---
title: "Resolve the login method for an email"
method: POST
path: "/v1/auth/methods"
tags: ["Auth"]
---

# Resolve the login method for an email

`POST /v1/auth/methods`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://identity-api.paymongo.com`
- URL: `https://identity-api.paymongo.com/v1/auth/methods`
- Auth: none required

Email-first login probe. Returns route "otp" with challenge timestamps when the email is the representative of a claimable child account, and route "password" for everything else — an existing user, an unknown email, or an email with nothing to claim. Registered and unknown emails are indistinguishable in the response. One case answers 422 instead: an email representing more than one claimable organization cannot be claimed self-service and is directed to support.

## Request body

- UserRouteLoginRequestEnvelopeDTO
  - `data` object
    - `attributes` UserRouteLoginRequestDTO
      - `email` string, required

## Response `201`

Created

- object: Standard response containing data and its metadata if any
  - `data` object
    - `attributes` UserRouteLoginAttributesDTO
      - `expiration_at` integer
      - `factor` string
      - `resend_at` integer
      - `route` string
    - `id` string
    - `type` string
  - `has_more` boolean

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `422`: Unprocessable Entity
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `500`: Internal Server Error
- `502`: Bad Gateway

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/paymongo/apis/identity.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/paymongo/apis/identity/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/paymongo/apis/identity/revisions/cc3056164874?raw)