Utility Calls

This topic describes API calls that your client applications can invoke to obtain the system timestamp, user information, and change user passwords.
Note
For a list of general API calls, see Core Calls. For a list of describe calls, see Describe Calls.

The following table lists the API utility calls described in this topic:

Task / Call Description
getServerTimestamp() Retrieves the current system timestamp from the API.
getUserInfo() Retrieves personal information for the user associated with the current session.
resetPassword() Changes a user’s password to a system-generated value.
sendEmail() Immediately sends an email message.
setPassword() Sets the specified user’s password to the specified value.
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