## Collect Financial Connections Accounts

Use `stripe.collectFinancialConnectionsAccounts` in the [Add a Financial Connections
Account to retrieve data](/financial-connections/other-data-powered-products.md) flow.
When called, it will load the [Authentication Flow](/financial-connections/fundamentals.md#authentication-flow),
an on-page modal UI which allows your user to securely link their external financial
account(s).

`stripe.collectFinancialConnectionsAccounts` returns a `Promise` which resolves with a
`result` object. The object has either:

* `result.financialConnectionsSession`: the updated [Financial Connections Session](/api/financial_connections/session)
object. The `accounts` property will contain the list of accounts collected during this
session. If the user chooses to link no accounts, or exits the Authentication Flow early,
the `accounts` array will be empty.
* `result.error`: there was an error launching the Authentication Flow. For example, the
Financial Connections Session has expired, or the Financial Connections Session has
already been used.

**Syntax:** `stripe.collectFinancialConnectionsAccounts(...)`

- `options` (object) **required**

  - `clientSecret` (string) **required**
    The `client_secret` of the [Financial Connections Session](/api/financial_connections/session.md).

### Collect Financial Connections Accounts

```js
stripe.collectFinancialConnectionsAccounts({
  clientSecret: '{FINANCIAL_CONNECTIONS_SESSION_CLIENT_SECRET}'
})
  .then(function(result) {
    if (result.error) {
      // Inform the customer that there was an error.
      console.log(result.error.message);

    // Handle next step based on length of accounts array
    } else if (result.financialConnectionsSession.accounts.length === 0) {
      console.log('No accounts were linked');
    } else {
      console.log(result.financialConnectionsSession.accounts)
    }
  });
```

```es_next
const result = await stripe.collectFinancialConnectionsAccounts({
  clientSecret: '{FINANCIAL_CONNECTIONS_SESSION_CLIENT_SECRET}'
});

if (result.error) {
  // Inform the customer that there was an error.
  console.log(result.error.message);

// Handle next step based on length of accounts array
} else if (result.financialConnectionsSession.accounts.length === 0) {
  console.log('No accounts were linked');
} else {
  console.log(result.financialConnectionsSession.accounts)
}
```