> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs-dev-actions-triggers-prototype.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> Describes how to build your own MFA flows using SMS or voice as an authentication factor.

# Enroll and Challenge Email Authenticators

export const AuthCodeGroup = ({children, dropdown}) => {
  const [processedChildren, setProcessedChildren] = useState(children);
  useEffect(() => {
    let unsubscribe = null;
    function init() {
      unsubscribe = window.autorun(() => {
        const processChildren = node => {
          if (typeof node === "string") {
            let processedNode = node;
            for (const [key, value] of window.rootStore.variableStore.values.entries()) {
              const escapedKey = key.replaceAll(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, (String.raw)`\$&`);
              processedNode = processedNode.replaceAll(new RegExp(escapedKey, "g"), value);
            }
            return processedNode;
          } else if (Array.isArray(node)) {
            return node.map(processChildren);
          } else if (node && node.props && node.props.children) {
            return {
              ...node,
              props: {
                ...node.props,
                children: processChildren(node.props.children)
              }
            };
          }
          return node;
        };
        setProcessedChildren(processChildren(children));
      });
    }
    if (window.rootStore) {
      init();
    } else {
      window.addEventListener("adu:storeReady", init);
    }
    return () => {
      window.removeEventListener("adu:storeReady", init);
      unsubscribe?.();
    };
  }, [children]);
  return <CodeGroup dropdown={dropdown}>{processedChildren}</CodeGroup>;
};

export const AuthCodeBlock = ({filename, icon, language, highlight, children}) => {
  const [displayText, setDisplayText] = useState(children);
  const [copyText, setCopyText] = useState(children);
  const wrapperRef = React.useRef(null);
  useEffect(() => {
    let unsubscribe = null;
    function init() {
      if (!window.autorun || !window.rootStore) {
        return;
      }
      unsubscribe = window.autorun(() => {
        let processedChildrenForDisplay = children;
        let processedChildrenForCopy = children;
        for (const [key, value] of window.rootStore.variableStore.values.entries()) {
          const escapedKey = key.replaceAll(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, (String.raw)`\$&`);
          let displayValue = value;
          if (key === "{yourClientSecret}" && value !== "{yourClientSecret}") {
            displayValue = value.substring(0, 3) + "*****MASKED*****";
          }
          processedChildrenForDisplay = processedChildrenForDisplay.replaceAll(new RegExp(escapedKey, "g"), displayValue);
          processedChildrenForCopy = processedChildrenForCopy.replaceAll(new RegExp(escapedKey, "g"), value);
        }
        setDisplayText(processedChildrenForDisplay);
        setCopyText(processedChildrenForCopy);
      });
    }
    if (window.rootStore) {
      init();
    } else {
      window.addEventListener("adu:storeReady", init);
    }
    return () => {
      window.removeEventListener("adu:storeReady", init);
      unsubscribe?.();
    };
  }, [children]);
  useEffect(() => {
    if (!wrapperRef.current) return;
    const originalWriteText = navigator.clipboard.writeText.bind(navigator.clipboard);
    let isOverriding = false;
    const handleClick = e => {
      const button = e.target.closest('[data-testid="copy-code-button"]');
      if (!button || !wrapperRef.current.contains(button)) return;
      isOverriding = true;
      navigator.clipboard.writeText = text => {
        if (isOverriding) {
          isOverriding = false;
          navigator.clipboard.writeText = originalWriteText;
          return originalWriteText(copyText);
        }
        return originalWriteText(text);
      };
      setTimeout(() => {
        if (isOverriding) {
          isOverriding = false;
          navigator.clipboard.writeText = originalWriteText;
        }
      }, 100);
    };
    const wrapper = wrapperRef.current;
    wrapper.addEventListener('click', handleClick, true);
    return () => {
      wrapper.removeEventListener('click', handleClick, true);
      if (navigator.clipboard.writeText !== originalWriteText) {
        navigator.clipboard.writeText = originalWriteText;
      }
    };
  }, [copyText]);
  return <div ref={wrapperRef}>
      <CodeBlock filename={filename} icon={icon} language={language} lines highlight={highlight}>
        {displayText}
      </CodeBlock>
    </div>;
};

