Skip to main content
POST
/
v1
/
b2b
/
otps
/
email
/
discovery
/
send
C#
// POST /v1/b2b/otps/email/discovery/send
const stytch = require('stytch');

const client = new stytch.B2BClient({
  project_id: '${projectId}',
  secret: '${secret}',
});

const params = {
  email_address: "${email}",
};

client.OTPs.Email.Discovery.Send(params)
  .then(resp => { console.log(resp) })
  .catch(err => { console.log(err) });
{
  "request_id": "<string>",
  "status_code": 123
}
Send a discovery OTP to an email address. The OTP is valid for 10 minutes. Only the most recently sent OTP is valid: when an OTP is sent, all OTPs previously sent to the same email address are invalidated, even if unused or unexpired.

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Basic authentication header of the form Basic <encoded-value>, where <encoded-value> is the base64-encoded string username:password.

Body

application/json

Request type

​
email_address
string
required

The email address to start the discovery flow for.

​
login_template_id
string

Use a custom template for login emails. By default, it will use your default email template. Templates can be added in the Stytch dashboard using our built-in customization options or custom HTML templates with type “OTP - Login”.

​
locale
enum<string>

Used to determine which language to use when sending the user this delivery method. Parameter is an IETF BCP 47 language tag, e.g. "en".

Currently supported languages are English ("en"), Spanish ("es"), French ("fr") and Brazilian Portuguese ("pt-br"); if no value is provided, the copy defaults to English.

Request support for additional languages here!

Available options:
en,
es,
pt-br,
fr
​
discovery_expiration_minutes
integer<int32>

The expiration time, in minutes, for a discovery OTP email. If not accepted within this time frame, the OTP will need to be resent. Defaults to 10 with a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 15.

Required range: x >= 0

Response

Successful response

​
request_id
string
required

Globally unique UUID that is returned with every API call. This value is important to log for debugging purposes; we may ask for this value to help identify a specific API call when helping you debug an issue.

​
status_code
integer<int32>
required

The HTTP status code of the response. Stytch follows standard HTTP response status code patterns, e.g. 2XX values equate to success, 3XX values are redirects, 4XX are client errors, and 5XX are server errors.