Link Money uses JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) to authenticate all protected API endpoints. Developers can create JWTs with their oauth2 credentials, issued by the Developer Dashboard. For the most part, JWTs should also be limited to a single user or a single account in scope.

Index

Generic Tokens

User Tokens

Item Tokens

Basic Tokens

In some situations, Link Money endpoints are accessible with generic tokens, which are limited by developer scope, but not user or account scope.

This section contains walkthroughs for generating the various types of authentication permitted by LinkMoney.


Authentication Types and Targets