salix/back/methods/account/recover-password.js

const {Email} = require('vn-print');

module.exports = Self => {
    Self.remoteMethodCtx('recoverPassword', {
        description: 'Send email to the user',
        accepts: [
            {
                arg: 'email',
                type: 'string',
                description: 'The email of user',
                required: true
            }
        ],
        http: {
            path: `/recoverPassword`,
            verb: 'POST'
        }
    });

    Self.recoverPassword = async function(ctx, email) {
        const models = Self.app.models;
        const origin = ctx.req.headers.origin;
        const ttl = 1209600;

        const user = await models.Account.findOne({
            fields: ['id', 'name', 'password'],
            where: {
                email: email
            }
        });

        if (!user)
            return;

        const token = await models.AccessToken.create({
            ttl: ttl,
            userId: user.id
        });

        const url = `${origin}/#!/account/${user.id}/basic-data?access_token=${token.id}`;
        const params = {
            recipient: email,
            url: url
        };

        const sendEmail = new Email('recover-password', params);

        return sendEmail.send();
    };
};