On magic link requested

You can use this event to automatically generate a secure magic link that can be given to a user to sign in, or potentially sign up if they are a new user.

Interface actions that fire the On magic link requested event

• Request magic link↗

Event data

Display Key	Example Value	Description
email	"user@example.com"	The email input in the configuration of the Request magic link action in the interface
token	"eyJhbGciOi..."	One‑time token generated by WeWeb that is needed in the URL in order to automatically sign the user in via the magic link
url	"https://your-domain.com/magic-link?token=...&redirect_url=..."	Complete, ready‑to‑use magic link (includes token and your redirects)

Send the magic link via email

For most projects, this Event Trigger should use WeWeb's built-in backend Send Email action.

Recommended setup

1. Open Data & API → Workflows → Event triggers.
2. Open On magic link requested.
3. Add the backend Send Email action.
4. Bind the recipient to email.
5. Set a subject such as Your magic link.
6. In the message body, include the url value from the event data so the user can sign in.

What you need to bind

• Recipient: email
• Subject: Your magic link email subject
• Content: The url value somewhere in the text or HTML

Example HTML snippet:

<p>Hi,</p>
<p>Click the link below to sign in:</p>
<p><a href="{{url}}">Sign in</a></p>
<p>This link will expire shortly. If you didn’t request it, you can ignore this email.</p>

Alternative: use an email integration

If you need provider-specific features, you can use an email integration such as Resend, SendGrid, or Postmark instead.

View full list of email sending integrations →

The magic link will then be sent to the user, and when the user clicks the link, they will be directed to the matching page configured in the Request magic link action.