# RESTful Password Resetting

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restful-password-resetting/108461>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 3, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restful-password-resetting/108461 "2007-07-03T19:35:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restful-password-resetting/108461/1 "2007-07-03T19:35:02Z")

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I’m using the restful\_authentication plugin at the moment, and need to  
add support for resetting forgotten passwords. There’s plenty of good  
code snippets here,

[http://technoweenie.stikipad.com/plugins/show/Password+Resetting](http://technoweenie.stikipad.com/plugins/show/Password+Resetting)

I’m just wondering, mostly as an exercise, how to RESTfully model the  
password resetting. Perhaps a “Password” singleton resource hanging  
off the User? Maybe it’s a little more trouble than it’s worth. Any  
other approaches?