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/
authentication-methods
/
{authentication_method_id}
TypeScript
import { MyAccountClient } from "github.com/auth0/myaccount-js";

async function main() {
    const client = new MyAccountClient({
        token: "<token>",
    });
    await client.authenticationMethods.update("authentication_method_id", {});
}
main();
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "usage": [
    "primary"
  ],
  "type": "password",
  "identity_user_id": "<string>",
  "last_password_reset": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

Release Lifecycle

Planned

Scopes

Scopes define permissions and access levels for API requests and authentication tokens.
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update:me:authentication_methods

Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer and DPoP tokens are supported depending on the API configuration

Path Parameters

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authentication_method_id
string
required

Authentication Method ID. This value is part of the Location header returned when creating an authentication method. It should be used as it is, without any modifications.

Body

application/json

Request content for updating an authentication method

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name
string

The friendly name of the authentication method

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preferred_authentication_method
enum<string>

The preferred authentication method (for phone authenticators)

Available options:
sms,
voice

Response

Successfully updated authentication method

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id
string
required

The unique identifier of the authentication method

​
created_at
string<date-time>
required

The date and time when the authentication method was created

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usage
enum<string>[]
required

Primary and/or secondary factor

Usage type for authentication factors

Available options:
primary,
secondary
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type
string
default:password
required

Authentication method type (factor)

Allowed value: "password"
​
identity_user_id
string
required

The ID of the user identity linked with the authentication method

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last_password_reset
string<date-time>

The date of the last password reset