Two Factor Authentication

[jackpol254]

Tastytrade recently added the feature for "Require two-factor authentication on every login". If enabled, is there anyway to authenticate this while creating a new Session?

At the moment, it just gives the error "tastytrade.utils.TastytradeError: invalid_credentials: You must provide a valid two factor code."

[Graeme22]

Have you tried this?

session = Session("username", "password", two_factor_authentication="012345")

[jackpol254]

Oh I see. I guess I need to implement some logic to grab the two factor code.

Will trying to create a new Session without the two_factor_authentication trigger the two factor code being sent to us? Or is there a better way to have the two factor code sent to us with your api/code?

[Graeme22]

Here's a way you could automate it:

1. Switch your 2FA method to an authenticator app instead of text message/email. (This is more secure anyways!) You should use an app like Aegis that allows you to see the OTP secret (this is important, most OTP apps don't do this!). Then, use the app to scan the QR code.
2. Copy the OTP secret from the QR code to your Python app.
3. Install pyotp which can be used to get the code at any given moment. The code should look like this:

   from pyotp import TOTP
   
   totp = TOTP('SECRET-FROM-AEGIS')
   totp.now()

   This will give you the current code which you can pass to the login call. Hope this helps.

[jackpol254]

Thank you! Will play around with this.