Auth0 provides a built-in <Tooltip tip="Multi-factor authentication (MFA): User authentication process that uses a factor in addition to username and password such as a code via SMS." cta="View Glossary" href="/docs/glossary?term=MFA">MFA</Tooltip> enrollment and authentication flow using [Universal Login](/docs/authenticate/login/auth0-universal-login). However, if you want to create your own user interface, you can use the [MFA API](/docs/secure/multi-factor-authentication/multi-factor-authentication-developer-resources/mfa-api) to accomplish it.

When email is enabled as a factor, all users with verified emails will be able to use them to complete MFA.

<Card title="Availability varies by Auth0 plan">
  Both your specific login implementation and your Auth0 plan or custom agreement affect whether this feature is available. To learn more, read [Pricing](https://auth0.com/pricing).
</Card>

## Prerequisites

Before you can use the MFA APIs, you'll need to enable the MFA grant type for your application. Go to [Auth0 Dashboard > Applications > Advanced Settings > Grant Types](https://manage.auth0.com/#/applications) and select **MFA**.

* [Configure Email](/docs/secure/multi-factor-authentication/multi-factor-authentication-factors/configure-email-notifications-for-mfa) as a factor in the Dashboard or using the [Management API](https://auth0.com/docs/api/management/v2#!/Guardian/put_factors_by_name).

## Enroll with email

To enable users to enroll emails in addition to their verified email in their primary identity, you need to complete the following steps.

### Get MFA token

Depending on when you are triggering enrollment, you can obtain an <Tooltip tip="Access Token: Authorization credential, in the form of an opaque string or JWT, used to access an API." cta="View Glossary" href="/docs/glossary?term=access+token">access token</Tooltip> for using the MFA API in different ways:

* If you are enrolling during authentication, see [Authenticate With Resource Owner Password Grant and MFA](/docs/secure/multi-factor-authentication/authenticate-using-ropg-flow-with-mfa).
* If you want to let the user enroll a factor at any moment, see [Manage MFA Factor Enrollments](/docs/secure/multi-factor-authentication/manage-mfa-auth0-apis/manage-authenticator-factors-mfa-api).

### Enroll authenticator

Make a `POST` request to the MFA Associate endpoint to enroll the user's authenticator. The bearer token required by this endpoint is the MFA token obtained in the previous step.

Use the following parameters:

| Parameter              | Value                                         |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| `authentication_types` | `[oob]`                                       |
| `oob_channels`         | `[email]`                                     |
| `email`                | `email@address.com`, the users email address. |

<AuthCodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --request POST \
    --url 'https://{yourDomain}/mfa/associate' \
    --header 'authorization: Bearer MFA_TOKEN' \
    --header 'content-type: application/json' \
    --data '{ "authenticator_types": ["oob"], "oob_channels": ["email"], "email" : "email@address.com" }'
  ```

  ```csharp C# theme={null}
  var client = new RestClient("https://{yourDomain}/mfa/associate");
  var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
  request.AddHeader("authorization", "Bearer MFA_TOKEN");
  request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json");
  request.AddParameter("application/json", "{ "authenticator_types": ["oob"], "oob_channels": ["email"], "email" : "email@address.com" }", ParameterType.RequestBody);
  IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
  ```

  ```go Go theme={null}
  package main

  import (
  	"fmt"
  	"strings"
  	"net/http"
  	"io/ioutil"
  )

  func main() {

  	url := "https://{yourDomain}/mfa/associate"

  	payload := strings.NewReader("{ "authenticator_types": ["oob"], "oob_channels": ["email"], "email" : "email@address.com" }")

  	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

  	req.Header.Add("authorization", "Bearer MFA_TOKEN")
  	req.Header.Add("content-type", "application/json")

  	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  	defer res.Body.Close()
  	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

  	fmt.Println(res)
  	fmt.Println(string(body))

