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POST
/
v1
/
otps
/
email
/
login_or_create
C#
// POST /v1/otps/email/login_or_create
const stytch = require('stytch');

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

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

client.OTPs.Email.LoginOrCreate(params)
  .then(resp => { console.log(resp) })
  .catch(err => { console.log(err) });
{
  "request_id": "<string>",
  "user_id": "<string>",
  "email_id": "<string>",
  "user_created": true,
  "status_code": 123
}
This endpoint sends a one-time passcode (OTP) to a user’s email address. If the email is not associated with a user already, a user will be created.

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
string
required

The email address of the user to send the one-time passcode to. You may use sandbox@stytch.com to test this endpoint, see Testing for more detail.

​
expiration_minutes
integer<int32>

Set the expiration for the one-time passcode, in minutes. The minimum expiration is 1 minute and the maximum is 10 minutes. The default expiration is 2 minutes.

​
attributes
object

Provided attributes to help with fraud detection. These values are pulled and passed into Stytch endpoints by your application.

​
create_user_as_pending
boolean

Flag for whether or not to save a user as pending vs active in Stytch. Defaults to false. If true, users will be saved with status pending in Stytch's backend until authenticated. If false, users will be created as active. An example usage of a true flag would be to require users to verify their phone by entering the OTP code before creating an account for them.

​
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
​
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 “Magic links - Login”.

​
signup_template_id
string

Use a custom template for sign-up 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 “Magic links - Sign-up”.

Response

Successful response

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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.

​
user_id
string
required

The unique ID of the affected User.

​
email_id
string
required

The unique ID of a specific email address.

​
user_created
boolean
required

In login_or_create endpoints, this field indicates whether or not a User was just created.

​
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.