Create Email OTP

POST /v1/auth/otps/email/send
Authorization

Send an OTP (one-time passcode) to the provided email for login verification.

HTTP Request

POST /v1/auth/otps/email/send

Returns

A successful response returns an object with user_id and email_id properties.

application/json

Body

  • email string Required

    Email that uniquely identifies the user.

    Minimum length is 1.

  • expires_in number

    Expiration time of the OTP in minutes. Must be between 1 to 10 minutes, defaults to 1 minute.

  • device_fingerprint object

    Device fingerprinting metadata for fraud detection during verification step. This is useful to ensure that the user who originated the request matches the user that verifies the token. Verification requirements can be enabled in the Verify OTP step by matching fields in the device_fingerprint such as IP, User Agent or the combination of them (more fraud detection features coming soon!)

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    • ip string

      IP of the user originating the request.

    • user_agent string

      User Agent of the browser originating the request.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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POST /v1/auth/otps/email/send 
curl \
 --request POST 'https://api.streambird.io/v1/auth/otps/email/send' \
 --header "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '{"email":"sandbox@streambird.io","expires_in":3}'
Request example 
{
  "email": "sandbox@streambird.io",
  "expires_in": 3
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "user_id": "user_24wFP9pDa9YiMJLun94iKykoZs2",
  "email_id": "email_26l7dYo0JPFLGmWNv1vNwcYh0FF"
}