All Web SDK methods for WhatsApp require you to initiate an action
first. Check out our guide on WhatsApp
authentication for more details.
Challenge
Start enrollment re-authentication for an existing WhatsApp authenticator by sending the user a WhatsApp message containing an OTP code.Copy
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const response = await authsignal.whatsapp.challenge();
Response
Verify
Finish enrolling or re-authenticating a WhatsApp OTP authenticator by verifying the code submitted by the user.Copy
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const response = await authsignal.whatsapp.verify({ code: "123456" });
Parameters
The OTP code inputted by the user.
Response
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An unstructured error description present if the SDK call encountered an error.
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True if the verification was successful.
A token which can be used for server-side
validation.
Only present on first time verification e.g. enrollment.
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The ID of the Authsignal user authenticator.
verificationMethod
'SMS' | 'AUTHENTICATOR_APP' | 'EMAIL_MAGIC_LINK' | 'EMAIL_OTP' | 'PASSKEY' | 'PUSH' | 'SECURITY_KEY' | 'VERIFF' | 'IPROOV' | 'IDVERSE' | 'PALM_BIOMETRICS_BR'
required
The date and time the authenticator was created in ISO 8601 format.
The date and time the authenticator was first verified in ISO 8601 format.
The date and time the authenticator was last verified in ISO 8601 format.
Whether the authenticator is the default authenticator for the user.
The email address of the authenticator. Only present for email authenticators e.g. email OTP and email magic link.
The phone number of the authenticator. Only present for phone authenticators e.g. SMS/WhatsApp OTP.
The previous SMS channel used to send the OTP code. Only present for phone authenticators e.g. SMS/WhatsApp OTP.
Only present for passkey authenticators.
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The ID of the passkey credential.
The device ID of the passkey credential.
The name of the passkey credential.
The AAGUID of the passkey credential.
Whether the passkey credential is backed up.
The device type of the passkey credential.
The parsed user agent of the passkey credential.
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The user agent of the passkey credential.
The date and time the passkey credential was verified in ISO 8601 format.
The authenticator attachment of the passkey credential.
A structured code present if the verification failed due to user error. Possible values are:
CODE_INVALID_OR_EXPIRED or MAX_ATTEMPTS_EXCEEDED.