Passwords

Stytch supports creating, storing, and authenticating password based users, as well as support for account recovery (password reset) and account deduplication with passwordless login methods.

Methods

The SDK provides methods that can be used to create and authenticate password based users.

To call these methods, Passwords must be enabled in the SDK Configuration page of the Stytch dashboard.

Create

The send method wraps the create Password API endpoint.

Method parameters

email* string
password* string
session_duration_minutes* int
import { useCallback } from 'react';
import { useStytch } from '@stytch/react';

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

  const createPassword = useCallback(() => {
    stytchClient.passwords.create({
      email: '${exampleEmail}',
      password: '&5QZU&A%ze3@nFT(',
      session_duration_minutes: 60,
    });
  }, [stytchClient]);

  return <button onClick={createPassword}>Create Password</button>;
};

RESPONSE

200
{
    "status_code": 200,
    "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
    "user_id": "user-test-16d9ba61-97a1-4ba4-9720-b03761dc50c6",
    "email_id": "email-test-81bf03a8-86e1-4d95-bd44-bb3495224953"
  }

Authenticate

The authenticate method wraps the authenticate Password API endpoint.

If this method succeeds, the user will be logged in, granted an active session, and the session cookies will be minted and stored in the browser.

You can listen for successful login events anywhere in the codebase with the stytch.session.onChange() method or useStytchSession hook if you are using React.

Method parameters

email* string
password* string
session_duration_minutes* int
import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
import { useStytch } from '@stytch/react';

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

  const authenticatePassword = useCallback(() => {
    stytchClient.passwords.authenticate({
      email: '${exampleEmail}',
      password: '&5QZU&A%ze3@nFT(',
      session_duration_minutes: 60,
    });
  }, [stytchClient]);

  return <button onClick={authenticatePassword}>Authenticate Password</button>;
};

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",
  }

Reset by email start

Method parameters

email* string
Configuration object

Additional configuration.

reset_password_redirect_url string
login_redirect_url string
reset_password_expiration_minutes int
reset_password_template_id string
import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
import { useStytch } from '@stytch/react';

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

  const resetPasswordStart = useCallback(() => {
    stytchClient.passwords.resetByEmailStart({
      email: '${exampleEmail}',
    });
  }, [stytchClient]);

  return <button onClick={resetPasswordStart}>Reset Password Start</button>;
};

RESPONSE

200
{
    "status_code": 200,
    "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
    "user_id": "user-test-16d9ba61-97a1-4ba4-9720-b03761dc50c6",
    "email_id": "email-test-81bf03a8-86e1-4d95-bd44-bb3495224953"
  }

Reset by email

The resetByEmail method wraps the reset_by_email Password API endpoint.

If this method succeeds, the user will be logged in, granted an active session, and the session cookies will be minted and stored in the browser.

You can listen for successful login events anywhere in the codebase with the stytch.session.onChange() method or useStytchSession hook if you are using React.

Method parameters

token* string
password* string
session_duration_minutes* int
import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
import { useStytch } from '@stytch/react';

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

  const token = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get('token');

  const resetPassword = useCallback(() => {
    stytchClient.passwords.resetByEmail({
      token: token,
      password: '&5QZU&A%ze3@nFT(',
      session_duration_minutes: 60,
    });
  }, [stytchClient, token]);

  return <button onClick={resetPassword}>Reset Password</button>;
};

RESPONSE

200
{
    "status_code": 200,
    "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
    "user_id": "user-test-16d9ba61-97a1-4ba4-9720-b03761dc50c6"
  }

Reset by existing password

The resetByExistingPassword method wraps the reset_by_existing_password Password API endpoint.

If this method succeeds, the user will be logged in, granted an active session, and the session cookies will be minted and stored in the browser.

You can listen for successful login events anywhere in the codebase with the stytch.session.onChange() method or useStytchSession hook if you are using React.