  }
  ```

  ```java Java theme={null}
  HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{yourDomain}/mfa/associate")
    .header("authorization", "Bearer MFA_TOKEN")
    .header("content-type", "application/json")
    .body("{ "authenticator_types": ["oob"], "oob_channels": ["email"], "email" : "email@address.com" }")
    .asString();
  ```

  ```javascript Node.JS theme={null}
  var axios = require("axios").default;

  var options = {
    method: 'POST',
    url: 'https://{yourDomain}/mfa/associate',
    headers: {authorization: 'Bearer MFA_TOKEN', 'content-type': 'application/json'},
    data: {
      authenticator_types: ['oob'],
      oob_channels: ['email'],
      email: 'email@address.com'
    }
  };

  axios.request(options).then(function (response) {
    console.log(response.data);
  }).catch(function (error) {
    console.error(error);
  });
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={null}
  $curl = curl_init();

  curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://{yourDomain}/mfa/associate",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{ "authenticator_types": ["oob"], "oob_channels": ["email"], "email" : "email@address.com" }",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
      "authorization: Bearer MFA_TOKEN",
      "content-type: application/json"
    ],
  ]);

  $response = curl_exec($curl);
  $err = curl_error($curl);

  curl_close($curl);

  if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
  } else {
    echo $response;
  }
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import http.client

  conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("")

  payload = "{ "authenticator_types": ["oob"], "oob_channels": ["email"], "email" : "email@address.com" }"

  headers = {
      'authorization': "Bearer MFA_TOKEN",
      'content-type': "application/json"
      }

  conn.request("POST", "/{yourDomain}/mfa/associate", payload, headers)

  res = conn.getresponse()
  data = res.read()

  print(data.decode("utf-8"))
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby theme={null}
  require 'uri'
  require 'net/http'
  require 'openssl'

  url = URI("https://{yourDomain}/mfa/associate")

  http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
  http.use_ssl = true
  http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

  request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
  request["authorization"] = 'Bearer MFA_TOKEN'
  request["content-type"] = 'application/json'
  request.body = "{ "authenticator_types": ["oob"], "oob_channels": ["email"], "email" : "email@address.com" }"

  response = http.request(request)
  puts response.read_body
  ```
</AuthCodeGroup>

If successful, you receive a response like this:

