Recover strapi admin password in development mode

StrapiAdminPasswordRecoveryInDev.md

Strapi recover admin password in development mode

1. Open a console inside the project folder.

2. execute npx strapi console command

3. Copy & paste this code snippet in the console

    function changePassword(useremail, password) {
      strapi.admin.services.user.findOne({ email: useremail })
      .then((u) => {
        if (u) {
          strapi.admin.services.auth
            .hashPassword(password)
            .then((hashedPassword) => {
              strapi
                .query("user", "admin")
                .update({ id: u.id }, { password: hashedPassword })
                .then(() => console.log("Updated successfully."))
                .catch((ex) => console.error("Failed to update password.", ex));
            })
            .catch((ex) =>
              console.error("Failed to hash password and update it.", ex)
            );
        } else {
          console.error("Wrong email?? Please check your email");
        }
      });
    }
    changePassword("your_admin_user", "your_admin_password");

   One line version function changePassword(useremail, password) { strapi.admin.services.user.findOne({ email: useremail }).then(u => { if (u) { strapi.admin.services.auth.hashPassword(password).then(hashedPassword => { strapi.query('user', 'admin').update({id: u.id }, { password: hashedPassword }).then(() => console.log('Updated successfully.')).catch((ex) => console.error('Failed to update password.', ex)) }).catch(ex => console.error('Failed to hash password and update it.', ex)); } else { console.error('Wrong email?? Please check your email'); } }); } changePassword('your_admin_user', 'your_admin_password');