Implementing Passwordless Login Using the Nexmo Verify API
This repo contains the example code for our tutorial on using the Nexmo Verify API to authenticate a user by their mobile phone number. It is written in Node.js using the Express framework.
Installing your own version
Follow these steps to get your own version of this up and running:
git clone https://github.com/nexmo-community/node-passwordless-login.git
cd node-passwordless-login && npm install
Configuring the application
Once installed, copy the .env-example
file to .env
in the application's root directory. Enter your API key and secret from the Nexmo Developer Dashboard and also a name for your application which will appear on the home page and also in the from
field of any SMS sent via the Verify API.
NEXMO_API_KEY=YOUR NEXMO API KEY
NEXMO_API_SECRET=YOUR NEXMO API SECRET
NEXMO_BRAND_NAME=UP TO 11 ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS
Running the application
You should then be able to run the app with npm start
.