Plaid resources
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!
Video tutorials
Plaid Academy features detailed tutorial walkthroughs for common use cases and key concepts.
Plaid in 3 Minutes contains overviews of different Plaid APIs, as well as short tutorials for busy people.
Plaid Quick tips has snack-sized solutions to pressing Plaid problems.
The playlist below contains all of Plaid's up-to-date educational videos.
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
- Identity Verification and Monitor solution guide
- Income verification integration guide
- Assets solution guide
- Account funding integration guide for Auth, Balance, and Identity use cases
Launch center
The Launch Center 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.
OpenAPI file
The Plaid OpenAPI file is available on GitHub. This file describes the Plaid API in a standardized way suitable for usage with tools for testing, client library generation, and other purposes that ingest OpenAPI/Swagger definition files.
Test data libraries
Plaid maintains a repo of configuration objects suitable for usage as custom Sandbox users to help you test apps in Sandbox.
Credit attributes library
For the Assets and Income products, Plaid maintains a Credit attributes library of scripts that can be used to derive various useful attributes from an Asset Report or Bank Income.
Enrich test transaction library
For testing Enrich, Plaid provides a list of Sandbox-compatible Enrich transactions.
Community
You can join the Plaid Developer Community on Discord or ask questions on Stack Overflow.
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.
The Partner directory is not a complete list of all Plaid partners; if you don't see the partnership you're looking for, contact your Account Manager. To specifically request partnership help with building your integration, contact Support and select "Building with Plaid" followed by "Plaid Partner Implementation Assistance".
Ask Bill
Bill is our helpful robot platypus that reads our docs for fun! You can ask Bill any time you need help with the Plaid API. Remember that Bill (like all of us) isn't perfect, even though he tries his best -- he can sometimes make mistakes, and he can only provide answers based on Plaid's published documentation and other publicly available information sources.
Security portal, audits, and certifications
For a high-level overview of information on Plaid's privacy and security practices for developers, see Plaid Safety.
For details on Plaid's current certifications, audit results, and the security knowledge base, see the Security Portal.
Plaid maintains a HackerOne bug bounty program for security researchers.
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.
- The Plaid tag on GitHub contains multiple example apps using Plaid.
- CodeSandbox has several sample apps that use Plaid.
- WebhookDB has a tutorial showing how to use their service to manage Plaid webhooks.
- The CloudQuery Plaid plugin extracts data from Plaid and loads it into any supported CloudQuery destination, such as PostgreSQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, or S3.