react-native-plaid-link

React Native Plaid Link auth

Since Plaid.com doesn't have support for React Native and a lot o devs asked for an implementation, I've built this lib that adds support for Plaid authentication using a Webview and Plaid Link

Usage

yarn add react-native-plaid-link
yarn link react-native-webview

API

Prop	Type	defaultValue
publicKey (required)	string
onMessage (required)	function
env (required)	string
product (required)	string
clientName	string
selectAccount	boolean	false
token	string
userEmail	string
userLegalName	string
webhook	string	http://batman.codes
WebView props	-	-

render() {
  return <PlaidAuthenticator
    onMessage={this.onMessage}
    publicKey="YOUR_PLAID_PUBLIC_KEY"
    env="sandbox"
    product="auth,transactions"
    clientName="Catalin Miron"
    selectAccount={false}
  />
}

onMessage = (data) => {
  this.setState({data})
}

Returned data object

{
  "action": "plaid_link-undefined::connected",
  "metadata": {
    "account": {
      "id": null,
      "name": null
    },
    "account_id": null,
    "public_token": "public-sandbox-e697e666-9ac2-4538-b152-7e56a4e59365",
    "institution": {
      "name": "Chase",
      "institution_id": "ins_3"
    }
  }
}

For more information please read their docs

Type of actions:

Status	Description
connected	User completed the Link flow
requires_questions	User prompted to answer security question(s)
requires_selections	User prompted to answer multiple choice question(s)
requires_code	User prompted to provide a one-time passcode
choose_device	User prompted to select a device on which to receive a one-time passcode
requires_credentials	User prompted to provide credentials for the selected financial institution or has not yet selected a financial institution
institution_not_found	User exited the Link flow after unsuccessfully (no results returned) searching for a financial institution

For Sandbox mode the credentials are:

username: user_good
password: pass_good

Get your plaid API key

• Go to Plaid dashboard and Sign in.
• Add Plaid to your app
• Copy your Plaid public_key

Questions?

Feel free to contact me:

Twitter: @mironcatalin Website: http://batman.codes