OTP Auth

One time password implementations in Python. HOTP and TOTP.

Note

This is a redesigned “v2” of otpauth. Get “v1” documentation at https://pythonhosted.org/otpauth/.

“v1” is considered stable, you may still use it. But “v2” has some enhancements:

  • Type hints: your editor will love it.

  • No Python 2: clean code without compatible patches.

Installation

Installing otpauth is simple with pip:

$ pip install otpauth

Simple Guide

Most of the time, you would use a time based one time password. You can generate and verify the token with TOTP:

import otpauth

totp = otpauth.HOTP(b"user-secret")

# generate a code for now
code: int = totp.generate()

# you may want to convert it to string
str_code: str = totp.string_code(code)

# verify the code
totp.verify(code)  # => True
totp.verify(str_code)  # => True

Note

To learn more about TOTP, head over to Use TOTP.

Next Steps

Guide

Development