post__mfa_primary

POST /mfa/primary

Set Primary MFA Method

Set the primary multi-factor authentication method for the authenticated user. The primary method will be used as the default when multiple MFA methods are available.

TypeScript Client Library

// Note: This endpoint doesn't have a direct client method in the provided TypeScript client
// You would need to use the generic makeRequest method:
// this.makeRequest<any>('mfa/primary', 'POST', { mfaType: 'GOOGLE_AUTH' });

Code Samples

Shell

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://backend.flashback.tech/mfa/primary \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
  -d '{
    "mfaType": "GOOGLE_AUTH"
  }'

HTTP

POST https://backend.flashback.tech/mfa/primary HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:3000
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
Authorization: Bearer {access-token}

{
  "mfaType": "GOOGLE_AUTH"
}

JavaScript

const inputBody = '{
  "mfaType": "GOOGLE_AUTH"
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://backend.flashback.tech/mfa/primary',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

Ruby

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://backend.flashback.tech/mfa/primary',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

Python

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://backend.flashback.tech/mfa/primary', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

PHP

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array(
    'mfaType' => 'GOOGLE_AUTH'
);

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://backend.flashback.tech/mfa/primary', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

Java

URL obj = new URL("https://backend.flashback.tech/mfa/primary");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
con.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer {access-token}");
con.setDoOutput(true);

String jsonInputString = "{\"mfaType\":\"GOOGLE_AUTH\"}";
try(OutputStream os = con.getOutputStream()) {
    byte[] input = jsonInputString.getBytes("utf-8");
    os.write(input, 0, input.length);           
}

int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

Go

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{`{"mfaType":"GOOGLE_AUTH"}`})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://backend.flashback.tech/mfa/primary", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

Request Body

Name	Type	Required	Description
mfaType	string	true	Type of MFA method to set as primary

Body parameter

{
  "mfaType": "GOOGLE_AUTH"
}

Example responses

200 Response

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Primary MFA method updated"
}

500 Response

{
  "success": false,
  "error": "Failed to set primary MFA"
}

Responses

Status	Meaning	Description	Schema
200	OK	Primary MFA method updated successfully	Inline
500	Internal Server Error	Internal server error	Inline

Response Schema

Status Code 200

Name	Type	Required	Restrictions	Description
» success	boolean	false	none	Indicates if the request was successful
» message	string	false	none	Success message confirming the action

Status Code 500

Name	Type	Required	Restrictions	Description
» success	boolean	false	none	Indicates if the request was successful
» error	string	false	none	Error message describing the issue

Enumerated Values

Parameter	Value	Description
» mfaType	GOOGLE_AUTH	Google Authenticator TOTP
» mfaType	MAGIC_LINK	Magic link email verification
» mfaType	PASSKEY	WebAuthn passkey authentication