```json lines theme={null}
{
    "authenticator_type": "oob",
    "binding_method": "prompt",
    "oob_code" : "Fe26..nWE",
    "oob_channel": "email",
    "recovery_codes": [ "N3BGPZZWJ85JLCNPZBDW6QXC" ]
  }
```

If you get a `User is already enrolled` error, the user already has an MFA factor enrolled. Before associating another factor with the user, you must challenge the user with the existing factor.

If this is the first time the user is associating an authenticator, you'll notice the response includes `recovery_codes`. Recovery codes are used to access the user's account in the event that they lose access to the account or device used for their second-factor authentication. These are one-time usable codes, and new ones are generated as necessary.

### Confirm email enrollment

The user should receive an email containing the 6-digit code that they can provide to the application.

To complete the enrollment, make a `POST` request to the [**`/oath/token`**](https://auth0.com/docs/api/authentication#get-token) endpoint. Include the `oob_code` returned in the previous response and the `binding_code` with the value in the email message.

<AuthCodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --request POST \
    --url 'https://{yourDomain}/oauth/token' \
    --data grant_type=http://auth0.com/oauth/grant-type/mfa-oob \
    --data 'mfa_token={mfaToken}' \
    --data 'oob_code={oobCode}' \
    --data 'binding_code={userEmailOtpCode}' \
    --data 'client_id={yourClientId}' \
    --data 'client_secret={yourClientSecret}'
  ```

  ```csharp C# theme={null}
  var client = new RestClient("https://{yourDomain}/oauth/token");
  var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
  request.AddParameter("undefined", "grant_type=http%3A%2F%2Fauth0.com%2Foauth%2Fgrant-type%2Fmfa-oob&mfa_token=%7BmfaToken%7D&oob_code=%7BoobCode%7D&binding_code=%7BuserEmailOtpCode%7D&client_id={yourClientId}&client_secret=%7ByourClientSecret%7D", ParameterType.RequestBody);
  IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
  ```

  ```go Go theme={null}
  package main

  import (
  	"fmt"
  	"strings"
  	"net/http"
  	"io/ioutil"
  )

  func main() {

  	url := "https://{yourDomain}/oauth/token"

  	payload := strings.NewReader("grant_type=http%3A%2F%2Fauth0.com%2Foauth%2Fgrant-type%2Fmfa-oob&mfa_token=%7BmfaToken%7D&oob_code=%7BoobCode%7D&binding_code=%7BuserEmailOtpCode%7D&client_id={yourClientId}&client_secret=%7ByourClientSecret%7D")

  	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

  	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  	defer res.Body.Close()
  	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

  	fmt.Println(res)
  	fmt.Println(string(body))

  }
  ```

  ```java Java theme={null}
  HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{yourDomain}/oauth/token")
    .body("grant_type=http%3A%2F%2Fauth0.com%2Foauth%2Fgrant-type%2Fmfa-oob&mfa_token=%7BmfaToken%7D&oob_code=%7BoobCode%7D&binding_code=%7BuserEmailOtpCode%7D&client_id={yourClientId}&client_secret=%7ByourClientSecret%7D")
    .asString();
  ```

  ```javascript Node.JS theme={null}
  var axios = require("axios").default;

  var options = {
    method: 'POST',
    url: 'https://{yourDomain}/oauth/token',
    data: new URLSearchParams({
      grant_type: 'http://auth0.com/oauth/grant-type/mfa-oob',
      mfa_token: '{mfaToken}',
      oob_code: '{oobCode}',
      binding_code: '{userEmailOtpCode}',
      client_id: '{yourClientId}',
      client_secret: '{yourClientSecret}'
    })
  };

  axios.request(options).then(function (response) {
    console.log(response.data);
  }).catch(function (error) {
    console.error(error);
  });
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={null}
  $curl = curl_init();

  curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://{yourDomain}/oauth/token",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "grant_type=http%3A%2F%2Fauth0.com%2Foauth%2Fgrant-type%2Fmfa-oob&mfa_token=%7BmfaToken%7D&oob_code=%7BoobCode%7D&binding_code=%7BuserEmailOtpCode%7D&client_id={yourClientId}&client_secret=%7ByourClientSecret%7D",
  ]);

  $response = curl_exec($curl);
  $err = curl_error($curl);

  curl_close($curl);

  if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
  } else {
    echo $response;
  }
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import http.client

  conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("")

  payload = "grant_type=http%3A%2F%2Fauth0.com%2Foauth%2Fgrant-type%2Fmfa-oob&mfa_token=%7BmfaToken%7D&oob_code=%7BoobCode%7D&binding_code=%7BuserEmailOtpCode%7D&client_id={yourClientId}&client_secret=%7ByourClientSecret%7D"

  conn.request("POST", "/{yourDomain}/oauth/token", payload)

  res = conn.getresponse()
  data = res.read()

  print(data.decode("utf-8"))
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby theme={null}
  require 'uri'
  require 'net/http'
  require 'openssl'

  url = URI("https://{yourDomain}/oauth/token")

  http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
  http.use_ssl = true
  http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

  request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
  request.body = "grant_type=http%3A%2F%2Fauth0.com%2Foauth%2Fgrant-type%2Fmfa-oob&mfa_token=%7BmfaToken%7D&oob_code=%7BoobCode%7D&binding_code=%7BuserEmailOtpCode%7D&client_id={yourClientId}&client_secret=%7ByourClientSecret%7D"

  response = http.request(request)
  puts response.read_body
  ```
</AuthCodeGroup>

If the call was successful, you'll receive a response in the following format, containing the access token:

```json lines theme={null}
{
  "id_token": "eyJ...i",
  "access_token": "eyJ...i",
  "expires_in": 600,
  "scope": "openid profile",
  "token_type": "Bearer"
}
```

At this point, the authenticator is fully associated and ready to be used, and you have the authentication tokens for the user.

