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[indigo dragon]

That depends on what you're trying to do. Which API methods are you using specifically?

Account Links are for Stripe-hosted onboarding and account updates. These are hosted by Stripe. Node SDK is a server-side library for making API calls.

[unreal radish]

I'm creating a new AccountLink for one of our (custom) Connect Accounts to complete onboarding (if some additional docs needs to be uploaded).

This in the SDK:

class AccountLinksResource {
/**
* Creates an AccountLink object that includes a single-use Stripe URL that the platform can redirect their user to in order to take them through the Connect Onboarding flow.
*/
create(
params: AccountLinkCreateParams,
options?: RequestOptions
): Promise<Stripe.Response<Stripe.AccountLink>>;
}

/**
* The type of account link the user is requesting. Possible values are account_onboarding or account_update.
*/
type: AccountLinkCreateParams.Type;

.Type has more things than the jsdocs say

namespace AccountLinkCreateParams {
type Collect = 'currently_due' | 'eventually_due';

  type Type =
    | 'account_onboarding'
    | 'account_update'
    | 'custom_account_update'
    | 'custom_account_verification';
}

[indigo dragon]

So there isn't really a "recommended" route for updating the Connect Account. Mostly it comes down to preference and how you want to go about it. Obviously the Stripe-hosted option is easier and faster, but you can do the same thing with Node's Account Create and Update APIs (it just requires a lot more custom code on your end)

Do you have any follow-up questions?

[unreal radish]

Well... Yes, the question still remains. I want to use the Stripe-hosted option for adding additional details to an account.

Like this: https://youtu.be/RYiscsdICrs?t=1222

I could try using account_update, but was confused by the fact that there were two additional types, prefixed "custom", which made me think that's what we should use?

[indigo dragon]

My guess is that's from an older API version and is no longer relevant. Does passing just account_update give the desired behavior?