Log in with email verification links

Prerequisite: A Momentic-provisioned inbox. Request one.

Your app emails a magic login link to the provisioned inbox, and a JavaScript step in the test fetches the latest message and pulls the link out. Use this recipe when login arrives as a URL instead of a code.

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Add a JavaScript step that fetches the latest email, extracts the verification link, and saves it to the environment.

const msg = await email.fetchLatest({
  inbox: "link+test",
  afterDate: new Date(Date.now() - 60_000),
  timeout: 30_000,
});

const [link] = msg.text.match(/https?:\/\/[^\s]+/) ?? [];
if (!link) throw new Error("No verification link found in email");
setVariable("VERIFICATION_LINK", link);

Then add a Navigate step with URL {{ env.VERIFICATION_LINK }}.

This script polls for up to 30 seconds, well within the JavaScript step’s 90-second default timeout. For longer polls, raise the step’s Timeout field (cloud runs cap the timeout at 60s; the CLI supports up to 10 minutes).

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