Better Auth•2mo ago

Is there a way to create an "always valid" OTP for testing?

I am currently migrating from clerk to better-auth and I am wondering if there is a way to create OTPs that are always valid

Solution:

https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/pull/4723 :)

GitHub

chore(email-otp): Allow returning undefined in generateOTP by pin...

Right now you&#39;re forced to return an OTP value in the generateOTP function as part of the email-otp plugin. In some cases you may just want to return an OTP under a specific case, and just ...

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Ping•2mo ago

2fa otps? or email-otps?

WizzelOP•2mo ago

Email otp

Ping•2mo ago

Do you mean an OTP that once verified remains valid? or an otp that doesn't expire?

WizzelOP•2mo ago

With clerk I could use 424242 as otp for any test email on the dev environment I am wondering if I can replicate this with better auth

Ping•2mo ago

you can probably do this by passing generateOTP fn into the emaiil otp plugin options and just return 424242 if on dev

WizzelOP•2mo ago

Ah interesting, I will try that @Ping worked perfectly thanks again. However I had to search a bit until I found your createRandomStringGenerator utility function because I wanted to stay as close to your implementation as possible. Maybe its a good idea to generate a OTP in all cases and allow the user to intercept it. Something along thos lines:

  generateOTP(data, otp, _) {
    if (TEST_EMAILS.includes(data.email)) return "424242";
    return otp;
  },

  generateOTP(data, otp, _) {
    if (TEST_EMAILS.includes(data.email)) return "424242";
    return otp;
  },

I am not sure about the implications, just my two cents.

Ping•2mo ago

Thanks for the feedback!

WizzelOP•2mo ago

Thanks for the amazing project, recommending it everywhere!

Solution

Ping•2mo ago

https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/pull/4723 :)

GitHub

chore(email-otp): Allow returning undefined in generateOTP by pin...

Right now you&#39;re forced to return an OTP value in the generateOTP function as part of the email-otp plugin. In some cases you may just want to return an OTP under a specific case, and just ...

WizzelOP•2mo ago

Wow that was fast 🤩

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