One-time password (OTP) verification API Protect your customer accounts with OTP SMS verification

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Simple SMS one-time password (OTP) verification for all your customers

Send an OTP
Your app uses Postcoder to send an OTP to your customer via SMS
Capture the OTP
Your customer enters the OTP into your app
Verify your customer
Your app uses Postcoder to check whether the OTP is valid

Postcoder OTP verification works with UK mobile numbers only

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Secure and seamless authentication throughout your customer journey

Registration and onboarding
Prevent fake account creation and increase conversions by signing up and onboarding real customers only.
Logging in
Secure your authentication flows against account takeovers to maintain the security of customer accounts.
Confirming payments
Safeguard high-value transactions and purchases using one-time passwords to minimise payment fraud.

Managing accounts
Verify password resets, personal detail updates and any other account changes to protect customer data.
Recovering accounts
Provide another way to recover accounts when customers lose access to the email address on their account.
Verifying mobile numbers
Confirm customers have access to the phone number they provided to ensure you have a means to contact them.

Customise the SMS message with your own settings

The small details matter to us. You can personalise your OTP messages to meet your branding and security needs.

Personalise the message text
Choose OTP length (2-10 digits)
Specify OTP expiry time (2 - 30 minutes)
Set the SMS sender name

SMS is the simplest method for OTP verification

Sending one-time passwords by SMS to your customers provides a simple way to add an extra layer of security. SMS is accessible to all your customers with a mobile phone, and they don't need to install a new application to receive the messages. It's easy, reliable, and everyone understands what it is. And even better, Postcoder OTP verification is super easy to set up. Sign up for a trial today.

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An optimised developer experience

Set up OTP verification in minutes with Postcoder's REST API, sample code and developer-friendly documentation.

POST https://ws.postcoder.com/pcw/PCW45-12345-12345-1234X/otp/send?format=json 
{
	"to": "07500123456",
    "from": "Example.com",
    "message": "Hello from [from]. Your security code is [otp]. It will expire in [expiry] minutes. Do not share this code.",
    "otplength": 6,
    "expiry": 5
}

HTTP response body

{
    "id": "OTP45-12345-12345-1234X"
}

Text message content

Hello from Example.com. Your security code is 532132. It will expire in 5 minutes. Do not share this code.

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Having Postcoder on our checkout page has really helped ... Customers spend much less time adding their details which in turn made for a much more pleasant transaction.
Alex Woods Digital Marketing Executive at Victorian Plumbing

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