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# Start authenticator-app setup

> Generates a TOTP secret and returns it with an `otpauth://` URI for the QR code. Nothing is active until PUT confirms a code. Calling this again replaces an unconfirmed enrolment. Returns 409 if an authenticator is already confirmed, and 503 if the server has no encryption key to store the secret with.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.yaml post /v1/auth/2fa/totp
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Server.Express API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    The customer-facing Server.Express API: auth, billing, tickets, cloud and
    dedicated servers, hosting, reselling and account management. Every response
    uses the `{ success, data | error }` envelope.
  contact:
    name: Server.Express
    url: https://server.express
servers:
  - url: https://my.server.express/api
    description: Production
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
  - apiToken: []
tags:
  - name: API Tokens
  - name: Account
  - name: Auth
  - name: Cloud
  - name: Coupons
  - name: Credits
  - name: Dashboard
  - name: Dedicated
  - name: Health
  - name: Hosting
  - name: Integrations
  - name: Invoices
  - name: Livechat
  - name: Notifications
  - name: Passkeys
  - name: Payments
  - name: Products
  - name: Public
  - name: Public Invoices
  - name: Public Tools
  - name: Reseller
  - name: SSH Keys
  - name: Services
  - name: Tasks
  - name: Teams
  - name: Tickets
  - name: Web Hosting
  - name: Webhooks
paths:
  /v1/auth/2fa/totp:
    post:
      tags:
        - Auth
      summary: Start authenticator-app setup
      description: >-
        Generates a TOTP secret and returns it with an `otpauth://` URI for the
        QR code. Nothing is active until PUT confirms a code. Calling this again
        replaces an unconfirmed enrolment. Returns 409 if an authenticator is
        already confirmed, and 503 if the server has no encryption key to store
        the secret with.
      operationId: publicAuthStartTotpEnrolment
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The new secret.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                  - success
                  - data
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                    const: true
                  data:
                    type: object
                    required:
                      - secret
                      - otpauthUri
                    properties:
                      secret:
                        type: string
                        description: Base32 secret, for typing in by hand.
                      otpauthUri:
                        type: string
                        description: '`otpauth://totp/...` URI to render as a QR code.'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Conflict'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
        '503':
          description: Two-factor setup is unavailable (no encryption key configured).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing, invalid or expired credentials.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Forbidden:
      description: >-
        Authenticated but not allowed (missing scope, not an admin, or not your
        resource).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Conflict:
      description: The request conflicts with the resource's current state.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    ServerError:
      description: Unexpected server error.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - success
        - error
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          const: false
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
      additionalProperties: true
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        Session access token (JWT) from POST /v1/auth/login or /v1/auth/refresh.
        A session satisfies every API scope.
    apiToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: se_live_<prefix>_<secret>
      description: >-
        Personal API token created under Settings → API tokens. Only routes
        guarded by verifyApiAuth accept it, and the token must carry the scope
        named in the operation's x-required-scope.

````

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