Plaid Personal Information API

Search and view customer or customers

Operations 2

GET /accounts/{accountId}/contact Get an account's contact information #
GET /customers/current Get current authenticated customer ID #

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OpenAPI Specification

plaid-personal-information-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 6.4.0
  title: FDX V6.4.0 Personal Information API
  description: '## FDX compliance


    The Core Exchange API specifications are a subset of the Financial Data Exchange (FDX) API specification, the usage thereof (or any part thereof) constitutes acceptance of the FDX API

    License Agreement, which can be found at https://financialdataexchange.org/.'
  contact:
    name: Plaid support
    url: https://plaid.com/data-connectivity-core-exchange/
    email: dataconnectivity@plaid.com
servers:
- url: https://api.your-organization.com/fdx/v6
  description: Financial Data Exchange V6.4.0 Core API
tags:
- name: Personal Information
  description: Search and view customer or customers
paths:
  /accounts/{accountId}/contact:
    get:
      operationId: getAccountContact
      tags:
      - Personal Information
      description: Get contact information on the account. Plaid links contact information to accounts, rather than to users. Plaid consumes multiple holders and their contact information for the account, but doesn't attempt to correlate holders to their respective contact information. For more information about Plaid's identity model, see Plaid Identity API.
      summary: Get an account's contact information
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AccountIdPath'
      security:
      - openIdConnect:
        - Customer
      - oauth2:
        - Customer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'Details used to verify an account.

            '
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountContact'
  /customers/current:
    get:
      operationId: getCustomerInfo
      tags:
      - Personal Information
      description: Get the ID of the customer within the authorization scope. If you use OIDC authentication (recommended) you *do not* need to implement this endpoint. Plaid will identify the customer using the OIDC ID token. If you use OAuth2 authentication, Plaid will use this endpoint as an alternate method of customer identification.
      summary: Get current authenticated customer ID
      security:
      - openIdConnect: []
      - oauth2: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'Data describing current authenticated customer.

            '
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer'
              example:
                customerId: someLongTermUniqueIDString
components:
  schemas:
    AccountHolder:
      title: Account Holder entity
      description: 'A customer''s relationship to a given account, extending their base customer information.


        Mark business holders by setting `type` or `relationship` to `BUSINESS`, with the legal entity name on `businessCustomer`. Unmarked holders are treated as individuals and must supply `name.first` and `name.last`.

        '
      type: object
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerWithoutId'
      - type: object
        properties:
          relationship:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountHolderRelationship'
            description: 'Customer''s relationship to the account

              '
    AccountHolderRelationship:
      title: Account Holder Relationship
      description: 'Types of relationships between accounts and holders. Some definitions:

        * `AUTHORIZED_SIGNER` - An Authorized Signer is an individual who has been given permission

        by the account owner/holder to sign checks, make withdrawals, and conduct transactions

        on behalf of an account holder for deposit account types, such as checking or savings,

        but does not own the account. They may also have an ability to make changes to the account

        (e.g. can close the account)

        * `AUTHORIZED_USER` - An Authorized User is an individual added to a credit card account by

        the primary account holder, who has been authorized to make purchases using the card,

        but has no legal responsibility to repay the debt. The primary account holder remains

        legally responsible for repaying the debt for all charges incurred, including those of

        the Authorized User. Authorized User may not have access to the full account control

        (e.g. cannot close the account)

        '
      type: string
      enum:
      - AUTHORIZED_SIGNER
      - AUTHORIZED_USER
      - BUSINESS
      - FOR_BENEFIT_OF
      - FOR_BENEFIT_OF_PRIMARY
      - FOR_BENEFIT_OF_PRIMARY_JOINT_RESTRICTED
      - FOR_BENEFIT_OF_SECONDARY
      - FOR_BENEFIT_OF_SECONDARY_JOINT_RESTRICTED
      - FOR_BENEFIT_OF_SOLE_OWNER_RESTRICTED
      - POWER_OF_ATTORNEY
      - PRIMARY
      - PRIMARY_BORROWER
      - PRIMARY_JOINT
      - PRIMARY_JOINT_TENANTS
      - SECONDARY
      - SECONDARY_BORROWER
      - SECONDARY_JOINT
      - SECONDARY_JOINT_TENANTS
      - SOLE_OWNER
      - TRUSTEE
      - UNIFORM_TRANSFER_TO_MINOR
    Customer:
      title: Customer entity
      description: 'Represents a customer. Plaid-specific schema created to hold one property, the `customerId` property of the FDX `Customer` schema

        '
      type: object
      properties:
        customerId:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Identifier'
          description: 'Long-term persistent identity of the customer. This identity must be unique within your organization. Plaid consumes this customer ID if your organization uses OAuth2 instead of OIDC to secure the API. Plaid expects your organization to issue the ID as a consistent, static, opaque, unique identifier for the user

            '
      required:
      - customerId
    BusinessCustomer:
      title: Business Customer entity
      description: 'When the account holder is a business customer, provides business-specific customer information

        '
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: 'Name of the business customer

            '
    CustomerWithoutId:
      title: Customer entity
      description: 'Represents a customer. Plaid-specific schema created to exclude the `customerId` property of the FDX `Customer` schema

        '
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/BusinessOrConsumer'
          description: 'Whether this customer is a consumer (individual) or a business customer

            '
        name:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerName'
        businessCustomer:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/BusinessCustomer'
          description: 'When customer `type` is `BUSINESS`, business-specific customer information, such as business name

            '
    String64:
      title: String 64
      description: 'String with a maximum length of 64 characters

        '
      type: string
      maxLength: 64
    DeliveryAddressType:
      title: Delivery Address Type
      description: 'The location type of an address

        '
      type: string
      enum:
      - BUSINESS
      - DELIVERY
      - HOME
      - MAILING
    CustomerName:
      title: Customer Name entity
      description: 'The name of an individual in their role as a customer. Plaid expects at least one populated name field.

