> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://stytch.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Login or Create via WhatsApp

> Login or Create via WhatsApp using the Stytch Vanilla JS SDK

Wraps the [login\_or\_create](https://stytch.com/docs/api-reference/consumer/api/otp/via-whatsapp/login-or-create-user.md) via WhatsApp API endpoint. Call this method to send a WhatsApp passcode to new or existing users.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Before configuring SMS or WhatsApp OTPs, please review how Stytch [bills the costs of international OTPs](https://stytch.com/pricing) and understand how to protect your app against [toll fraud](https://stytch.com/docs/resources/policies/messaging/toll-fraud.md).

## Parameters

**phone\_number** `string` *required*

The phone number to use for one-time passcodes. The phone number should be in E.164 format (i.e. +1XXXXXXXXXX). You may use +10000000000 to test this endpoint, see [Sandbox Values](https://stytch.com/docs/api-reference/consumer/api/resources/sandbox-values.md) for more detail.

**Configuration** `object`

Additional configuration.

**properties**

**expiration\_minutes** `int`

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.

**locale** `string`

Used to determine which language to use when sending the user this delivery method. Parameter is an [IETF BCP 47 language tag](https://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/), e.g. "en". Supported languages are English ("en"), Spanish ("es"), French ("fr") and Brazilian Portuguese ("pt-br"); if no value is provided, the copy defaults to English.

## Response

**method\_id** `string`

The `email_id` or `phone_id` involved in the given authentication.

**request\_id** `string`

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** `number`

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.

```js theme={null}
import { StytchClient } from '@stytch/vanilla-js';

const stytch = new StytchClient('${publicToken}');

export const sendPasscode = () => {
stytch.otps.whatsapp.loginOrCreate('${examplePhoneNumber}', {
  expiration_minutes: 5,
});
};
```

```json 200 theme={null}
{
  "status_code": 200,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "method_id": "phone-number-test-d5a3b680-e8a3-40c0-b815-ab79986666d0"
}
```

```json 400 theme={null}
{
  "status_code": 400,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "error_type": "invalid_phone_number",
  "error_message": "phone_number format is invalid.",
  "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/400"
}
```

```json 401 theme={null}
{
  "status_code": 401,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "error_type": "unauthorized_credentials",
  "error_message": "Unauthorized credentials.",
  "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/401"
}
```

```json 429 theme={null}
{
  "status_code": 429,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "error_type": "too_many_requests",
  "error_message": "Too many requests have been made.",
  "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/429"
}
```

```json 500 theme={null}
{
  "status_code": 500,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "error_type": "internal_server_error",
  "error_message": "Oops, something seems to have gone wrong, please reach out to support@stytch.com to let us know what went wrong.",
  "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/500"
}
```