curl --request POST \
--url https://api.lightspark.com/grid/2025-10-13/auth/credentials/{id}/challenge \
--header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>'{
"id": "AuthMethod:019542f5-b3e7-1d02-0000-000000000001",
"accountId": "InternalAccount:019542f5-b3e7-1d02-0000-000000000002",
"type": "OAUTH",
"nickname": "example@lightspark.com",
"createdAt": "2026-04-08T15:30:01Z",
"updatedAt": "2026-04-08T15:35:00Z"
}Re-issue the challenge for an existing authentication credential.
For EMAIL_OTP credentials, this triggers a new one-time password email to the address on file. After the user receives the new OTP, call POST /auth/credentials/{id}/verify to complete verification and issue a session.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.lightspark.com/grid/2025-10-13/auth/credentials/{id}/challenge \
--header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>'{
"id": "AuthMethod:019542f5-b3e7-1d02-0000-000000000001",
"accountId": "InternalAccount:019542f5-b3e7-1d02-0000-000000000002",
"type": "OAUTH",
"nickname": "example@lightspark.com",
"createdAt": "2026-04-08T15:30:01Z",
"updatedAt": "2026-04-08T15:35:00Z"
}API token authentication using format <api token id>:<api client secret>
The id of the authentication credential to re-challenge (the id field of the AuthMethod returned from POST /auth/credentials).
Challenge re-issued for the authentication credential
System-generated unique identifier for the authentication credential.
"AuthMethod:019542f5-b3e7-1d02-0000-000000000001"
Identifier of the internal account that this credential authenticates.
"InternalAccount:019542f5-b3e7-1d02-0000-000000000002"
The type of authentication credential.
OAUTH: OpenID Connect (OIDC) token issued by an identity provider such as Google or Apple.EMAIL_OTP: A one-time password delivered to the user's email address.PASSKEY: A WebAuthn passkey bound to the user's device.OAUTH, EMAIL_OTP, PASSKEY Human-readable identifier for this credential. For EMAIL_OTP credentials this is the email address; for OAUTH credentials it is typically the email claim from the OIDC token; for PASSKEY credentials it is the nickname provided at registration time.
"example@lightspark.com"
Creation timestamp.
"2026-04-08T15:30:01Z"
Last update timestamp.
"2026-04-08T15:35:00Z"
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