initAuthenticate method

@override Future<AuthenticationInitResponse> initAuthenticate(CorbadoRequest request)

Initiates the authentication by asking for a challenge.

Implementation

@override
Future<AuthenticationInitResponse> initAuthenticate(
  CorbadoRequest request,
) async {
  try {
    final result = await UsersApi(_client)
        .passKeyLoginStart(PassKeyLoginStartReq(username: request.email));

    if (result == null) {
      throw Exception('An unknown error occured during the Corbado API call');
    }

    if (result.data.challenge.isEmpty) {
      throw NoPasskeyForDeviceException();
    }

    final json = jsonDecode(result.data.challenge) as Map<String, dynamic>;
    final typed = CorbadoAuthenticationInitResponse.fromJson(json);
    return typed.toAuthenticationInitResponse();
  } on ApiException catch (e) {
    throw ExceptionFactory.fromBackendMessage(
      'passKeyAuthenticateStart',
      e.message ?? '',
    );
  }
}