frontend

Create Settings Flow for Native Apps

Changed on Nov 7, 2025

This endpoint initiates a settings flow for API clients such as mobile devices, smart TVs, and so on. You must provide a valid Ory Kratos Session Token for this endpoint to respond with HTTP 200 OK.

To fetch an existing settings flow call /self-service/settings/flows?flow=<flow_id>.

You MUST NOT use this endpoint in client-side (Single Page Apps, ReactJS, AngularJS) nor server-side (Java Server Pages, NodeJS, PHP, Golang, ...) browser applications. Using this endpoint in these applications will make you vulnerable to a variety of CSRF attacks.

Depending on your configuration this endpoint might return a 403 error if the session has a lower Authenticator Assurance Level (AAL) than is possible for the identity. This can happen if the identity has password + webauthn credentials (which would result in AAL2) but the session has only AAL1. If this error occurs, ask the user to sign in with the second factor or change the configuration.

In the case of an error, the error.id of the JSON response body can be one of:

security_csrf_violation: Unable to fetch the flow because a CSRF violation occurred. session_inactive: No Ory Session was found - sign in a user first.

This endpoint MUST ONLY be used in scenarios such as native mobile apps (React Native, Objective C, Swift, Java, ...).

More information can be found at Ory Kratos User Settings & Profile Management Documentation.

get/self-service/settings/api

Request

Base URL
/ (relative, and the document was published on a file host, not at the API’s origin)
URL
/self-service/settings/api
Auth
none declared

Headers

X-Session-Tokenstring

The Session Token of the Identity performing the settings flow.

Response

settingsFlow

activestring

Active, if set, contains the registration method that is being used. It is initially not set.

expires_atstring date-time required

ExpiresAt is the time (UTC) when the flow expires. If the user still wishes to update the setting, a new flow has to be initiated.

idstring uuid required

ID represents the flow's unique ID. When performing the settings flow, this represents the id in the settings ui's query parameter: http://<selfservice.flows.settings.ui_url>?flow=<id>

issued_atstring date-time required

IssuedAt is the time (UTC) when the flow occurred.

request_urlstring required

RequestURL is the initial URL that was requested from Ory Kratos. It can be used to forward information contained in the URL's path or query for example.

return_tostring

ReturnTo contains the requested return_to URL.

stateunknown required

transient_payloadobject

TransientPayload is used to pass data from the settings flow to hooks and email templates

typestring required

The flow type can either be api or browser.

