Passwordless authentication

[danieldunderfelt]

Hi!

I am evaluating Payload as a backend for a content-focused mobile app (built with React-native), but I don't want to use password authentication. I'd much prefer if the user simply enters their email, gets sent a code, and enters the code in the app. SMS would be good as well, but my use case depends on the user having an email address from specific domains.

[DanRibbens]

Hey @danieldunderfelt,

Great timing on asking about this. If you read the release notes from 0.19.2 you can see we have moved away from forcing email/passwords in as a default to allow other auth strategies. This goes back to the extensible roadmap item #290.

Now that this is technically possible, we will finalize the documentation around extending auth. We anticpate many Payload plugins for all kinds of auth strategies coming out shortly.

[GermanJablo]

Closing as complete, for the same reasons Dan mentioned. You can read our documentation on Auth at https://payloadcms.com/docs/authentication/overview.