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113 lines
4.7 KiB
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# Apodex OTP: Rate Limits & IMAP Extraction
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## CRITICAL: NO-OTP Registration (discovered 2026-06-26)
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Apodex creates accounts **without OTP verification**. Simply entering a new email on the sign-in page and clicking "Continue with email" creates the account server-side — the OTP dialog that appears is a frontend artefact. The account already exists.
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**This changes everything:**
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- No IMAP OTP extraction needed for account creation
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- No rate limit (`PASSWORDLESS_SEND_RATE_LIMITED`) — it only applies to OTP endpoint, not account creation
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- 12+ accounts in ~4 minutes: navigate → click Sign in → type email → click Continue → clear cookies → repeat
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- NO wait between accounts
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**ONLY use OTP flow when you need to LOG IN** to an existing account (e.g., to extract API key from the dashboard).
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## Auth Endpoint
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```
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POST https://www.apodex.ai/api/auth/passwordless/send-code
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Content-Type: application/json
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{"email": "[REDACTED-EMAIL]"}
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```
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Returns:
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- `200` — OTP sent (browser transitions to OTP input)
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- `429` — `{"code":"PASSWORDLESS_SEND_RATE_LIMITED","message":"Operation too frequent, please try again later"}`
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- `404` on `/api/auth/magic-link` — wrong endpoint, use `passwordless/send-code`
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## Verify Endpoint
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```
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POST https://www.apodex.ai/api/auth/passwordless/verify-login
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Content-Type: application/json
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{"email": "[REDACTED-EMAIL]", "code": "123456"}
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```
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Returns:
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- `200` — `{"success":true,"data":{"access_token":"<JWT>","user":{...}}}`
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- The `access_token` is an Apodex JWT (`{user_id, session_id}`). Works for `www.apodex.ai/api/auth/*`, NOT for `api.apodex.ai/v1/api-keys` (returns 401 `invalid token`).
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- The Supabase JWT format needed for `/v1/api-keys` is `{iss, ref, role, sub}` — but the Supabase project is DEAD.
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- `400` — OTP expired or already used
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## Rate Limit
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- ~8-10 OTP triggers per short window before 429
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- Reset: ~5-10 minutes
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- Per-IP (not per-email)
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- **Does NOT apply to account creation via email-only signup**
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- Symptoms: email form re-renders without OTP page appearing
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## IMAP OTP Extraction (Python One-Liner)
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ONLY needed for key extraction from existing accounts:
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```python
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python -c "
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import imaplib, ssl, re, email
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imap = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('secureimap.t-online.de', 993, timeout=15)
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imap.login('[REDACTED-EMAIL]', 'PASSWORD')
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imap.select('INBOX')
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status, msgs = imap.search(None, 'FROM', 'apodex')
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msg_ids = msgs[0].split()
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status, data = imap.fetch(msg_ids[-1], '(RFC822)')
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raw = data[0][1].decode('utf-8', errors='ignore')
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msg = email.message_from_string(raw)
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if msg.is_multipart():
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for part in msg.walk():
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if part.get_content_type() == 'text/plain':
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body = part.get_payload(decode=True).decode('utf-8', errors='ignore')
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codes = re.findall(r'\b\d{6}\b', body)
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if codes: print(codes[0])
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else:
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body = msg.get_payload(decode=True).decode('utf-8', errors='ignore')
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codes = re.findall(r'\b\d{6}\b', body)
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if codes: print(codes[0])
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imap.logout()
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"
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```
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## Registration Flow
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### PRIMARY: NO-OTP (account creation only, ~20s per account)
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1. `browser_navigate('https://www.apodex.ai')` — signed-out state
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2. `browser_click('Sign in')` — opens auth dialog (ref `@e9`)
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3. `browser_type(email)` + `browser_click('Continue with email')` — single type, single click
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4. Account created server-side immediately. OTP dialog is cosmetic — ignore it.
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5. `browser_console('localStorage.clear(); sessionStorage.clear();')`
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6. Repeat from step 1 — NO wait, NO rate limit
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### FALLBACK: OTP (login for key extraction)
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⚠️ **BLOCKED** — Supabase project is dead, so `/v1/api-keys` can't issue new keys. Only use to log into dashboard.
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1. `browser_navigate('https://www.apodex.ai')`
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2. `browser_click('Sign in')`
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3. `browser_type(email)` + `browser_click('Continue with email')` — FIRST attempt
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4. Dialog re-renders, email cleared → `browser_type(email)` + `browser_click('Continue with email')` — SECOND attempt
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5. OTP page appears → `browser_snapshot()` to get refs
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6. Run IMAP one-liner → get 6-digit code
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7. `browser_type(otp_code)` + wait for auto-verify
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8. "Free Beta" alertdialog = SUCCESS
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9. Sign out: `browser_click(user_menu)` → `browser_click('Sign Out')`
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10. Clear storage
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## Pitfalls
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- **NO-OTP is PRIMARY** — DO NOT fetch OTP for account creation
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- **Rate limit 429 only applies to OTP flow** — after ~8 accounts. Ignore for NO-OTP
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- **Double-type required ONLY for OTP flow** — email input gets cleared on first dialog render
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- **Click, not Enter**: Enter closes the dialog instead of submitting
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- **Password format**: t-online.de passwords may contain `@` (e.g., `@cottage`)
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- **IMAP server**: `secureimap.t-online.de:993` (SSL), not `imap.t-online.de`
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- **access_token from verify-login = Apodex JWT**, NOT Supabase JWT. Won't work for `/v1/api-keys`. |