Nhost

Nhost Authentication API

User authentication operations including sign-in, sign-up, and various authentication methods (email/password, passwordless, OAuth, WebAuthn, MFA)

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Operations 19

POST /signin/anonymous Sign in anonymously #
POST /signin/email-password Sign in with email and password #
POST /signin/idtoken Sign in with an ID token #
POST /signin/mfa/totp Verify TOTP for MFA #
POST /signin/otp/email Sign in with email OTP #
POST /signin/otp/email/verify Verify email OTP #
POST /signin/passwordless/email Sign in with magic link email #
POST /signin/passwordless/sms Sign in with SMS OTP #
POST /signin/passwordless/sms/otp Verify SMS OTP #
POST /signin/pat Sign in with Personal Access Token (PAT) #
GET /signin/provider/{provider} Sign in with an OAuth2 provider #
GET /signin/provider/{provider}/callback OAuth2 provider callback endpoint #
POST /signin/provider/{provider}/callback OAuth2 provider callback endpoint (form_post) #
POST /signin/webauthn Sign in with Webauthn #
POST /signin/webauthn/verify Verify Webauthn sign-in #
POST /signup/email-password Sign up with email and password #
POST /signup/webauthn Sign up with Webauthn #
POST /signup/webauthn/verify Verify Webauthn sign-up #
POST /user/deanonymize Deanonymize an anonymous user #

Documentation

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https://docs.nhost.io/products/auth/
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https://docs.nhost.io/products/storage/

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

nhost-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Nhost Authentication API
  description: Comprehensive authentication service for managing user identities, sessions, and authentication methods
  license:
    name: MIT License
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
  contact:
    name: Nhost Support
    email: support@nhost.io
    url: https://nhost.io
servers:
- url: https://{subdomain}.auth.{region}.nhost.run/v1
  description: Nhost Authentication API Server
tags:


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