Example response

{
  "expires_at": "2000-01-23T04:56:07.000+00:00",
  "transient_payload": "{}",
  "ui": {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "meta": {
          "label": {
            "context": "{}",
            "id": 6,
            "text": "text",
            "type": "info"
          }
        },
        "messages": [
          {
            "context": "{}",
            "id": 6,
            "text": "text",
            "type": "info"
          },
          {
            "context": "{}",
            "id": 6,
            "text": "text",
            "type": "info"
          }
        ],
        "attributes": {
          "autocomplete": "email",
          "maxlength": 1,
          "onclick": "onclick",
          "pattern": "pattern",
          "onclickTrigger": "oryWebAuthnRegistration",
          "label": {
            "context": "{}",
            "id": 6,
            "text": "text",
            "type": "info"
          },
          "type": "text",
          "required": true,
          "onload": "onload",
          "node_type": "input",
          "onloadTrigger": "oryWebAuthnRegistration",
          "name": "name",
          "disabled": true,
          "value": ""
        },
        "type": "text",
        "group": "default"
      },
      {
        "meta": {
          "label": {
            "context": "{}",
            "id": 6,
            "text": "text",
            "type": "info"
          }
        },
        "messages": [
          {
            "context": "{}",
            "id": 6,
            "text": "text",
            "type": "info"
          },
          {
            "context": "{}",
            "id": 6,
            "text": "text",
            "type": "info"
          }
        ],
        "attributes": {
          "autocomplete": "email",
          "maxlength": 1,
          "onclick": "onclick",
          "pattern": "pattern",
          "onclickTrigger": "oryWebAuthnRegistration",
          "label": {
            "context": "{}",
            "id": 6,
            "text": "text",
            "type": "info"
          },
          "type": "text",
          "required": true,
          "onload": "onload",
          "node_type": "input",
          "onloadTrigger": "oryWebAuthnRegistration",
          "name": "name",
          "disabled": true,
          "value": ""
        },
        "type": "text",
        "group": "default"
      }
    ],
    "method": "method",
    "action": "action",
    "messages": [
      {
        "context": "{}",
        "id": 6,
        "text": "text",
        "type": "info"
      },
      {
        "context": "{}",
        "id": 6,
        "text": "text",
        "type": "info"
      }
    ]
  },
  "identity": {
    "traits": "",
    "credentials": {
      "key": {
        "updated_at": "2000-01-23T04:56:07.000+00:00",
        "identifiers": [
          "identifiers",
          "identifiers"
        ],
        "created_at": "2000-01-23T04:56:07.000+00:00",
        "type": "password",
        "config": "{}",
        "version": 0
      }
    },
    "state_changed_at": "2000-01-23T04:56:07.000+00:00",
    "created_at": "2000-01-23T04:56:07.000+00:00",
    "external_id": "external_id",
    "recovery_addresses": [
      {
        "updated_at": "2000-01-23T04:56:07.000+00:00",
        "created_at": "2000-01-23T04:56:07.000+00:00",
        "id": "046b6c7f-0b8a-43b9-b35d-6489e6daee91",
        "value": "value",
        "via": "via"
      },
      {
        "updated_at": "2000-01-23T04:56:07.000+00:00",
        "created_at": "2000-01-23T04:56:07.000+00:00",
        "id": "046b6c7f-0b8a-43b9-b35d-6489e6daee91",
        "value": "value",
        "via": "via"
      }
    ],
    "metadata_admin": "",
    "updated_at": "2000-01-23T04:56:07.000+00:00",
    "verifiable_addresses": [
      {
        "updated_at": "2014-01-01T23:28:56.782Z",
        "verified_at": "2000-01-23T04:56:07.000+00:00",
        "verified": true,
        "created_at": "2014-01-01T23:28:56.782Z",
        "id": "046b6c7f-0b8a-43b9-b35d-6489e6daee91",
        "value": "value",
        "status": "status",
        "via": "email"
      },
      {
        "updated_at": "2014-01-01T23:28:56.782Z",
        "verified_at": "2000-01-23T04:56:07.000+00:00",
        "verified": true,
        "created_at": "2014-01-01T23:28:56.782Z",
        "id": "046b6c7f-0b8a-43b9-b35d-6489e6daee91",
        "value": "value",
        "status": "status",
        "via": "email"
      }
    ],
    "organization_id": "organization_id",
    "schema_id": "schema_id",
    "schema_url": "schema_url",
    "id": "046b6c7f-0b8a-43b9-b35d-6489e6daee91",
    "state": "active",
    "metadata_public": ""
  },
  "continue_with": [
    {
      "action": "show_verification_ui",
      "flow": {
        "verifiable_address": "verifiable_address",
        "id": "046b6c7f-0b8a-43b9-b35d-6489e6daee91",
        "url": "url"
      }
    },
    {
      "action": "show_verification_ui",
      "flow": {
        "verifiable_address": "verifiable_address",
        "id": "046b6c7f-0b8a-43b9-b35d-6489e6daee91",
        "url": "url"
      }
    }
  ],
  "active": "active",
  "return_to": "return_to",
  "id": "046b6c7f-0b8a-43b9-b35d-6489e6daee91",
  "state": "",
  "type": "type",
  "issued_at": "2000-01-23T04:56:07.000+00:00",
  "request_url": "request_url"
}

Changes

Nov 7, 20255f08e5827b5e Revision changes
- breaking
  the response property /// became optional for the status
- breaking
  added to the /// response property oneOf list for the response status
- warning
  added the new div enum value to the /// response property for the response status
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  added the new username webauthn enum value to the //////// response property for the response status
- info
  added the optional property / to the response with the status
- info
  added div discriminator mapping keys to the /// response property for the response status
- info
  removed the a enum value from the //////// response property for the response status
- info
  removed the a enum value from the ///// response property for the response status
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  removed the a enum value from the ///// response property for the response status
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  removed the a enum value from the ///// response property for the response status
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  removed the img enum value from the //////// response property for the response status
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  removed the img enum value from the ///// response property for the response status
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  removed the img enum value from the ///// response property for the response status
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  removed the img enum value from the ///// response property for the response status
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  removed the input enum value from the ///// response property for the response status
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  removed the input enum value from the ///// response property for the response status
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  removed the input enum value from the ///// response property for the response status
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  removed the script enum value from the //////// response property for the response status
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  removed the script enum value from the ///// response property for the response status
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  removed the script enum value from the ///// response property for the response status
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  removed the text enum value from the //////// response property for the response status
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  removed the text enum value from the ///// response property for the response status
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  removed the text enum value from the ///// response property for the response status
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  removed the text enum value from the ///// response property for the response status
Feb 25, 2025df2fe8db7397 Revision changes
- breaking
  added to the / response property oneOf list for the response status
- breaking
  the / response's property type changed from no type to object for status
- warning
  added the new captcha enum value to the /// response property for the response status
- warning
  added the new identifier_first enum value to the /// response property for the response status
- warning
  added the new saml enum value to the /// response property for the response status
- warning
  added the new saml enum value to the /// response property for the response status
- info
  added the optional property /////// to the response with the status
- info
  added the optional property //////// to the response with the status
- info
  added the optional property //////// to the response with the status
- info
  added the optional property //////// to the response with the status
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  added redirect_browser_to discriminator mapping keys to the / response property for the response status

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