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Recovery Codes Recover

Recovery Codes Recover

The Recovery Codes Recover method wraps the Recovery Codes Recover API endpoint. It takes a single recovery_code parameter, which is a recovery code that was previously generated for the Member. Calling the recover endpoint will consume the recovery code and authenticate the Member, minting a new session for them.

Currently, recovery codes are only generated when a Member enrolls in TOTP as their secondary MFA factor, and as such authenticate members in place of a stytch.totps.authenticate().

If neither a Member Session nor an intermediate session token is present, this method will fail.

If this method succeeds, the Member will be logged in, granted an active session,and the session data will be persisted on device.

You can listen for successful login events anywhere in the codebase with the stytch.session.onChange() method or useStytchMemberSession hook.


Method parameters


recovery_code* string

Response fields


request_id string

status_code int

member_id string

organization_id string

session_jwt string

session_token string

member_session object

member object

organization object

recovery_codes_remaining integer
import React, { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
import { Text, TextInput, TouchableOpacity, View } from 'react-native';
import { useStytchB2BClient } from '@stytch/react-native/b2b';

export const Recover = () => {
  const stytch = useStytchB2BClient();
  const [recoveryCode, setRecoveryCode] = useState('');

  const recover = useCallback(() => {
    stytch.recoveryCodes.recover({
      recovery_code: recoveryCode,
      member_id: 'member-test-32fc5024-9c09-4da3-bd2e-c9ce4da9375f',
      organization_id: 'organization-test-07971b06-ac8b-4cdb-9c15-63b17e653931',
      session_duration_minutes: 60,
    });
  }, [stytch, recoveryCode]);

  const handleChange = useCallback((text) => {
    setRecoveryCode(text);
  }, []);

  return (
    <View>
      <Text>Enter code</Text>
      <TextInput value={recoveryCode} onChangeText={handleChange} autoComplete="off" />
      <TouchableOpacity onPress={recover}>
        <Text>Submit</Text>
      </TouchableOpacity>
    </View>
  );
};
RESPONSE
200
​
{
  "status_code": 200,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "member_id": "member-test-32fc5024-9c09-4da3-bd2e-c9ce4da9375f",
  "organization_id": "organization-test-07971b06-ac8b-4cdb-9c15-63b17e653931",
  "session_jwt": "example_jwt",
  "session_token": "mZAYn5aLEqKUlZ_Ad9U_fWr38GaAQ1oFAhT8ds245v7Q",
  "member_session": {...},
  "member": {...},
  "organization": {...},
  "recovery_codes_remaining": 9
}