Workflows

Here’s the basic outline of the OAuth aggregation flow.

  1. List the institutions and find those that support OAuth.
    In the integrations environment, you must always use mx_bank_oauth.

  2. Create an OAuth member with "is_oauth": true.
    If you’re developing a mobile app, you’ll also need to set "oauth_referral_source": "APP" and "client_redirect_url": "your://custom.redirect/url"; you can set the redirect URL to any string, but we’ll use https://mx.com in this guide.

  3. Load the oauth_window_uri that was returned when you created a member.
  • You must open this URI in the device’s default browser.
  • The end user will interact with the institution’s OAuth page and decide what data to share with MX.
  • If successful, aggregation will automatically begin.
  1. Check the member’s status, and keep checking until you see an end state.
    If you see "connection_status": "CONNECTED", "is_aggregating": false and the successfully_aggregated_at field has updated to the current time, the aggregation is complete.

  2. Get the user’s account and transaction data.

Workflow diagrams

Browser

Platform API OAuth workflow — browser

Mobile app

Platform API OAuth workflow — mobile app

Next Steps

Now that you understand the overall workflow, review our guides about using OAuth in mobile apps or browsers.