API Reference

External Accounts

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Create

POST/external-accounts

Creates a new external account

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

external_id: string

External ID for the account (user-provided, unique, mutable)

name: string

Human-readable name for the external account (mutable)

ReturnsExpand Collapse

data: object { id, external_id, name }

External account object

id: string

Fragment-generated unique ID for the external account

external_id: string

User-provided external ID

name: string

Human-readable name for the external account

Create

HTTP

HTTP

TypeScript

Python

curl https://api.us-west-2.fragment.dev/external-accounts \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -d '{
          "external_id": "ext_acc_123",
          "name": "Checking Account"
        }'

200 example

{
  "data": {
    "id": "ext_account_YWJjMTIz",
    "external_id": "ext_acc_123",
    "name": "Checking Account"
  }
}

Returns Examples

200 example

{
  "data": {
    "id": "ext_account_YWJjMTIz",
    "external_id": "ext_acc_123",
    "name": "Checking Account"
  }
}