Integrate the Express Dashboard in your platform
Learn how to direct your connected accounts to their Express Dashboard using login links.
The Express Dashboard allows connected accounts to view their available balance, see upcoming payouts, and track their earnings in real time. This guide shows how to implement login links that redirect connected accounts from your platform to their Express Dashboards.
Your live mode connected accounts can also access the Express Dashboard by logging into Stripe Express. However, you can provide login links from your platform to facilitate the log in process.
Create a login link
Use the Login Link API to generate a URL for an account-specific Express Dashboard login page.
A successful response returns the generated login link URL:
{ "object": "login_link", "created": 1495580507, "url":}"https://stripe.com/express/Ln7FfnNpUcCU"
Redirect to the login link
Typically, you generate a login link URL on demand when a connected account intends to visit the Express Dashboard. For example, you include an Open Dashboard button in your application. When a connected account user clicks it, your application calls the API to generate a login link and redirects them to that URL.
Security tip
Don’t email, text, or otherwise send login link URLs outside of your platform. Redirect authenticated users to it only from within your platform application.
When you redirect a connected account user to a login link, Stripe sends an SMS authentication code to their phone number. They verify their identity on the Express Dashboard login page by entering the code.
If they don’t have access to their account phone number, they can change it by clicking I no longer have access to this phone number. This sends a verification code to their account email. They can change the account phone number by entering the code. If the user changes the number, Stripe redirects them to the Express Dashboard login page and sends an SMS authentication code to the new number.
See also
- Customize the Express Dashboard
- Collect payments and then pay out (if you process payments with Stripe)
- Pay out money (if you add money from a bank account to pay out)