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# Enable 2FA (get QR code)

POST https://alephant.io/api/v1/auth/2fa/setup

Generates TOTP secret and backup codes. Returns once; store securely.

Reference: https://developers.alephant.io/api-reference/saa-s-api/auth/enable-2-fa-get-qr-code

## Servers

- `https://alephant.io` (Production, default)
- `https://dev.alephant.io` (Development)

## Request

### Headers

- `Authorization` (string, required) — Bearer \{access\_token}

## Response

### 200

data: \{ secret, qrCodeUri, backupCodes }

- `backupCodes` (list of string, optional)
- `qrCodeUri` (string, optional)
- `secret` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "backupCodes": [
    "string"
  ],
  "qrCodeUri": "string",
  "secret": "string"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://alephant.io/api/v1/auth/2fa/setup"

headers = {"Authorization": "Authorization"}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://alephant.io/api/v1/auth/2fa/setup';
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Authorization'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://alephant.io/api/v1/auth/2fa/setup"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Authorization")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://alephant.io/api/v1/auth/2fa/setup")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Authorization'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://alephant.io/api/v1/auth/2fa/setup")
  .header("Authorization", "Authorization")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://alephant.io/api/v1/auth/2fa/setup', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Authorization',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://alephant.io/api/v1/auth/2fa/setup");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Authorization");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Authorization"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://alephant.io/api/v1/auth/2fa/setup")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```