peppemu-account-links

[thorn sentinel]

Hey! Can you share the ID (req_xxx) of the failing API request? https://support.stripe.com/questions/finding-the-id-for-an-api-request

[manic coral]

hey ynnoi

how is it going ?

do you know how do I find that ID in postman?

I got iy

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req_PusbpXQFPqTscs

[thorn sentinel]

Looks like you're passing the acct_xxx ID of your platform (the same account making the API request) to the account parameter

[manic coral]

indeed

[thorn sentinel]

Why would you do that? That won't work. You need to create a new account first (https://stripe.com/docs/api/accounts/create) and pass that account ID

What kind of connected accounts are you using?

[manic coral]

ok I see, thanks, I missed that

let me give you a bit of context here

so far we have been using Connect Links to let our new users create their account on our stripe platform

we would share that link and they would connect filling in all the info

now, we want to automate this step

from the link u sent, it looks like I can do that by simply defining the account type

correct ?

[thorn sentinel]

Sounds like OAuth?

[thorn sentinel]

Yes, generally. There are other parameters you can define/pre-fill for the account. This is all outlined here for Express: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/express-accounts

[manic coral]

well, nope.
just by manually creating the connect link from Stripe

ok thanks, could you confirm if my understanding is correct ?

[thorn sentinel]

Yes, you can automate this flow via the API. The exact process depends on which type of Connect accounts you're using (and why I asked earlier)

[manic coral]

Premise: we need express accounts.

Steps:

1. user signs up
2. I send a request like: https://api.stripe.com/v1/accounts?type=express
3. I extract the account id of this request
4. I allow the user to access this account by (for example) adding a button on their profile = https://dashboard.stripe.com/ + account_id + /dashboard
5. The user can add email, card details, etc... to this account

[thorn sentinel]

They'll need to be onboarded/verified via the Account Link first: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/express-accounts#create-link

I allow the user to access this account by (for example) adding a button on their profile = https://dashboard.stripe.com/ + account_id + /dashboard
Express accounts don't have access to the standard Dashboard: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/express-dashboard

[manic coral]

ok I see, so I can use the account id I extract to make the call to https://api.stripe.com/v1/account_links

this will give me a url the user can use to onboard

[thorn sentinel]

Exactly!

[manic coral]

ok cool 😍

and one question about the url

is it going to prefill the email address with the email address I can add when making the first call?

[thorn sentinel]

It will, yep

[manic coral]

fantastic!

thanks ynnoj, this was very helpful

[thorn sentinel]

Of course, np!