linkExternalAccount

* This Method has third party fees associated with it that will be charged for each use. The cost to use this method is $1.80 each time the method is invoked. (Only applies in live API environment. Does not apply in the Sandbox Environment) * This method is used to add an external account using Plaid. Only one external account can be created for an account. External accounts can have funds debited from them (externalFundMove) but cannot have funds sent to them. STEP ONE: Invoke the "LinkExternalAccount" API method from a web form using cURL. Failures will see the response with corresponding error codes. STEP TWO: Successful calls will provide the response as below : { "statusCode": "101", "statusDesc": "Ok", "AccountDetails":" https://api-sandboxdash.norcapsecurities.com/apiscript/linkPlaidAccount.php?params=[param_value] " } . STEP THREE: Get the content of the response and run it. You should see the Login widget on the webpage. Example PHP snippet : $res = json_decode($result); print_r(file_get_contents($res->accountDetails));

Request Parameters

ParameterRequiredTypeDescription
clientIDyesstringTransactAPI Client ID
developerAPIKeyyesstringTransactAPI Developer Key
accountIdyesstringAccount ID generated by the API

Sample Request

curl -k -X POST https://api-sandboxdash.norcapsecurities.com/tapiv3/index.php/v3/linkExternalAccount
-d developerAPIKey=somedeveloperkey
-d clientID=someclientid
-d accountId=A12345

Response Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
statusCodestringAPI Status Code
statusDescstringAPI Status Description
accountDetailsstringResponse URL

Sample Response

{ "statusCode": "101", "statusDesc": "Ok", "accountDetails":" https://api-sandboxdash.norcapsecurities.com/apiscript/linkPlaidAccount.php?params=[param_value] " }

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