Use nhost.auth.signIn to sign in a user using email and password, passwordless (email or sms) or an external provider. signIn can be used to sign in a user in various ways depending on the parameters.

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

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Parameters

params optional SignInParams

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Examples

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Sign in a user using email and password

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

​
Sign in a user using an OAuth provider (e.g: Google or Facebook)

nhost.auth.signIn({ provider: 'google' })

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

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Sign in a user using passwordless SMS

// [step 1/2] Passwordless sign in using SMS
nhost.auth.signIn({ phoneNumber: '+11233213123' })

// [step 2/2] Finish passwordless sign in using SMS (OTP)
nhost.auth.signIn({ phoneNumber: '+11233213123', otp: '123456' })

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Sign in anonymously

// Sign in anonymously
nhost.auth.signIn()

// Later in the application, the user can complete their registration
nhost.auth.signUp({
  email: 'joe@example.com',
  password: 'secret-password'
})

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Sign in with a security key

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

@docs https://docs.nhost.io/reference/javascript/auth/sign-in

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