GetUserAuthFactors
Lists the authentication options for the currently signed-in user. Returns the following:
-
The user's multi-factor authentication (MFA) preferences.
-
The user's options for choice-based authentication with the
USER_AUTH
flow. The list of options in the response to this query are eligible selections in a SELECT_CHALLENGE challenge response and a PREFERRED_CHALLENGE authentication request.
Authorize this action with a signed-in user's access token. It must include the scope aws.cognito.signin.user.admin
.
Note
Amazon Cognito doesn't evaluate AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies in requests for this API operation. For this operation, you can't use IAM credentials to authorize requests, and you can't grant IAM permissions in policies. For more information about authorization models in Amazon Cognito, see Using the Amazon Cognito user pools API and user pool endpoints.
Request Syntax
{
"AccessToken": "string
"
}
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
The request accepts the following data in JSON format.
- AccessToken
-
A valid access token that Amazon Cognito issued to the user whose authentication factors you want to view.
Type: String
Pattern:
[A-Za-z0-9-_=.]+
Required: Yes
Response Syntax
{
"ConfiguredUserAuthFactors": [ "string" ],
"PreferredMfaSetting": "string",
"UserMFASettingList": [ "string" ],
"Username": "string"
}
Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.
The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.
- ConfiguredUserAuthFactors
-
The authentication types that are available to the user with
USER_AUTH
sign-in, for example["PASSWORD", "WEB_AUTHN"]
.Type: Array of strings
Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 8 items.
Valid Values:
PASSWORD | EMAIL_OTP | SMS_OTP | WEB_AUTHN
- PreferredMfaSetting
-
The challenge method that Amazon Cognito returns to the user in response to sign-in requests. Users can prefer SMS message, email message, or TOTP MFA. Change preferred MFA methods for a user with SetUserMFAPreference or AdminSetUserMFAPreference.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 131072.
- UserMFASettingList
-
The MFA options that are activated for the user. The possible values in this list are
SMS_MFA
,EMAIL_OTP
, andSOFTWARE_TOKEN_MFA
. SMS- and email-message MFA are always available to users when your user pool is configured with SmsConfiguration or EmailConfiguration inDEVELOPER
mode, respectively. Whether Amazon Cognito presents an MFA challenge and the format of the challenge are set by the PreferredMfa boolean.Type: Array of strings
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 131072.
- Username
-
The name of the user who is eligible for the authentication factors in the response.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.
Pattern:
[\p{L}\p{M}\p{S}\p{N}\p{P}]+
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- ForbiddenException
-
This exception is thrown when AWS WAF doesn't allow your request based on a web ACL that's associated with your user pool.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InternalErrorException
-
This exception is thrown when Amazon Cognito encounters an internal error.
HTTP Status Code: 500
- InvalidParameterException
-
This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service encounters an invalid parameter.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- NotAuthorizedException
-
This exception is thrown when a user isn't authorized.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- PasswordResetRequiredException
-
This exception is thrown when a password reset is required.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ResourceNotFoundException
-
This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service can't find the requested resource.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- TooManyRequestsException
-
This exception is thrown when the user has made too many requests for a given operation.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- UserNotConfirmedException
-
This exception is thrown when a user isn't confirmed successfully.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- UserNotFoundException
-
This exception is thrown when a user isn't found.
HTTP Status Code: 400
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: