createPasskey()

Overview

Creates a new passkey authenticator for the user.

• This function generates a new passkey attestation and challenge, suitable for registration with the user’s device.
• Handles both web and React Native environments, automatically selecting the appropriate passkey creation flow.
• The resulting attestation and challenge can be used to register the passkey with Turnkey.

Package: core

Defined in: clients/core.ts:233

Parameters

params · CreatePasskeyParams · required

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params.challenge

string

challenge string to use for passkey registration. If not provided, a new challenge will be generated.

params.name

string

display name for the passkey (defaults to a generated name based on the current timestamp).

Response

A successful response returns the following fields:

returns · CreatePasskeyResult · required

A promise that resolves to CreatePasskeyResult

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returns.attestation

v1Attestation

required

attestation object returned from the passkey creation process

returns.encodedChallenge

string

required

encoded challenge string used for passkey registration