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import { StytchClient } from '@stytch/vanilla-js';

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

export const sendPasscode = () => {
stytch.otps.email.send('${email}', {
  expiration_minutes: 5,
});
};

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "method_id": "email-test-81bf03a8-86e1-4d95-bd44-bb3495224953"
}
Wraps the send via Email API endpoint. Call this method to send an email passcode to existing users. This method is also used when you need to add a phone number to an existing Stytch User. If there is a currently valid Stytch session, and the user inputs a phone number that does not match one on their Stytch User object, upon successful authentication the new phone number will be added to the existing user. Note, this does expose a potential account enumeration vector, see our article on preventing account enumeration for more details.

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Parameters

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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 Sandbox Values for more detail.
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Configuration
object
Additional configuration.

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Response

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method_id
string
The email_id or phone_id involved in the given authentication.
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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.
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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.