sending forgot password link to email

Author: jennymar

server/api/controllers/UserController.ts

@@ -96,4 +96,11 @@ export class UserController {
     this.userService.deleteUser(user);
     return { error: null };
   }
+
+  @Post('/forgot-password')
+  async forgotPassword(@Body() body: { email: string }): Promise<{ message: string }> {
+    await this.userService.sendPasswordResetEmail(body.email);
+    return { message: 'Password reset email sent successfully.' };
+  }
+
 }

server/services/UserService.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   sendEmailVerification,
   signInWithCustomToken,
   signInWithEmailAndPassword,
+  sendPasswordResetEmail
 } from 'firebase/auth';
 import { FirebaseAuthError } from 'firebase-admin/auth';
 import {
@@ -173,4 +174,16 @@ export class UserService {
     const userCredential = await signInWithCustomToken(auth, customToken);
     await sendEmailVerification(userCredential.user);
   }
+
+  public async sendPasswordResetEmail(email: string): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      const firebaseRecord = await adminAuth.getUserByEmail(email);
+      if (!firebaseRecord) {
+        throw new NotFoundError('No user found with the provided email address.');
+      }
+      await sendPasswordResetEmail(auth, email);
+    } catch (error) {
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
 }