# Generate a Mautic user password

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/generate-a-mautic-user-password/5659>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [March 18, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/generate-a-mautic-user-password/5659 "2016-03-18T09:26:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Chris76](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/chris76/32/522_2.png) [@Chris76](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Chris76)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/generate-a-mautic-user-password/5659/1 "2016-03-18T09:26:20Z")

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Hello,  
  
  
  
I found functions like:  
  
passwordResetAction and resetPassword  
  
But I’m looking to generate a Mautic user from an outside application (maybe directly via SQL).  
  
How can I encrypt the password to store it in the correct form in the database?  
  
  
  
Thanks,  
  
Chris

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**Author:** ![Chris76](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/chris76/32/522_2.png) [@Chris76](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Chris76)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/generate-a-mautic-user-password/5659/2 "2016-03-18T09:26:20Z")

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Hello,

I found functions like:  
passwordResetAction and resetPassword  
But I’m looking to generate a Mautic user from an outside application (maybe directly via SQL).  
How can I encrypt the password to store it in the correct form in the database?

Thanks,  
Chris

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**Author:** ![dbhurley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/dbhurley/32/2_2.png) [@dbhurley](https://forum.mautic.org/u/dbhurley)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/generate-a-mautic-user-password/5659/3 "2016-03-18T15:24:11Z")

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For outside application you’ll basically want to bcrypt the password and store directly into the DB.

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**Author:** ![Chris76](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/chris76/32/522_2.png) [@Chris76](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Chris76)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/generate-a-mautic-user-password/5659/4 "2016-03-19T01:00:37Z")

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That was it - thank you very much 🙂