---
title: "POST /auth/passwordless/request - Authentication · RUAL Documentation"
description: "POST: Request a passwordless login code via email or SMS"
canonical: https://docs.rual.nl/cluster/api/authentication/auth-passwordless-request-post
language: en
---

# POST /auth/passwordless/request

Request a passwordless login code via email or SMS

| Key | Type | Example | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **entity** optional | `string` | `1` | Entity identifier (optional) |
| **identifier** required | `string` | `"example"` | Email or phone number |
| **type** required | `string` | `"email"` | Code delivery method Allowed: `"email"`, `"phone"` |

```
{
  "error": "INVALID_TYPE",
  "retry_after": 1,
  "success": true
}
```

```
{
  "error": "ERROR_KEY"
}
```

| Permission | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `*public` | No authentication required, public endpoint |