Send via email

Wraps Stytch's 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.

Method parameters

email* string

Configuration object

Additional configuration.

expiration_minutes int

login_template_id string

signup_template_id string

locale string

Response fields

request_id string

status_code int

method_id string

import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
import { useStytch } from '@stytch/react';
export const Login = () => {
  const stytch = useStytch();
  const sendPasscode = useCallback(() => {
    stytch.otps.email.send('sandbox@stytch.com', {
      expiration_minutes: 5,
    });
  }, [stytch]);
  return <button onClick={sendPasscode}>Send passcode</button>;
};

RESPONSE

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "method_id": "email-test-81bf03a8-86e1-4d95-bd44-bb3495224953"
}