Complete guide to setting up and generating TOTP codes in n8n 🔐

Setting Up and Generating TOTP

Step 1: Receive QR Code and Extract the Link

1. Receive the QR Code from the 2FA service After enabling two-factor authentication (2FA) on services like OpenAI, Google, GitHub, etc., a QR Code will be given to you, which you need to scan. This QR Code contains the TOTP link used to generate one-time passcodes.

2. Extract the link from the received QR Code To extract the link from the QR Code, use online tools. These tools will help you extract the corresponding link.

After using an online tool, the extracted link will appear in the following format:

otpauth://totp/ServiceName:username?secret=secretkey&issuer=ServiceName

For example:

otpauth://totp/OpenAI:amir676080@gmail.com?secret=test-test-test&issuer=OpenAI