---
title: "Send passwordless login instructions email"
method: POST
path: "/login(passwordless)"
---

# Send passwordless login instructions email

`POST /login(passwordless)`

## Request body

- EmailLink
  - `email` string, required — Email address to send link email to.

## Response `200`

Passwordless login response. For forms both success and validation errors.

- DefaultJsonResponse
  - `meta` object, required
    - `code` integer, required — Http status code
  - `response` object, required
    - `user` object — By default an empty dictionary is returned. However by overriding _User::get_security_payload()_ any attributes of the User model can be returned.
    - `csrf_token` string — Session CSRF token

## Other responses

- `400` — Errors while validating form

## Changes

- **2023-10-22** `b647a0e917e6` — 1 breaking, 3 info
  - the response's body type/format changed from ``/`` to `object`/`` for status `400`
  - removed `#/components/schemas/BaseJsonResponse, subschema #2` from the response body `allOf` list for the response status `400`
  - added the required property `meta` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the required property `response` to the response with the `400` status
- **2022-07-22** `4b3ea48a957a` — 1 breaking, 2 warning, 2 info
  - the `allOf[subschema #2]/response/errors` response's property type/format changed from `object`/`` to `array`/`` for status `400`
  - removed the optional property `allOf[subschema #2]/response/error` from the response with the `400` status
  - removed the optional property `allOf[subschema #2]/response/errors/field-name` from the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `allOf[subschema #2]/response/field_errors` to the response with the `400` status
  - …1 more
- **2022-04-11** `afed188e0556` — 4 breaking, 2 warning, 2 info
  - the response's body type/format changed from `object`/`` to ``/`` for status `200`
  - the response's body type/format changed from `object`/`` to ``/`` for status `400`
  - removed the required property `meta` from the response with the `400` status
  - removed the required property `response` from the response with the `400` status
  - …4 more
- …earlier changes not shown

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/pallets-eco/apis/flask-security-external-api/changes/login(passwordless)/post.md)

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