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foggy micaBOT Apr 28, 2026, 10:30 AM

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robert-lawrence_api, 27 minutes ago, 5 messages

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edgy harbor Apr 28, 2026, 10:34 AM

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👋 You can generate restricted API keys in the connected account, but as mentioned previously, you need to be logged directly in to the account to do this

flint frost Apr 28, 2026, 10:39 AM

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Okay great news! Thanks for the help

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Cheeky parting question, I assume that it'll be possible to log directly into the sandbox account, and link my production (linked to the master platform account) BBPOS bluetooth reader to the connected account, so that I can test that attribution etc works?

edgy harbor Apr 28, 2026, 10:50 AM

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Yep, I believe that would work ok

foggy micaBOT Apr 28, 2026, 10:55 AM

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flint frost Apr 28, 2026, 10:58 AM

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Brill - I'll give this a shot

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May I ask a really stupid question, how do I log in as the connected account directly?

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I have asked both your AI chatbots & searched around, but struggling to locate

sinful barn Apr 28, 2026, 11:18 AM

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hi! I'm taking over this thread.

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you could create a Login Link with the API: https://docs.stripe.com/api/accounts/login_link/create

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also if you open a specific account ID in the dashboard, and click on "..." on the right, there might be a "view dashboard as..." option.

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flint frost Apr 28, 2026, 11:38 AM

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Perfect, thanks for this. Imagine I need to do it with the API, as the 'view dashboard as' doesn't give me access to the API keys

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Ooops, wrong attachment .

sinful barn Apr 28, 2026, 11:39 AM

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why do you need the API keys of the connected account?

flint frost Apr 28, 2026, 11:42 AM

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Because the third party POS that we're reselling hasn't integrated Stripe Connect - however, they do accept public & secret keys (I'll create a restricted key), so that we can test attribution to our platform account .

We want to avoid the POS having to uplift the integration

sinful barn Apr 28, 2026, 11:43 AM

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then why are you creating connected account?

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if you use connect, you should use the Stripe-Account header to make API call to connected account: https://docs.stripe.com/connect/authentication

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if you don't plan to use connect, then no need to create connected accounts.

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you could just create a new Sandbox account, and then use its API key.

flint frost Apr 28, 2026, 11:46 AM

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The third party POS doesn't have the capability to include the header

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Hence wanting to test with the connected account API keys

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So that we don't need to uplift the integration in the short term

sinful barn Apr 28, 2026, 11:48 AM

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so you are using Connect, but can't use the Stripe-Account header? that's not something we would recommend, but yes that should be possible.

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