# Elastic Path Password Profiles API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/elastic-path/elastic-path-password-profiles-api/  
**Provider:** Elastic Path — https://apis.io/providers/elastic-path/  
**Base URL:** https://useast.api.elasticpath.com  
**Documentation:** https://developer.elasticpath.com/api

Elastic Path Password Profiles API is one of 100 APIs that [Elastic Path](https://apis.io/providers/elastic-path/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Password Profiles. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

A `password_profile` resource represents a specific configuration that allows users to authenticate through username and password. Password Profiles support One-Time Password Tokens, which can be used to use passwordless login or password reset. An authentication realm can have multiple Password Profiles. You can use this flexibility in many ways. For instance, if you want to migrate an existing pool of users from another system with their own usernames and passwords, they can use one profile, while the rest of the users use another. Another use case is enabling shopper impersonation, where shoppers can authenticate using their own username and password in one profile. Meanwhile, admins can have a different username and password for the same user in a separate profile, shown as the "Impersonation Profile". This process can be automated using a Backend-For-Frontend (BFE) or One-Time Password Tokens. In the example shown below, both John and Joan can log in with their credentials, and an admin can also log in as Joan using the "Impersonation Profile". ![password profiles](/assets/password-profiles.png)

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elastic-path/refs/heads/main/openapi/elastic-path-password-profiles-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://developer.elasticpath.com/api

## Other Elastic Path APIs (12)

- [Elastic Path GraphQL API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-path/graphql-api/)
- [Elastic Path Account Addresses API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-path/elastic-path-account-addresses-api/)
- [Elastic Path Account Authentication Settings API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-path/elastic-path-account-authentication-settings-api/)
- [Elastic Path Account Cart Associations API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-path/elastic-path-account-cart-associations-api/)
- [Elastic Path Account Management Authentication API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-path/elastic-path-account-management-authentication-api/)
- [Elastic Path Account Members API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-path/elastic-path-account-members-api/)
- [Elastic Path Account Membership API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-path/elastic-path-account-membership-api/)
- [Elastic Path Account Membership Settings API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-path/elastic-path-account-membership-settings-api/)
- [Elastic Path Account Tags API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-path/elastic-path-account-tags-api/)
- [Elastic Path Accounts API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-path/elastic-path-accounts-api/)
- [Elastic Path Administrator Latest Releases Catalog API API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-path/elastic-path-administrator-latest-releases-catalog-api-api/)
- [Elastic Path Application Keys API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-path/elastic-path-application-keys-api/)

## Tags

Password Profiles

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/elastic-path/elastic-path-password-profiles-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/elastic-path/.