demo-auth-flow

This project is a simple implementation of a Codat custom-built auth flow, enabling your customers to connect their financial accounts. You can experience the demo here.

We recommend, where possible, using our Embedded Link SDK.

Note: This app is for demonstrative purposes only, and should not be used in a production environment.

The demo

This demo is indicative of a where Codat might fit in to a digital lending onboarding experience. Copay is a fictional digital lender looking to gather financial data from prospective customers in order to make a credit decision.

Running the project

Prerequisites

Set up a Codat account if you don't have one already. See Codat's documentation for how to sign up for a free trial.
Make sure you have a recent LTS version of Node.js installed.
After the linking process is complete, the user should be redirected back to the Link demo app. Set up the redirect URL to https://localhost:3000/redirect To set up the redirect URL, follow the instructions in Codat's documentation on Redirect URLs.

Installation

Get your Codat client API key. See here for how to get your API key.
Install NPM packages:
```
npm install
```
Copy the .env.template file in the server directory and rename it .env
Replace the following in the newly created .env file in the server directory
- {{CODAT_API_KEY}} with your Codat client API key
Start the app. This will run the app in a watch build mode.
```
npm start
```
Navigate to http://localhost:3000

Built with:

UI

React.js
Create React App to bootstrap the UI
Material UI

Server

Express.js
Concurrently

Concurrently is to run the client and server code concurrently in a local environment.
Node.js, long-term support (LTS) version
nodemon
node-localstorage

node-localstorage is used to mock out a proper data store system. Merchant data is stored locally. If deployed to a cloud environment, this will be wiped with each new release.