Authsignal’s server SDKs make it easier to interact with Authsignal’s REST API from your server-side code.

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Installation

npm install @authsignal/node

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Initialization

Initialize the Authsignal client by providing your tenant’s secret key and the API URL for your region.

import { Authsignal } from "@authsignal/node";

const authsignal = new Authsignal({
  apiSecretKey: "YOUR_SECRET_KEY",
  apiUrl: "YOUR_REGION_API_URL",
});

The API URLs for each region are defined below.

RegionAPI URL
US (Oregon)https://api.authsignal.com/v1
AU (Sydney)https://au.api.authsignal.com/v1
EU (Dublin)https://eu.api.authsignal.com/v1

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Usage

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Track

API schema

This method lets you track authentication events performed by users and initiate challenges via the Authsignal pre-built UI or Client SDKs.

const request = {
  userId: "dc58c6dc-a1fd-4a4f-8e2f-846636dd4833",
  action: "signIn",
  attributes: {
    redirectUrl: "https://yourapp.com/callback",
  },
};

const response = await authsignal.track(request);

if (response.state === "CHALLENGE_REQUIRED") {
  // Present challenge via Authsignal pre-built UI URL
  const url = response.url;
} else if (response.state === "ALLOW") {
  // Allow the user to sign in
} else if (response.state === "BLOCK") {
  // Block the user from signing in
}

Learn more about how to track actions to implement MFA or passwordless login flows.

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Validate Challenge

API schema

This method lets you validate server-side whether a user has successfully completed an authentication challenge via the Authsignal pre-built UI or an Authsignal Client SDK.

After obtaining a short-lived token from the pre-built UI or a Client SDK, pass this token to your server to determine the result.

const request = {
  token: "eyJhbGciOiJ...",
};

const response = await authsignal.validateChallenge(request);

if (response.state === "CHALLENGE_SUCCEEDED") {
  // The user completed the challenge successfully
  // Proceed with authenticated action or integrate with IdP to create authenticated session
} else {
  // The user did not complete the challenge successfully
}

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Get User

API schema

This method lets you retrieve information about a user.

const request = {
  userId: "dc58c6dc-a1fd-4a4f-8e2f-846636dd4833",
};

const response = await authsignal.getUser(request);

const isEnrolled = response.isEnrolled;

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Update User

API schema

This method lets you update information about a user. Any fields which are omitted in the request will be left unchanged.

const request = {
  userId: "dc58c6dc-a1fd-4a4f-8e2f-846636dd4833",
  attributes: {
    email: "jane.smith@authsignal.com",
    phoneNumber: "+64271234567",
    username: "jane.smith@authsignal.com",
    displayName: "Jane Smith",
  },
};

const updatedAttributes = await authsignal.updateUser(request);

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Delete User

API schema

This method lets you delete a user and all their associated authenticator data.

const request = {
  userId: "dc58c6dc-a1fd-4a4f-8e2f-846636dd4833",
};

await authsignal.deleteUser(request);

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Get Authenticators

API schema

This method lets you retrieve a list of the authenticators that a user currently has enrolled.

const request = {
  userId: "dc58c6dc-a1fd-4a4f-8e2f-846636dd4833",
};

const authenticators = await authsignal.getAuthenticators(request);

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Enroll Verified Authenticator

API schema

This method lets you enroll an email or SMS-based authenticator for a user whose email address or phone number has already been verified via an external platform.

const request = {
  userId: "dc58c6dc-a1fd-4a4f-8e2f-846636dd4833",
  attributes: {
    verificationMethod: VerificationMethod.SMS,
    phoneNumber: "+64270000000",
  },
};

const response = authsignal.enrollVerifiedAuthenticator(request);

This method should not be used if you haven’t yet verified the user’s email or phone number. It does not send out an email / SMS to initiate a verification process - if you need to verify an email address or phone number, you should use a Client SDK or the pre-built UI.

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Delete Authenticator

API schema

This method lets you remove an authenticator that a user has previously enrolled.

const request = {
  userId: "dc58c6dc-a1fd-4a4f-8e2f-846636dd4833",
  userAuthenticatorId: "bf287470-24d9-4aa4-8b29-85683bea703f",
};

await authsignal.deleteAuthenticator(request);

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Get Action

API schema

This method lets you retrieve information about an action which was previously tracked.

const request = {
  userId: "dc58c6dc-a1fd-4a4f-8e2f-846636dd4833",
  action: "signIn",
  idempotencyKey: "83d07321-9bba-4f08-a871-02e2af813b72",
};

const response = await authsignal.getAction(request);

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Update Action

API schema

This method lets you manually update the state of an action that was previously tracked.

const request = {
  userId: "dc58c6dc-a1fd-4a4f-8e2f-846636dd4833",
  action: "signIn",
  idempotencyKey: "83d07321-9bba-4f08-a871-02e2af813b72",
  attributes: {
    state: "REVIEW_REQUIRED",
  },
};

const updatedAttributes = await authsignal.updateAction(request);

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Error handling

Authsignal Server SDKs can return errors for a variety of reasons, such as invalid requests or network interruptions, which should be handled accordingly.

const request = {
  userId: "dc58c6dc-a1fd-4a4f-8e2f-846636dd4833",
};

try {
  const response = await authsignal.getUser(request);
} catch (e) {
  if (e instanceof AuthsignalError) {
    const statusCode = e.statusCode;
    const errorCode = e.errorCode;
    const errorDescription = e.errorDescription;
  }
}

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Error fields

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statusCode
integer

The HTTP status code returned by the Authsignal Server API.

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errorCode
string

A code which identifies a specific error state.

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errorDescription
string

A free-text description of the error. This value should only be used for logging or troubleshooting purposes.

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Error codes

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invalid_configuration

Indicates that the request cannot be handled because the tenant is in an invalid configuration.

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invalid_credential

Indicates that the credential (e.g. passkey) referenced by the request is invalid for the given user and cannot be authenticated.

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invalid_request

Indicates that the request failed due to an invalid parameter or input.

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too_many_requests

Indicates that the server cannot respond as requests have been rate-limited due to exceeding a threshold.

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unauthorized

Indicates that the request is unauthorized due to invalid tenant credentials - for example if the API secret key is invalid or if the region doesn’t match.

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Webhooks

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Verifying incoming requests

The Authsignal Server SDK can be used to parse and verify incoming webhook events.

const authsignal = new Authsignal({ apiSecretKey: "YOUR_SECRET_KEY" });

// Obtain raw request body and signature header
// For example using Express (https://expressjs.com/)
const payload = req.body;
const sig = req.headers["X-Signature-V2"];

const event = authsignal.webhook.constructEvent(payload, sig);

The Authsignal SDK requires the raw body of the request to verify the signature. If you’re using a framework, make sure it doesn’t manipulate the raw body as this will cause the signature verification to fail.

To prevent against replay attacks, the SDK will error if more than 5 minutes has elapsed since the time that the event was sent. This threshold can be customized by passing a tolerance value - the time (in minutes) after which requests should be rejected.

const payload = req.body;
const sig = req.headers["X-Signature-V2"];
const tolerance = 10;

const event = authsignal.webhook.constructEvent(payload, sig, tolerance);

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