Not receiving an sms until I click the "request sms" link

[rvfx]

My problem is pretty much what the title says. Everything works fine, but I have to click the "request sms" link manually every time, otherwise no sms is sent. Is this a bug or a feature?

[philnash]

Good point! I normally use this with the Authy App, so I don't notice that it doesn't send an SMS immediately.

We can add that as a setting, if that's something you would be interested in?

Otherwise, you can add it yourself by overriding the DeviseAuthyController like so:

# app/controllers/devise_authy_controller.rb
class DeviseAuthyController < Devise::DeviseAuthyController
  before_action :send_request, :only => :GET_verify_authy

  private

  def send_request
    Authy::API.request_sms(:id => @resource.authy_id)
  end
end

Then override the route too:

# config/routes.rb 
Rails.application.routes.draw do
  devise_for :users, :controllers => { :devise_authy => :devise_authy }
  # other routes
end

Note that the request_sms route sends :force => true so that it sends an SMS even if the user normally uses the app. In the code above, it just makes a regular request which will send a push notification to the Authy app if the user uses that.

One thing I'm not sure about right now is what happens in the case where you use a third party authenticator. It may cause SMS messages to be sent, even if the user could just open their authenticator app. That would likely be worth testing.

[rvfx]

Thank you, this works great! I think the setting would be a valuable addition, as many users know the process this way from websites like Paypal.

[philnash]

This library is no longer actively maintained. The Authy API has been replaced with the Twilio Verify API. Twilio will support the Authy API through November 1, 2022 for SMS/Voice. After this date, we’ll start to deprecate the service for SMS/Voice. Any requests sent to the API after May 1, 2023, will automatically receive an error. Push and TOTP will continue to be supported through July 2023.

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