TOTP enrollment

Enrolling in MFA does not automatically verify the user for wallet operations. Once enrolled, subsequent wallet actions will require MFA verification. See the verification guides for how to complete MFA verification.

Enroll users in MFA using TOTP (Time-based One-Time Password), where they authenticate with a 6-digit code from an authenticator app like Authy or Google Authenticator.

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Android

Setup

To enroll users in MFA with TOTP, use the initEnrollmentWithTotp and submitEnrollmentWithTotp methods returned by the useMfaEnrollment hook:

import {useMfaEnrollment} from '@privy-io/react-auth';

const {initEnrollmentWithTotp, submitEnrollmentWithTotp} = useMfaEnrollment();

Initiating enrollment

First, initiate enrollment by calling Privy’s initEnrollmentWithTotp method with no parameters. This method returns a Promise for an authUrl and secret that the user will need in order to complete enrollment.

const {authUrl, secret} = await initEnrollmentWithTotp();

Then, to have the user enroll, you can either:

Display the TOTP authUrl as a QR code to the user, and prompt them to scan it with their TOTP client (commonly, a mobile app like Google Authenticator or Authy)
Allow the user to copy the TOTP secret and paste it into their TOTP client

You can directly pass in the authUrl from above into a library like react-qr-code to render the URL as a QR code to your user.

Completing enrollment

Once your user has successfully scanned the QR code, an enrollment code for Privy will appear within their TOTP client. Prompt the user to enter this code in your app, and call Privy’s submitEnrollmentWithTotp method. As a parameter, pass a JSON object with an mfaCode field that contains the MFA code from the user as a string.

const mfaCodeInput = 'insert-mfa-code-from-user-totp-app'; // Prompt the user for the code in their TOTP app
await submitEnrollmentWithTotp({mfaCode: mfaCodeInput});

See an end-to-end example of enrolling users in MFA with TOTP

The component below serves as a reference implementation for how to enroll your users in MFA with TOTP!

Example enrolling a TOTP client for MFA

import {useMfaEnrollment} from '@privy-io/react-auth';
import QRCode from 'react-qr-code';
import {CopyableElement} from '../components/CopyableElement';

export default function MfaEnrollmentWithTotp() {
  const {initEnrollmentWithTotp, submitEnrollmentWithTotp} = useMfaEnrollment();
  const [totpAuthUrl, setTotpAuthUrl] = useState<string | null>(null);
  const [totpSecret, setTotpSecret] = useState<string | null>(null);
  const [mfaCode, setMfaCode] = useState<string | null>(null);

  // Handler for when the user is ready to enroll in TOTP MFA
  const onGenerateTotpUrl = async () => {
    const {authUrl, secret} = await initEnrollmentWithTotp();
    setTotpAuthUrl(authUrl);
    setTotpSecret(secret);
  }

  // Handler for when the user enters the MFA code from their TOTP client
  const onEnteredMfaCode = async () => {
    await submitEnrollmentWithTotp({mfaCode: mfaCode});
    // See the error handling guide for details on how to handle errors
  }

  return(
    <div>
      {/* QR code for the user to scan */}
      {totpAuthUrl && totpSecret ?
        {/* If TOTP values have been generated... */}
        <>
          {/* ...show the user a QR code with the `authUrl` that they can scan...  */}
          <QRCode value={totpAuthUrl} />
          {/* ...or give them the option to copy the `secret` into their TOTP client  */}
          <CopyableElement value={totpSecret} />
        </> :
        {/* Else, show a button to generate the totpAuthUrl */}
        <button onClick={() => onGenerateTotpUrl()}>Show QR Code</button>
      }
      {/* Input field for the user to enter their MFA code */}
      <p>Enter the code from your authenticator app below.</p>
      <input placeholder='123456' onChange={(event) => setMfaCode(event.target.value)}/>
      <button onClick={() => submitEnrollmentWithTotp({mfaCode: mfaCode})}>Submit Enrollment Code</button>
    </div>
  );
}

Setup

To enroll users in MFA with TOTP, use the initMfaEnrollment and submitMfaEnrollment methods returned by the useMfaEnrollment hook:

import {useMfaEnrollment} from '@privy-io/expo';

const {initMfaEnrollment, submitMfaEnrollment} = useMfaEnrollment();

Initiating enrollment

First, initiate enrollment by calling Privy’s initMfaEnrollment method with a JSON parameter of {method: 'totp'}:

const {authUrl} = await initMfaEnrollment({method: 'totp'});

Then, to have the user enroll, you can display the TOTP authUrl as a QR code to the user, and prompt them to scan it with their TOTP client.