You can check at any point to verify whether an authenticator has been confirmed by calling the MFA Authenticators endpoint. If the authenticator is confirmed, the value returned for `active` is `true`.

Optionally, you can customize the emails that users receive. See [Customize Email Templates](/docs/customize/email/email-templates) for details.

## Challenge with email

### Get MFA token

Get an MFA token following the steps described in [Authenticate With Resource Owner Password Grant and MFA](/docs/secure/multi-factor-authentication/authenticate-using-ropg-flow-with-mfa).

### Retrieve enrolled authenticators

To challenge the user, you need the `authenticator_id` for the factor you want to challenge. You can list all enrolled authenticators using the MFA Authenticators endpoint:

<AuthCodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --request GET \
    --url 'https://{yourDomain}/mfa/authenticators' \
    --header 'authorization: Bearer MFA_TOKEN' \
    --header 'content-type: application/json'
  ```

  ```csharp C# theme={null}
  var client = new RestClient("https://{yourDomain}/mfa/authenticators");
  var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
  request.AddHeader("authorization", "Bearer MFA_TOKEN");
  request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json");
  IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
  ```

  ```go Go theme={null}
  package main

  import (
  	"fmt"
  	"net/http"
  	"io/ioutil"
  )

  func main() {

  	url := "https://{yourDomain}/mfa/authenticators"

  	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

  	req.Header.Add("authorization", "Bearer MFA_TOKEN")
  	req.Header.Add("content-type", "application/json")

  	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  	defer res.Body.Close()
  	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

  	fmt.Println(res)
  	fmt.Println(string(body))

  }
  ```

  ```java Java theme={null}
  HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://{yourDomain}/mfa/authenticators")
    .header("authorization", "Bearer MFA_TOKEN")
    .header("content-type", "application/json")
    .asString();
  ```

  ```javascript Node.JS theme={null}
  var axios = require("axios").default;

  var options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://{yourDomain}/mfa/authenticators',
    headers: {authorization: 'Bearer MFA_TOKEN', 'content-type': 'application/json'}
  };

  axios.request(options).then(function (response) {
    console.log(response.data);
  }).catch(function (error) {
    console.error(error);
  });
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={null}
  $curl = curl_init();

  curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://{yourDomain}/mfa/authenticators",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
      "authorization: Bearer MFA_TOKEN",
      "content-type: application/json"
    ],
  ]);

  $response = curl_exec($curl);
  $err = curl_error($curl);

  curl_close($curl);

  if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
  } else {
    echo $response;
  }
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import http.client

  conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("")

  headers = {
      'authorization': "Bearer MFA_TOKEN",
      'content-type': "application/json"
      }

  conn.request("GET", "/{yourDomain}/mfa/authenticators", headers=headers)

  res = conn.getresponse()
  data = res.read()

  print(data.decode("utf-8"))
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby theme={null}
  require 'uri'
  require 'net/http'
  require 'openssl'

  url = URI("https://{yourDomain}/mfa/authenticators")

  http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
  http.use_ssl = true
  http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

  request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
  request["authorization"] = 'Bearer MFA_TOKEN'
  request["content-type"] = 'application/json'

