#heshiebee-connect-account-link
finite fern
feral wyvern
Do I need to use the oauth flow to accomplish this?
regal hedge
(NOT with Stripe) I'm guessing the answer is you can create a link for the account to onboard itself to your account - but you can't just connect it to the platform yourself as it would kinda violate security
finite fern
Hello 👋
When you say you're trying to link an existing account, do you mean an account that exists on your platform or a different one?
regal hedge
(NOT with Stripe) At least in my system, I do not specify the account Id, as such - I create a new account, and then use that id for a link for that account for onboarding - which the person with the account uses to associate their account with my connected account...
i.e. they don't directly expose their account to me
finite fern
Gotcha. OAuth approach isn't recommended for new Platforms.
BUT If the accounts are not controlled by another platform, you should be able to connect to them still via oauth in order to handle this case. But if another platform already has control of that account, you will need to create another account to use with your platform
regal hedge
(NOT with Stripe) If they already have a Stripe account, Stripe more-or-less associates both their existing account and connected account with their login
(yes, I actively use this)
feral wyvern
Thx so much guys! So basically my customer will end up having 2 accounts, their existing one and the one that’s connected to me.
So that means that I cannot utilize any existing data from their existing accounts, correct?
regal hedge
(NOT with Stripe) By "existing", do you mean already connected to your current platform, or connected to another platform?
in my system, I have users who have entered a fair bit of data in my database identifying themselves, BUT not yet having created a connected account. I pass that data when creating their new connected account (to help them out)
but being able to just connect a connected account from one platform to another would be a HUGE security hole
finite fern
So that means that I cannot utilize any existing data from their existing accounts, correct?
Yeah that's correct. It is built that way for privacy concerns.
feral wyvern
Thx for clarifying.
When can they setup to use their existing login for that new account?
During the onboarding flow?
regal hedge
(NOT with Stripe) exactly
feral wyvern
Awesome!