Documentation
n8n Documentation on HTTP Request Nodes (for understanding how API calls are made)

PortainerInstall