  response = http.request(request)
  puts response.read_body
  ```
</AuthCodeGroup>

### Challenge user with OTP

To trigger an email challenge, `POST` to the MFA Challenge endpoint using the corresponding `authenticator_id` and the `mfa_token`.

<AuthCodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --request POST \
    --url 'https://{yourDomain}/mfa/challenge' \
    --data '{  "client_id": "{yourClientId}",  "client_secret": "{yourClientSecret}",  "challenge_type": "oob",  "authenticator_id": "email|dev_NU1Ofuw3Cw0XCt5x", "mfa_token": "{mfaToken}" }'
  ```

  ```csharp C# theme={null}
  var client = new RestClient("https://{yourDomain}/mfa/challenge");
  var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
  request.AddParameter("undefined", "{  "client_id": "{yourClientId}",  "client_secret": "{yourClientSecret}",  "challenge_type": "oob",  "authenticator_id": "email|dev_NU1Ofuw3Cw0XCt5x", "mfa_token": "{mfaToken}" }", ParameterType.RequestBody);
  IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
  ```

  ```go Go theme={null}
  package main

  import (
  	"fmt"
  	"strings"
  	"net/http"
  	"io/ioutil"
  )

  func main() {

  	url := "https://{yourDomain}/mfa/challenge"

  	payload := strings.NewReader("{  "client_id": "{yourClientId}",  "client_secret": "{yourClientSecret}",  "challenge_type": "oob",  "authenticator_id": "email|dev_NU1Ofuw3Cw0XCt5x", "mfa_token": "{mfaToken}" }")

  	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

  	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  	defer res.Body.Close()
  	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

  	fmt.Println(res)
  	fmt.Println(string(body))

  }
  ```

  ```java Java theme={null}
  HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{yourDomain}/mfa/challenge")
    .body("{  "client_id": "{yourClientId}",  "client_secret": "{yourClientSecret}",  "challenge_type": "oob",  "authenticator_id": "email|dev_NU1Ofuw3Cw0XCt5x", "mfa_token": "{mfaToken}" }")
    .asString();
  ```

  ```javascript Node.JS theme={null}
  var axios = require("axios").default;

  var options = {
    method: 'POST',
    url: 'https://{yourDomain}/mfa/challenge',
    data: {
      client_id: '{yourClientId}',
      client_secret: '{yourClientSecret}',
      challenge_type: 'oob',
      authenticator_id: 'email|dev_NU1Ofuw3Cw0XCt5x',
      mfa_token: '{mfaToken}'
    }
  };

  axios.request(options).then(function (response) {
    console.log(response.data);
  }).catch(function (error) {
    console.error(error);
  });
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={null}
  $curl = curl_init();

  curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://{yourDomain}/mfa/challenge",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{  "client_id": "{yourClientId}",  "client_secret": "{yourClientSecret}",  "challenge_type": "oob",  "authenticator_id": "email|dev_NU1Ofuw3Cw0XCt5x", "mfa_token": "{mfaToken}" }",
  ]);

  $response = curl_exec($curl);
  $err = curl_error($curl);

  curl_close($curl);

  if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
  } else {
    echo $response;
  }
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import http.client

  conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("")

  payload = "{  "client_id": "{yourClientId}",  "client_secret": "{yourClientSecret}",  "challenge_type": "oob",  "authenticator_id": "email|dev_NU1Ofuw3Cw0XCt5x", "mfa_token": "{mfaToken}" }"

  conn.request("POST", "/{yourDomain}/mfa/challenge", payload)

  res = conn.getresponse()
  data = res.read()

  print(data.decode("utf-8"))
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby theme={null}
  require 'uri'
  require 'net/http'
  require 'openssl'

  url = URI("https://{yourDomain}/mfa/challenge")

  http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
  http.use_ssl = true
  http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

  request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
  request.body = "{  "client_id": "{yourClientId}",  "client_secret": "{yourClientSecret}",  "challenge_type": "oob",  "authenticator_id": "email|dev_NU1Ofuw3Cw0XCt5x", "mfa_token": "{mfaToken}" }"

  response = http.request(request)
  puts response.read_body
  ```
</AuthCodeGroup>

### Complete authentication using received code

If successful, you receive the following response:

```json lines theme={null}
{
  "challenge_type": "oob",
  "oob_code": "abcd1234...",
  "binding_method": "prompt"
}
```

Your application should prompt the user for the code and send it as part of the request in the `binding_code` parameter in the following call to the `oauth``/token` endpoint:

<AuthCodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --request POST \
    --url 'https://{yourDomain}/oauth/token' \
    --header 'content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
    --data grant_type=http://auth0.com/oauth/grant-type/mfa-oob \
    --data 'client_id={yourClientId}' \
    --data 'client_secret={yourClientSecret}' \
    --data 'mfa_token={mfaToken}' \
    --data 'oob_code={oobCode}' \
    --data 'binding_code={userEmailOtpCode}'
  ```

  ```csharp C# theme={null}
  var client = new RestClient("https://{yourDomain}/oauth/token");
  var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
  request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
  request.AddParameter("application/x-www-form-urlencoded", "grant_type=http%3A%2F%2Fauth0.com%2Foauth%2Fgrant-type%2Fmfa-oob&client_id={yourClientId}&client_secret=%7ByourClientSecret%7D&mfa_token=%7BmfaToken%7D&oob_code=%7BoobCode%7D&binding_code=%7BuserEmailOtpCode%7D", ParameterType.RequestBody);
  IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
  ```

  ```go Go theme={null}
  package main

  import (
  	"fmt"
  	"strings"
  	"net/http"
  	"io/ioutil"
  )

  func main() {

  	url := "https://{yourDomain}/oauth/token"

  	payload := strings.NewReader("grant_type=http%3A%2F%2Fauth0.com%2Foauth%2Fgrant-type%2Fmfa-oob&client_id={yourClientId}&client_secret=%7ByourClientSecret%7D&mfa_token=%7BmfaToken%7D&oob_code=%7BoobCode%7D&binding_code=%7BuserEmailOtpCode%7D")

  	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

  	req.Header.Add("content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")

  	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  	defer res.Body.Close()
  	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

  	fmt.Println(res)
  	fmt.Println(string(body))

  }
  ```

  ```java Java theme={null}
  HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{yourDomain}/oauth/token")
    .header("content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
    .body("grant_type=http%3A%2F%2Fauth0.com%2Foauth%2Fgrant-type%2Fmfa-oob&client_id={yourClientId}&client_secret=%7ByourClientSecret%7D&mfa_token=%7BmfaToken%7D&oob_code=%7BoobCode%7D&binding_code=%7BuserEmailOtpCode%7D")
    .asString();
  ```

  ```javascript Node.JS theme={null}
  var axios = require("axios").default;

  var options = {
    method: 'POST',
    url: 'https://{yourDomain}/oauth/token',
    headers: {'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'},
    data: new URLSearchParams({
      grant_type: 'http://auth0.com/oauth/grant-type/mfa-oob',
      client_id: '{yourClientId}',
      client_secret: '{yourClientSecret}',
      mfa_token: '{mfaToken}',
      oob_code: '{oobCode}',
      binding_code: '{userEmailOtpCode}'
    })
  };

  axios.request(options).then(function (response) {
    console.log(response.data);
  }).catch(function (error) {
    console.error(error);
  });
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={null}
  $curl = curl_init();

  curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://{yourDomain}/oauth/token",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "grant_type=http%3A%2F%2Fauth0.com%2Foauth%2Fgrant-type%2Fmfa-oob&client_id={yourClientId}&client_secret=%7ByourClientSecret%7D&mfa_token=%7BmfaToken%7D&oob_code=%7BoobCode%7D&binding_code=%7BuserEmailOtpCode%7D",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
      "content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
    ],
  ]);

  $response = curl_exec($curl);
  $err = curl_error($curl);

  curl_close($curl);

  if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
  } else {
    echo $response;
  }
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import http.client

  conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("")

  payload = "grant_type=http%3A%2F%2Fauth0.com%2Foauth%2Fgrant-type%2Fmfa-oob&client_id={yourClientId}&client_secret=%7ByourClientSecret%7D&mfa_token=%7BmfaToken%7D&oob_code=%7BoobCode%7D&binding_code=%7BuserEmailOtpCode%7D"

  headers = { 'content-type': "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" }

  conn.request("POST", "/{yourDomain}/oauth/token", payload, headers)

  res = conn.getresponse()
  data = res.read()

  print(data.decode("utf-8"))
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby theme={null}
  require 'uri'
  require 'net/http'
  require 'openssl'