Method parameters

session_duration_minutes* int
email* string
new_password* string
existing_password* string
import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
import { useStytch } from '@stytch/react';

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

  const resetPassword = useCallback(() => {
    stytch.passwords.resetByExistingPassword({
      existing_password: 'existing_password',
      new_password: '&5QZU&A%ze3@nFT(',
      session_duration_minutes: 60,
      email: 'sandbox@stytch.com',
    });
  }, [stytchClient]);

  return <button onClick={resetPassword}>Reset Password</button>;
};

RESPONSE

200
{
    "status_code": 200,
    "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
    "user_id": "user-test-16d9ba61-97a1-4ba4-9720-b03761dc50c6"
  }

Reset by session

The resetBySession method wraps the reset_by_session Password API endpoint.

If this method succeeds, the user will be logged in, granted an active session, and the session cookies will be minted and stored in the browser.

You can listen for successful login events anywhere in the codebase with the stytch.session.onChange() method or useStytchSession hook if you are using React.

Method parameters

password* string
session_duration_minutes* int
import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
import { useStytch } from '@stytch/react';

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

  const resetPassword = useCallback(() => {
    stytchClient.passwords.resetBySession({
      password: '&5QZU&A%ze3@nFT(',
      session_duration_minutes: 60,
    });
  }, [stytchClient]);

  return <button onClick={resetPassword}>Reset Password</button>;
};

RESPONSE

200
{
    "status_code": 200,
    "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
    "user_id": "user-test-16d9ba61-97a1-4ba4-9720-b03761dc50c6",
    "session": null
  }

Strength check

This method allows you to check whether or not the user’s provided password is valid, and to provide feedback to the user on how to increase the strength of their password. All passwords must pass the strength requirements to be accepted as valid.

The strengthCheck method wraps the strength_check Password API endpoint.

Method parameters

password* string
email string
import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
import { useStytch } from '@stytch/react';

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

  const createPassword = useCallback(() => {
    stytchClient.passwords.strengthCheck({
      email: '${exampleEmail}',
      password: '&5QZU&A%ze3@nFT(',
    });
  }, [stytchClient]);

  return <button onClick={strengthCheck}>Strength Check</button>;
};

RESPONSE

200 - LUDS invalid
{
    "breach_detection_on_create": true,
    "breached_password": false,
    "feedback": {
      "suggestions": null,
      "warning": null,
      "luds_requirements": {
        "has_digit": true,
        "has_lower_case": false,
        "has_symbol": false,
        "has_upper_case": false,
        "missing_characters": 6,
        "missing_complexity": 1
      }
    },
    "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
    "score": 0,
    "status_code": 200,
    "strength_policy": "luds",
    "valid_password": false
  }

UI components

The SDK also comes with a pre-built UI component for our Passwords product.

To add passwords to the login UI, add Products.passwords to the products array in the configuration and the appropriate passwordOptions.

To see all authentication and customization options, see the UI config section.

import React from 'react';
import { Products } from '@stytch/vanilla-js';
import { StytchLogin } from '@stytch/react';

const config = {
  passwordOptions: {
    loginExpirationMinutes: 30,
    loginRedirectURL: 'https://example.com/authenticate',
    resetPasswordExpirationMinutes: 30,
    resetPasswordRedirectURL: 'https://example.com/authenticate',
  },
  products: [Products.passwords],
};

export const Login = () => {
  return <StytchLogin config={config} />;
};

There is a separate component for the password reset flow.

The component takes in a passwordResetToken as a prop along with all props the StytchLogin component supports.

To see all authentication and customization options, see the UI config section.

import React from 'react';
import { Products } from '@stytch/vanilla-js';
import { StytchPasswordReset } from '@stytch/react';

const config = {
  passwordOptions: {
    loginExpirationMinutes: 30,
    loginRedirectURL: 'https://example.com/authenticate',
    resetPasswordExpirationMinutes: 30,
    resetPasswordRedirectURL: 'https://example.com/authenticate',
  },
  products: [Products.passwords],
};

export const ResetPassword = () => {
  const passwordResetToken = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get('token');
  return <StytchPasswordReset config={config} passwordResetToken={passwordResetToken} />;
};