You can directly pass in the authUrl from above into a library like expo-linking to deep link into a TOTP application for MFA.

Completing enrollment

Once your user has successfully linked into their TOTP application, prompt the user to enter the code in your app, and call Privy’s submitMfaEnrollment method:

const mfaCodeInput = 'insert-mfa-code-from-user-totp-app'; // Prompt the user for the code in their TOTP app
await submitMfaEnrollment({method: 'totp', code: mfaCodeInput});

See an end-to-end example of enrolling users in MFA with TOTP

The component below serves as a reference implementation for how to enroll your users in MFA with TOTP!

Example enrolling a TOTP client for MFA

import {useMfaEnrollment} from '@privy-io/expo';

export default function MfaEnrollmentWithTotp() {
  const {initMfaEnrollment, submitMfaEnrollment} = useMfaEnrollment();
  const [totpAuthUrl, setTotpAuthUrl] = useState<string | null>(null);
  const [mfaCode, setMfaCode] = useState<string | null>(null);

  // Handler for when the user is ready to enroll in TOTP MFA
  const onGenerateTotpUrl = async () => {
    const {authUrl} = await initMfaEnrollment({method: 'totp'});
    setTotpAuthUrl(authUrl);
  }

  // Handler for when the user enters the MFA code from their TOTP client
  const onMfaEnrollmentSubmit = async () => {
    await submitMfaEnrollment({method: 'totp', code: mfaCode});
    // See the error handling guide for details on how to handle errors
  }

  return(
      {/* QR code for the user to scan */}
      <YStack gap={12}>
              <Text>TOTP MFA Enrollment</Text>
              {
                // Check to see if the totpAuthUrl is generated
                !!totpAuthUrl && <Text onPress={() => Linking.openURL(totpAuthUrl)} >{totpAuthUrl}</Text>
                <XStack gap={12}>
                  <Input
                    value={mfaCode}
                    onChangeText={setMfaCode}
                    flex={1}
                    keyboardType="number-pad"
                  />
                  {// Once the TOTP code is received in the authenticator app and input above, submit for enrollment}
                  <Button onPress={onMfaEnrollmentSubmit} flex={1}>
                    <Text>Verify OTP</Text>
                  </Button>
                </XStack>
              }
            </YStack>
  );
}

Initiating enrollment

First, initiate enrollment by calling Privy’s generateSecret method. This method returns a TotpSecret containing the secret and authUrl that the user will need in order to complete enrollment:

guard let user = await privy.getUser() else { return }

let totpSecret = try await user.mfa.totp.enroll.generateSecret()

// Access the secret for manual entry
print(totpSecret.secret)

// Access the auth URL for QR code generation
print(totpSecret.authUrl)

Then, to have the user enroll, you can either:

Display the TOTP authUrl as a QR code to the user, and prompt them to scan it with their TOTP client (commonly, a mobile app like Google Authenticator or Authy)
Allow the user to copy the TOTP secret and paste it into their TOTP client

Completing enrollment

Once your user has successfully scanned the QR code or entered the secret, an enrollment code for Privy will appear within their TOTP client. Prompt the user to enter this code in your app, and call Privy’s submit method:

// Prompt the user for the code in their TOTP app
let mfaCode = "123456"
let updatedUser = try await user.mfa.totp.enroll.submit(code: mfaCode)

// The updated user object will contain the newly enrolled mfaMethod
print(updatedUser.mfaMethods)

Initiating enrollment

val user = privy.getUser() ?: return

user.mfa.totp.enroll.generateSecret()
    .onSuccess { totpSecret ->
        // Access the secret for manual entry
        println(totpSecret.secret)

        // Access the auth URL for QR code generation
        println(totpSecret.authUrl)
    }
    .onFailure { error ->
        // Handle error
    }

Then, to have the user enroll, you can either:

Display the TOTP authUrl as a QR code to the user, and prompt them to scan it with their TOTP client (commonly, a mobile app like Google Authenticator or Authy)
Allow the user to copy the TOTP secret and paste it into their TOTP client

Completing enrollment

// Prompt the user for the code in their TOTP app
val mfaCode = "123456"

user.mfa.totp.enroll.submit(mfaCode)
    .onSuccess { updatedUser ->
        // The updated user object will contain the newly enrolled mfaMethod
        println(updatedUser.mfaMethods)
    }
    .onFailure { error ->
        // Handle error
    }

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