Generate authenticator challenge

https://api.socialidnow.com/v1

POST

/authenticators/challenge

It generates a challenge and sends it to the channel if supported by the authenticator type. This API is useful to regenerate challenges that were not received by end users at the registration step (POST /authenticators). Challenges expire in 5 minutes.

The remaining response attributes depend on the authenticator type.

Request

Authorization

Bearer Token

Provide your bearer token in the

Authorization

header when making requests to protected resources.

Example:

Authorization: Bearer ********************

Body Params application/jsonRequired

Examples

Responses

🟢201Created

application/json

Created. Challenge successfully generated.

Body

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.socialidnow.com/v1/authenticators/challenge' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "authenticator_types": [
        "email_otp"
    ],
    "authenticator_id": "ef0166ea-07d7-4d4f-9330-a1b148bea533"
}'

Response Example

{
    "authenticator_id": "ef0166ea-07d7-4d4f-9330-a1b148bea533",
    "authenticator_type": "email_otp",
    "expires_in": 296
}

Modified at 2025-08-19 19:12:55

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