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Sign In with Magic Link

Follow this guide to sign in users with Magic Link, also called passwordless email.

The Magic Link sign-in method enables you to sign in users to your app using an email address, without requiring a password.

Setup​

Enable the Magic Link sign-in method in the Nhost dashboard under Users -> Authentication Settings -> Magic Link.

Magic Link Setup with Nhost

Sign In​

To sign in users with Magic Link is a two-step process:

  1. Send a Magic Link to the user's email address.
  2. The user clicks the Magic Link in their email to sign in to your app.

Use the Nhost JavaScript client to sign up users with Magic Link in your app:

nhost.auth.signIn({
  email: 'joe@example.com'
})

If you want to change the email for your magic link emails, you can do so by changing the email templates.