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(Deprecated) Create public token

Note: As of July 2020, the /item/public_token/create endpoint is deprecated. Instead, use /link/token/create with an access_token to create a Link token for use with update mode.

If you need your user to take action to restore or resolve an error associated with an Item, generate a public token with the /item/public_token/create endpoint and then initialize Link with that public_token.

A public_token is one-time use and expires after 30 minutes. You use a public_token to initialize Link in update mode for a particular Item. You can generate a public_token for an Item even if you did not use Link to create the Item originally.

The /item/public_token/create endpoint is not used to create your initial public_token. If you have not already received an access_token for a specific Item, use Link to obtain your public_token instead. See the Quickstart for more information.

post/item/public_token/create

Request body

client_idstring

Your Plaid API client_id. The client_id is required and may be provided either in the PLAID-CLIENT-ID header or as part of a request body.

secretstring

Your Plaid API secret. The secret is required and may be provided either in the PLAID-SECRET header or as part of a request body.

access_tokenstring required

The access token associated with the Item for which data is being requested.

Response

public_tokenstring required

A public_token for the particular Item corresponding to the specified access_token

expirationstring date-time

request_idstring required

A unique identifier for the request, which can be used for troubleshooting. This identifier, like all Plaid identifiers, is case sensitive.