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plaid

Import Item

/item/import creates an Item via your Plaid Exchange Integration and returns an access_token. As part of an /item/import request, you will include a User ID (user_auth.user_id) and Authentication Token (user_auth.auth_token) that enable data aggregation through your Plaid Exchange API endpoints. These authentication principals are to be chosen by you.

Upon creating an Item via /item/import, Plaid will automatically begin an extraction of that Item through the Plaid Exchange infrastructure you have already integrated.

post/item/import

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.

institution_idstring

The Plaid Institution ID associated with the Item.

productsProducts[] required

Array of product strings

Response

OK

access_tokenstring required

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

request_idstring required

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