In this guide, we'll go over how to show a Pop Up that prompts the user to authenticate with their trusted device before moving forward with an action.
What you're building
Steps
Step 1: Setup Cotter
Include Javascript SDK
To use our Javascript SDK, include the script below in your HTML page.
Initialize Cotter in your HTML page, below the script you imported above. For React apps, initialize this in index.html. You can use it later in any of your pages.
<script>
var cotterAuthReq = new CotterAuthRequest(config);
</script>
Configuration
Here's a basic configuration example:
var config = {
ApiKeyID: "<your-API-KEY-ID>",
// (optional) The email/phone number of your user
// (used to send OTP as fallback method)
Identifier: "putrikarunian@gmail.com",
IdentifierType: "EMAIL", // type of Identifier above (EMAIL or PHONE)
// The Cotter User ID of this user
UserID: "<your-user-id>",
// Allow login using OTP sent to email or phone number
// if use doesn't have Trusted Device set up
// or if user choose to use OTP instead of trusted device
// (To enable this, you have to set OTP true in the dashboard)
AllowOTPFallback: true,
// OnSuccess here will receive the JSON Event Response as a result
// of the user Authenticating from their trusted device
// You should send this JSON Event Response to your backend
OnSuccess: async payload => {
// For example, send this payload and the transaction data to submit
// a transaction, and validate the payload in your backend
console.log(payload);
// NOTE: The popup will immediately close, so set a Loading in your
// frontend while submitting data to your backend
}
};
Advanced Customization
Step 2: Show Cotter Auth Request Pop Up
To show the the popup
<script>
cotterAuthReq.show();
</script>
What we have so far
<script
src="https://js.cotter.app/lib/cotter.js"
type="text/javascript"
></script>
<script>
var config = {
ApiKeyID: "<your-API-KEY-ID>",
// (optional) The email/phone number of your user
// (used to send OTP as fallback method)
Identifier: "<your-user-phone-number>",
IdentifierType: "PHONE", // type of Identifier above (EMAIL or PHONE)
// The UserID you registered to Cotter in the Required Steps
UserID: "<your-user-id>",
// Allow login using OTP sent to email or phone number
// if use doesn't have Trusted Device set up
// or if user choose to use OTP instead of trusted device
// (To enable this, you have to set OTP true in the dashboard)
AllowOTPFallback: true,
// OnSuccess here will receive the JSON Event Response as a result
// of the user Authenticating from their trusted device
// You should send this JSON Event Response to your backend
OnSuccess: async payload => {
// For example, send this payload and the transaction data to submit
// a transaction, and validate the payload in your backend
console.log(payload);
// NOTE: The popup will immediately close, so set a Loading in your
// frontend while submitting data to your backend
}
};
var cotterAuthReq = new CotterAuthRequest(config);
function openAuthRequest() {
cotterAuthReq.show();
}
</script>
<div onClick="openAuthRequest()" style="background-color:#f0f0f0; padding: 20px">
Open Auth Request Popup
</div>
Step 3: Receive Event Response Callback
We will pass a JSON Object describing the Authentication Event to your OnSuccess function. The JSON Object will have the following format:
On this step, you should pass this payload to your backend together with any data you need to submit a transaction, or any other api calls to your server.
Validate Cotter's Event Response
Learn how to validate Cotter's event response here:
Next Steps
Customize your Pop Up prompt
Make sure you have done the before you proceed.
with your API_KEY_ID and some config
.
You should in the event response to ensure this is valid and it comes from Cotter's server.
