Plaid Token Glossary
Glossary of Plaid's various token types
Name | Purpose | Origin | Expiration |
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| Required to initialize a Plaid Link modal. Unique for each Link session. | Generated by a call to Sila’s /plaid_link_token endpoint | After 30 minutes |
| Passed to Sila’s /link/account endpoint to link an account (with | Generated by Plaid Link’s | After 30 minutes |
| Only relevant if you have your own Plaid account. Required to create a | Generated by a call to Plaid’s /item/public_token/exchange endpoint | Never |
| Only relevant if you have your own Plaid account. Allows Sila to access an end-user's account information from Plaid. Token is passed to Sila’s /link/account endpoint to link an account (with | Generated by a call to Plaid’s /processor/token/create endpoint | Never |
Updated 2 months ago