/tink-link-web-example

An example web app demonstrating integration with the Tink API

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Tink Example

This is an example web app that demonstrates how you can integrate the Tink API to fetch accounts and transaction data.

Installation

Install the LTS (v18+) or newer version of Nodejs.

Prerequisites

  1. Create your developer account at Tink Console
  2. Follow the getting started guide to retrieve your client_id and client_secret
  3. Register the redirect URI for the example app (http://localhost:3000/callback) in the list of redirect URIs under your app's settings

Running locally

  1. Set environment variables

Update the "start" script in package.json to include your client id and client secret

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "",
   "main": "server.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "TINK_CLIENT_SECRET= TINK_CLIENT_ID= node server.mjs"
+    "start": "TINK_CLIENT_SECRET=c37cc3c09ab947f5a6fcab********** TINK_CLIENT_ID=de18d62c4d1643c0b3fcea********** node server.mjs"
   },
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
  1. Set client_id in index.html

Replace <TINK_CLIENT_ID> with your client id in the value of the input name="client_id"

--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
           </select>
         </div>
 
-        <input type="hidden" name="client_id" value="<TINK_CLIENT_ID>" />
+        <input type="hidden" name="client_id" value="de18d62c4d1643c0b3fcea**********" />
         <input type="hidden" name="redirect_uri" value="http://localhost:3000/callback" />
 
         <button class="btn">Go!</button>
  1. Run the local server
npm start

Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser.

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