  url = URI("https://{yourDomain}/oauth/token")

  http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
  http.use_ssl = true
  http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

  request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
  request["content-type"] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
  request.body = "grant_type=http%3A%2F%2Fauth0.com%2Foauth%2Fgrant-type%2Fmfa-oob&client_id={yourClientId}&client_secret=%7ByourClientSecret%7D&mfa_token=%7BmfaToken%7D&oob_code=%7BoobCode%7D&binding_code=%7BuserEmailOtpCode%7D"

  response = http.request(request)
  puts response.read_body
  ```
</AuthCodeGroup>

If the call was successful, you'll receive a response in the format below, containing the access token:

```json lines theme={null}
{
  "id_token": "eyJ...i",
  "access_token": "eyJ...i",
  "expires_in": 600,
  "scope": "openid profile",
  "token_type": "Bearer"
}
```

## Customize MFA

<Warning>
  Customizable MFA with the Resource Owner Password Grant, Embedded, or Refresh Token flows is in Early Access. By using this feature, you agree to the applicable Free Trial terms in Okta’s [Master Subscription Agreement](https://www.okta.com/legal/). To learn more about Auth0’s release stages, read [Product Release Stages](/docs/troubleshoot/product-lifecycle/product-release-stages). To participate in the early access, contact [Auth0 Support](https://support.auth0.com/).
</Warning>

Customizable MFA allows users to enroll and challenge with factors of their choice that are supported by your application.

During authentication at the `oauth/token` endpoint, the response returns the `mfa_required` error that includes the `mfa_token` to use the MFA API and the `mfa_requirements` parameter with a list of authenticators:

```json theme={null}
{
  "error": "mfa_required",
  "error_description": "Multifactor authentication required",
  "mfa_token": "Fe26...Ha",
  "mfa_requirements": {
    "challenge": [
      { "type": "otp" },
      { "type": "push-notification" },
      { "type": "phone" },
      { "type": "recovery-code" }
      { "type": "email"} //can only work with challenge
    ]
  }
}
```

Use the `mfa_token` to call the [`mfa/authenticator`](/docs/api/authentication/muti-factor-authentication/list-authenticators) endpoint for a list of all factors the user has enrolled and match the same type your application supports.  You also need to obtain the matching `authenticator_type` to issue challenges:

```json theme={null}
[
  {
    "type": "recovery-code",
    "id": "recovery-code|dev_qpOkGUOxBpw6R16t",
    "authenticator_type": "recovery-code",
    "active": true
  },
  {
    "type": "otp",
    "id": "totp|dev_6NWz8awwC8brh2dN",
    "authenticator_type": "otp",
    "active": true
  }
]
```

Enforce the MFA challenge by calling the [`request/mfa/challenge`](/docs/api/authentication/muti-factor-authentication/request-mfa-challenge) endpoint.

Further customize your MFA flow with Auth0 Actions. To learn more, read [Actions Triggers: post-challenge - API Object](/docs/customize/actions/explore-triggers/password-reset-triggers/post-challenge-trigger/post-challenge-api-object).

## Learn more

* [Manage Authentication Factors with Authentication API](/docs/secure/multi-factor-authentication/manage-mfa-auth0-apis/manage-authenticator-factors-mfa-api)
* [Challenge with Recovery Codes](/docs/secure/multi-factor-authentication/authenticate-using-ropg-flow-with-mfa/challenge-with-recovery-codes)
* [Enroll and Challenge OTP Authenticators](/docs/secure/multi-factor-authentication/authenticate-using-ropg-flow-with-mfa/enroll-and-challenge-otp-authenticators)
* [Enroll and Challenge Push Authenticators](/docs/secure/multi-factor-authentication/authenticate-using-ropg-flow-with-mfa/enroll-and-challenge-push-authenticators)
* [Enroll and Challenge SMS and Voice Authenticators](/docs/secure/multi-factor-authentication/authenticate-using-ropg-flow-with-mfa/enroll-challenge-sms-voice-authenticators)