Consent and credential sharing

There are two integration methods available in the the Open Utilities API for capturing the consent and access credentials from end users:

Integration method	Credential sharing UI	User management	Platforms supported
Auth Link API	Provided by Auth Link	Implicitly managed by Auth Link	Auth Link UI is HTML/CSS so can be used in a browser and embedded within a native app using a WebView
addAccount GraphQL mutation	Must be implemented by Client Application	Explicitly managed by Client Application	The Client Application is free to implement the UI in any platform.

A high-level summary of the two methods is provided below.

Auth Link API

The high-level flow can be illustrated as follows:

For more details see Using Auth Link.

addAccount GraphQL