CognitoIdentityProvider / Client / set_user_mfa_preference

set_user_mfa_preference

CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.set_user_mfa_preference(**kwargs)

Set the user’s multi-factor authentication (MFA) method preference, including which MFA factors are activated and if any are preferred. Only one factor can be set as preferred. The preferred MFA factor will be used to authenticate a user if multiple factors are activated. If multiple options are activated and no preference is set, a challenge to choose an MFA option will be returned during sign-in. If an MFA type is activated for a user, the user will be prompted for MFA during all sign-in attempts unless device tracking is turned on and the device has been trusted. If you want MFA to be applied selectively based on the assessed risk level of sign-in attempts, deactivate MFA for users and turn on Adaptive Authentication for the user pool.

This operation doesn’t reset an existing TOTP MFA for a user. To register a new TOTP factor for a user, make an AssociateSoftwareToken request. For more information, see TOTP software token MFA.

Authorize this action with a signed-in user’s access token. It must include the scope aws.cognito.signin.user.admin.

Note

Amazon Cognito doesn’t evaluate Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies in requests for this API operation. For this operation, you can’t use IAM credentials to authorize requests, and you can’t grant IAM permissions in policies. For more information about authorization models in Amazon Cognito, see Using the Amazon Cognito user pools API and user pool endpoints.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.set_user_mfa_preference(
    SMSMfaSettings={
        'Enabled': True|False,
        'PreferredMfa': True|False
    },
    SoftwareTokenMfaSettings={
        'Enabled': True|False,
        'PreferredMfa': True|False
    },
    EmailMfaSettings={
        'Enabled': True|False,
        'PreferredMfa': True|False
    },
    AccessToken='string'
)

Parameters:

• SMSMfaSettings (dict) –

  User preferences for SMS message MFA. Activates or deactivates SMS MFA and sets it as the preferred MFA method when multiple methods are available.

  • Enabled (boolean) –

    Specifies whether SMS message MFA is activated. If an MFA type is activated for a user, the user will be prompted for MFA during all sign-in attempts, unless device tracking is turned on and the device has been trusted.

  • PreferredMfa (boolean) –

    Specifies whether SMS is the preferred MFA method. If true, your user pool prompts the specified user for a code delivered by SMS message after username-password sign-in succeeds.

• SoftwareTokenMfaSettings (dict) –

  User preferences for time-based one-time password (TOTP) MFA. Activates or deactivates TOTP MFA and sets it as the preferred MFA method when multiple methods are available.

  • Enabled (boolean) –

    Specifies whether software token MFA is activated. If an MFA type is activated for a user, the user will be prompted for MFA during all sign-in attempts, unless device tracking is turned on and the device has been trusted.

  • PreferredMfa (boolean) –

    Specifies whether software token MFA is the preferred MFA method.

• EmailMfaSettings (dict) –

  User preferences for email message MFA. Activates or deactivates email MFA and sets it as the preferred MFA method when multiple methods are available. To activate this setting, advanced security features must be active in your user pool.

  • Enabled (boolean) –

    Specifies whether email message MFA is active for a user. When the value of this parameter is Enabled, the user will be prompted for MFA during all sign-in attempts, unless device tracking is turned on and the device has been trusted.

  • PreferredMfa (boolean) –

    Specifies whether email message MFA is the user’s preferred method.

• AccessToken (string) –

  [REQUIRED]

  A valid access token that Amazon Cognito issued to the user whose MFA preference you want to set.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{}

Response Structure

• (dict) –

Exceptions

• CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException

• CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.InvalidParameterException

• CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.NotAuthorizedException

• CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.PasswordResetRequiredException

• CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.UserNotFoundException

• CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.UserNotConfirmedException

• CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.InternalErrorException

• CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.ForbiddenException