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Authenticate

Authenticate

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

There are cases where this endpoint will return a reset_password error even if the password entered is correct. View our API Docs for complete details.

If this method succeeds, the user 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 useStytchSession hook.

Method parameters

email* string
password* string
session_duration_minutes* int

Response fields

request_id string
status_code int
user_id string
session object
session_jwt string
session_token string
user object
import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
import { Text, TouchableOpacity, View } from 'react-native';
import { useStytch } from '@stytch/react-native';

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

  const authenticatePassword = useCallback(() => {
    stytch.passwords.authenticate({
      email: '${exampleEmail}',
      password: 'xuEvs9sBi8I4x8rCXJPZ',
      session_duration_minutes: 60,
    });
  }, [stytch]);

  return (
    <View>
      <TouchableOpacity onPress={authenticatePassword}>
        <Text>Authenticate Password</Text>
      </TouchableOpacity>
    </View>
  );
};
RESPONSE
200
​
{
    "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
    "session": null,
    "session_jwt": "",
    "session_token": "",
    "status_code": 200,
    "user": {...},
    "user_id": "user-test-16d9ba61-97a1-4ba4-9720-b03761dc50c6",
}