Flinks Connect - Preselecting Institutions

Using the Flinks InstitutionId, you can preselect an institution for your end user and present them directly with the institution login page as described here.

This is particularly helpful for returning end users who need to re-authenticate their account with their institution.

When an end user connects to their institution, a loginId will be generated which will serve as a token for their connection. The loginId is defined by the items outlined here. You will use the loginId to retrieve data tied to the end user via API.

When retrieving data for a given loginId, the InstitutionId datapoint can be found in the JSON response of our /Authorize, /GetAccountsSummary, and /GetAccountsDetail endpoints.

    "InstitutionId": 14,
    "Institution": "FlinksCapital",
    "RequestId": "3b760dfa-7e7a-48c4-b3ca-058c37b880c1"

When a returning end user (loginId) must re-authenticate their account with their institution, you can preselect the previously stored InstitutionId for the end user and present them directly with the institution login page as described above, simplifying the re-authentication process for the end user by eliminating the need go through the institution list and re-select their institution.