B2B Saas Authentication

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Frontend SDKs

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Headless

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Passwords

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Discovery

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Authenticate

Authenticate

The authenticate method wraps the Discovery Authenticate Password API endpoint. This endpoint verifies that the email has a password currently set, and that the entered password is correct.

Method parameters

password* string
email_address* string

Response fields

request_id string
status_code int
email_address string
discovered_organizations array
intermediate_session_token string
import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
import { useStytchB2BClient } from '@stytch/react/b2b';

export const Login = () => {
  const stytch = useStytchB2BClient();

  const authenticatePassword = useCallback(() => {
    stytch.passwords.discovery.authenticate({
      email_address: 'sandbox@stytch.com',
      password: 'xuEvs9sBi8I4x8rCXJPZ',
    });
  }, [stytch]);

  return <button onClick={authenticatePassword}>Authenticate Password</button>;
};
RESPONSE
{
    "status_code": 200,
    "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
    "discovered_organizations": [],
    "intermediate_session_token": "",
    "email_address": "sandbox@stytch.com",
}