> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://flutterwaveinc.mintlify.site/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create an OTP > Generate a one time password (OTP) for your users ## OpenAPI ````yaml post /otps openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Flutterwave v3 description: >- The Flutterwave for Business(F4B) APIs collection for all v3 endpoints with pre-formatted requests and response examples. contact: {} version: '1.0' servers: - url: https://api.flutterwave.com/v3 variables: {} security: - bearer: [] tags: - name: Charges description: >- The charge APIs includes several payment collection methods to help you collect payments. - name: Tokenized Charges description: Tokenize your customers' cards with Flutterwave for faster payments - name: Preauthorization description: Manage preauth attemps on card transactions - name: Transactions description: Manage transactions, query statuses, logs and fees - name: Transfers description: Transfers to local and international customers - name: Beneficiaries description: Manage transfer beneficiaries - name: Virtual Cards description: Manage Flutterwave virtual cards - name: Virtual Account Numbers description: Manage virtual accounts - name: Collection Subaccounts description: Manage Collection Subaccounts - name: Payout Subaccounts description: Manage Payout Subaccounts - name: Subscriptions description: Manage user subscriptions - name: Payment Plans description: Manage Payment Plans - name: Bill Payments description: Manage Bill Payments - name: Banks description: Fetch Bank Information - name: Misc description: >- Verify user information like bank verification numbers, card bins, account information - name: Settlements description: Manage your settlements - name: Otps description: Create and manage one time passwords (OTPs) for your applications - name: Chargebacks description: Manage Chargebacks paths: /otps: post: tags: - Otps summary: Create an OTP description: Generate a one time password (OTP) for your users operationId: CreateanOTP parameters: [] requestBody: description: '' content: application/json: schema: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateanOTPRequest' - example: length: 7 customer: name: Example User email: user@gmail.com phone: '08130000000' sender: Example Business send: true medium: - email - whatsapp expiry: 5 example: length: 7 customer: name: Example User email: user@gmail.com phone: '08130000000' sender: Example Business send: true medium: - email - whatsapp expiry: 5 required: true responses: '200': description: OK headers: Date: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:27:15 GMT Content-Length: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: '321' Connection: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: keep-alive Server: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: nginx/1.24.0 Access-Control-Allow-Origin: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: '*' Access-Control-Allow-Headers: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: >- Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Authorization, v3-xapp-id, flw-auth-token, mra-auth-token, alt_mode_auth, mid, altmodeauth, cc-admin-token, x-flw-lang Access-Control-Allow-Methods: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: PUT, POST, GET, DELETE, OPTIONS ETag: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: W/"141-thBeiajXyqzB7L+UU43Wtg" Strict-Transport-Security: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload; always; content: application/json; charset=utf-8: schema: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SampleSuccessResponse37' - example: status: success message: OTP generated successfully data: - medium: email reference: CF-BARTER-20240318102713784653 otp: '5880211' expiry: '2024-03-18T10:32:14.1232277+00:00' - medium: whatsapp reference: CF-BARTER-20240318102714764558 otp: '5880211' expiry: '2024-03-18T10:32:14.7812808+00:00' example: status: success message: OTP generated successfully data: - medium: email reference: CF-BARTER-20240318102713784653 otp: '5880211' expiry: '2024-03-18T10:32:14.1232277+00:00' - medium: whatsapp reference: CF-BARTER-20240318102714764558 otp: '5880211' expiry: '2024-03-18T10:32:14.7812808+00:00' '400': description: Bad Request headers: Date: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:04:28 GMT Content-Length: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: '98' Connection: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: keep-alive Server: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: nginx/1.24.0 Access-Control-Allow-Origin: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: '*' Access-Control-Allow-Headers: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: >- Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Authorization, v3-xapp-id, flw-auth-token, mra-auth-token, alt_mode_auth, mid, altmodeauth, cc-admin-token, x-flw-lang Access-Control-Allow-Methods: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: PUT, POST, GET, DELETE, OPTIONS ETag: content: text/plain: schema: type: string example: W/"62-DGBQQoQbzVmva7Usk61hPw" content: application/json; charset=utf-8: schema: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SampleErrorResponse1' - example: status: error message: 'Please specify the following parameters in body: length' data: null example: status: error message: 'Please specify the following parameters in body: length' data: null deprecated: false components: schemas: CreateanOTPRequest: title: CreateanOTPRequest required: - length - customer - sender - send - medium - expiry type: object properties: length: type: integer format: int32 customer: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer25' sender: type: string send: type: boolean medium: type: array items: type: string description: '' expiry: type: integer format: int32 example: length: 7 customer: name: Example User email: user@gmail.com phone: '08130000000' sender: Example Business send: true medium: - email - whatsapp expiry: 5 SampleSuccessResponse37: title: SampleSuccessResponse37 required: - status - message - data type: object properties: status: type: string message: type: string data: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Data93' description: '' example: status: success message: OTP generated successfully data: - medium: email reference: CF-BARTER-20240318102713784653 otp: '5880211' expiry: '2024-03-18T10:32:14.1232277+00:00' - medium: whatsapp reference: CF-BARTER-20240318102714764558 otp: '5880211' expiry: '2024-03-18T10:32:14.7812808+00:00' SampleErrorResponse1: title: SampleErrorResponse1 required: - status - message - data type: object properties: status: type: string message: type: string data: type: string nullable: true example: status: error message: >- retry_interval is required , retry_amount_variable is required , retry_attempt_variable is required data: null Customer25: title: Customer25 required: - name - email - phone type: object properties: name: type: string email: type: string phone: type: string example: name: Example User email: user@gmail.com phone: '08130000000' Data93: title: Data93 required: - medium - reference - otp - expiry type: object properties: medium: type: string reference: type: string otp: type: string expiry: type: string example: medium: email reference: CF-BARTER-20240318102713784653 otp: '5880211' expiry: '2024-03-18T10:32:14.1232277+00:00' securitySchemes: bearer: type: http scheme: bearer ````