Strapi-plugin-passwordless NPM

Strapi PasswordLess Plugin

A plugin for Strapi Headless CMS that provides ability to sign-in/sign-up to an application by link had sent to email. A plugin works together with Strapi User Permissions Plugin and extends it functionality. For working with emails a plugin use Strapi Email Plugin.

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⏳ Installation

Install Strapi with this Quickstart command to create a Strapi project instantly:

(Use yarn to install the Strapi project (recommended). Install yarn with these docs.)

# with yarn
yarn create strapi-app my-project --quickstart

# with npm/npx
npx create-strapi-app my-project --quickstart

Configure the Strapi email plugin ( official documentation )
Add the strapi-plugin-passwordless plugin

yarn add strapi-plugin-passwordless@latest

# or

npm i -S strapi-plugin-passwordless@latest

After successful installation you've to build a fresh package that includes plugin UI. To archive that simply use:

yarn build && yarn develop

# or

npm run build && npm run develop

or just run Strapi in the development mode with --watch-admin option:

yarn develop --watch-admin

#or

npm run develop --watch-admin

The Passwordless plugin should appear in the Plugins section of Strapi sidebar after you run app again.

🔌 Usage

REST API

Email user with login link

POST /api/passwordless/send-link
{
  "email": "user@email.com"
  "username": "John Bull" // username for new user
  "context": { 
    // context of authentification, optional parameter e.g. "currentUrl": "...my page..."
    ...
  }  
}

Send mail to user by username

POST /api/passwordless/send-link 
{
  "username": "John Bull"
}

Login with token

GET /api/passwordless/login?loginToken={tokenFromEmail}

Response:

{
  "jwt":  "...jwt auth token..."
  "user": {
    ...strapi user...
  },
  "context": {
    ... context, provided to sendlink, e.g. currentPage, sessionId etc.
  }
}