Use WhatsApp codes for login, sign-up and password reset
Where the code fits in each journey, and the small details that make it safe and pleasant.
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Sign-up
- 1Ask for the phone number with a country picker.
- 2Send a code and show a box for it, with a Resend button that unlocks after the wait.
- 3Check the code; when valid is true, mark the number verified and finish sign-up.
Login and password reset
The same two calls. For a password reset, only show the new-password form after the code checks out, and send the code only to the number already on the account — never one typed on the reset page.
- Use autocomplete="one-time-code" on the code box, so phones offer the code.
- Accept spaces and Arabic digits in the code; Chatmizer reads both.
- Say where the code went: “We sent a code to your WhatsApp ending 7920.”
- If sending fails (no WhatsApp on that number), offer email or SMS.
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