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Sign In with Email and Password

The Email and Password sign-in method is always enabled for all Nhost projects.

Sign Up​

Users must first sign up to be able to sign in.

Example: Sign up users using the Nhost JavaScript client.

await nhost.auth.signUp({
  email: 'joe@example.com',
  password: 'secret-password'
})

If you've turned on email verification in your project's Authentication Settings, a user will be sent a verification email upon signup. The user must click the verification link in the email before they can sign in.

Sign In​

After the user has successfully signed up, they can sign in.

Example: Sign in users using the Nhost JavaScript client.

await nhost.auth.signIn({
  email: 'joe@example.com',
  password: 'secret-password'
})

Email Verification​

If you want to require users to verify their email before they can sign in, you can enable this under Settings -> Sign-In Methods -> Email and Password by checking the Require Verified Emails checkbox.

If Require Verified Emails is enabled, users automatically get a verification email when they sign up. The user must click the verification link in the email before they can sign in. It's possible to edit the "email-verify" email template.

It's possible to manually send a verification email to the user using nhost.auth.sendVerificationEmail().