xpack.security.changePassword | Elasticsearch Node.js client [6.x]

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xpack.security.changePasswordedit

client.xpack.security.changePassword({
  username: string,
  refresh: 'true' | 'false' | 'wait_for',
  body: object
})

`username`	`string` - The username of the user to change the password for
`refresh`	`'true' \| 'false' \| 'wait_for'` - If `true` (the default) then refresh the affected shards to make this operation visible to search, if `wait_for` then wait for a refresh to make this operation visible to search, if `false` then do nothing with refreshes.
`body`	`object` - the new password for the user