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Sending an OTP

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You can send an OTP from your dashboard or using our Verification API. To send an OTP, you are required to specify some attributes such as;

  1. Channel: Voice, SMS, WhatsApp or Email

  2. Sender: Your Sender ID, check here for more details.

  3. Token length: The length of the token you want to send to your customer. Minimum is 4.

  4. Token type: numeric or alphanumeric

  5. Expiration time: How long do you want it to be active for in minutes. (E.g 10 means 10 minutes )

  6. Customer Email Address: The email address of your customer. It's required if you're using Email Channel

  7. Customer Mobile Number: The phone number of your customer. It must be in international format (E.g 2348012345678). It is required if you're using the SMS or Voice Channel