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External resources to help build your Plaid integration

In addition to the docs here, Plaid has a collection of tools, sample code, SDKs, and videos to help you build your Plaid integration.

Sample apps

Our GitHub contains a number of sample apps to help you get started using Plaid!

Quickstart

Official Plaid Quickstart, available for all supported Plaid backends

Tiny Quickstart

A Plaid implementation in 150 lines. Available in JavaScript, Next.Js, React, and React Native frontends.

Personal Finances

Best practice usages of Transactions, Assets, and Liabilities APIs

Personal Finances - Hosted

A fully hosted, live version of the Personal Finances sample app.

Account Funding

Best practice usages of Auth, Identity, and Balance APIs for money movement

Account Funding in Europe

Best practices for account funding using the Payment Initiation API

Transfer

Subscription payments with the Transfer API

Income

A lending app using the Income API

Plaid Academy videos

Our YouTube series, Plaid Academy, is a fun and engaging way to learn about using Plaid.

Getting started with the Plaid API

Learn the essential concepts of the Plaid API and make your first API calls.

Plaid and Postman full tutorial

Make your first API calls with Plaid -- without ever writing a line of code!

Plaid OAuth JavaScript tutorial

Every Plaid integration needs to support OAuth. Learn how and why in this video.

Plaid webhooks

Find out more about webhooks in this video.

Plaid Auth full tutorial

A comprehensive guide to adding Plaid Auth to your app.

Plaid in 3 Minutes

An overview of the Plaid API -- what it does and how to use it.

Plaid and Postman in 3 Minutes

Making calls to the Plaid API without code -- the version for busy people.

Income in 3 Minutes

Get an overview of how to integrate with the Income API in just 3 minutes!

Transfer UI in 3 minutes

Get an overview of how to integrate with the Transfer UI API, in just 3 minutes!

Identity Verification in 3 minutes

Get an overview of how to integrate with Identity Verification, in just 3 minutes!

Monitor in 3 minutes

Get an overview of how to integrate with Monitor, in just 3 minutes!

Auth in 3 minutes

Get an overview of how to integrate with Auth, in just 3 minutes!

Link conversion tips: Configuring the products array

Learn to configure the products array for maximum conversion

Interactive Tutorial

Want to get started building a Plaid-powered application directly in your browser? You can do that with the Plaid Basics Interactive Tutorial.

Integration guides

Plaid offers several PDF guides with information from the docs provided in a step-by-step walkthrough format.

  • Plaid implementation handbook
  • Income verification integration guide
  • Assets solution guide
  • Account funding integration guide for Auth, Balance, and Identity use cases

Launch checklist

The Launch checklist provides a list of steps to help make sure your app is Plaid-optimized and production ready.

SDKs

For information about official and community supported libraries for both the Plaid API and the Link frontend component, see libraries.

Postman

The Postman Collection provides an easy, no-code way to explore the API.

Test data libraries

Plaid maintains a repo of configuration objects suitable for usage as custom Sandbox users to help you test apps in Sandbox.

Assets Report attributes library

For the Assets product, Plaid maintains an Asset Report attributes library of scripts that can be used to derive various useful attributes from an Asset Report.

Partnerships

Plaid partners can unlock additional functionality, deepen your integrations, or even build out your integration for you! For more information, see the Partner directory.

Third-party resources

Several third party developers have built resources to help you integrate with Plaid. Note that these resources are not built or supported by Plaid, and inclusion of a resource on the list below does not constitute an endorsement by Plaid or indicate that Plaid has evaluated the resource for correctness, security, or anything else.

If you have a third-party resource you'd like to be featured on this list, DM us @plaiddev on Twitter, or reach out to an admin on the Plaid Developer Discord.

  • How to Build a Fintech app on AWS using the Plaid API and the accompanying sample app demonstrates how to build a Plaid app on AWS, using the latest Transactions Sync API. The app and tutorial incorporate AWS Lambda for webhook handling and Amazon Cognito for authentication.
  • CodeSandbox has several sample apps that use Plaid.
  • WebhookDB has a tutorial showing how to use their service to more easily manage Plaid webhooks.
  • Venice is a platform that handles common infrastructure requirements for Plaid deployments, including ETL pipelines, token management, webhook handling, and more, allowing you to focus on business logic.
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