        If any field is missing (for example, no first name), then you respond with an empty string for that field

        '
      type: object
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/IndividualName'
      - type: object
        properties:
          prefix:
            description: 'Prefix, e.g. Mr., Mrs., Dr.

              '
            type: string
    Iso3166CountryCode:
      title: ISO 3166 Country Code
      description: 'ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes as of April 5, 2023, from officially assigned Country Codes on [ISO Online Browsing Platform](https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/). Change log is at [ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency](https://www.iso.org/committee/48750.html)

        '
      type: string
      enum:
      - AD
      - AE
      - AF
      - AG
      - AI
      - AL
      - AM
      - AO
      - AQ
      - AR
      - AS
      - AT
      - AU
      - AW
      - AX
      - AZ
      - BA
      - BB
      - BD
      - BE
      - BF
      - BG
      - BH
      - BI
      - BJ
      - BL
      - BM
      - BN
      - BO
      - BQ
      - BR
      - BS
      - BT
      - BV
      - BW
      - BY
      - BZ
      - CA
      - CC
      - CD
      - CF
      - CG
      - CH
      - CI
      - CK
      - CL
      - CM
      - CN
      - CO
      - CR
      - CU
      - CV
      - CW
      - CX
      - CY
      - CZ
      - DE
      - DJ
      - DK
      - DM
      - DO
      - DZ
      - EC
      - EE
      - EG
      - EH
      - ER
      - ES
      - ET
      - FI
      - FJ
      - FK
      - FM
      - FO
      - FR
      - GA
      - GB
      - GD
      - GE
      - GF
      - GG
      - GH
      - GI
      - GL
      - GM
      - GN
      - GP
      - GQ
      - GR
      - GS
      - GT
      - GU
      - GW
      - GY
      - HK
      - HM
      - HN
      - HR
      - HT
      - HU
      - ID
      - IE
      - IL
      - IM
      - IN
      - IO
      - IQ
      - IR
      - IS
      - IT
      - JE
      - JM
      - JO
      - JP
      - KE
      - KG
      - KH
      - KI
      - KM
      - KN
      - KP
      - KR
      - KW
      - KY
      - KZ
      - LA
      - LB
      - LC
      - LI
      - LK
      - LR
      - LS
      - LT
      - LU
      - LV
      - LY
      - MA
      - MC
      - MD
      - ME
      - MF
      - MG
      - MH
      - MK
      - ML
      - MM
      - MN
      - MO
      - MP
      - MQ
      - MR
      - MS
      - MT
      - MU
      - MV
      - MW
      - MX
      - MY
      - MZ
      - NA
      - NC
      - NE
      - NF
      - NG
      - NI
      - NL
      - 'NO'
      - NP
      - NR
      - NU
      - NZ
      - OM
      - PA
      - PE
      - PF
      - PG
      - PH
      - PK
      - PL
      - PM
      - PN
      - PR
      - PS
      - PT
      - PW
      - PY
      - QA
      - RE
      - RO
      - RS
      - RU
      - RW
      - SA
      - SB
      - SC
      - SD
      - SE
      - SG
      - SH
      - SI
      - SJ
      - SK
      - SL
      - SM
      - SN
      - SO
      - SR
      - SS
      - ST
      - SV
      - SX
      - SY
      - SZ
      - TC
      - TD
      - TF
      - TG
      - TH
      - TJ
      - TK
      - TL
      - TM
      - TN
      - TO
      - TR
      - TT
      - TV
      - TW
      - TZ
      - UA
      - UG
      - UM
      - US
      - UY
      - UZ
      - VA
      - VC
      - VE
      - VG
      - VI
      - VN
      - VU
      - WF
      - WS
      - YE
      - YT
      - ZA
      - ZM
      - ZW
    AccountContact:
      title: Account Contact entity
      description: 'Details used to verify an account

        '
      type: object
      properties:
        holders:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountHolder'
          minItems: 1
          description: 'Owners of the account.

            Note that while the [FDX specification](https://financialdataexchange.org) enables associating holders and their

            contact information in the full `AccountHolder` schema, Plaid doesn''t consume these associations.

            Instead, Plaid consumes limited information for each `AccountHolder` and doesn''t associate contact information such as emails,

            addresses, or telephone numbers to account holders.

            For more information about Plaid''s data model for account contact information, see [Identity](https://plaid.com/docs/api/products/identity/)

            '
          example:
          - relationship: SECONDARY
            name:
              first: Ernest
              middle: Miller
              last: Hemingway
              suffix: IV
          - relationship: PRIMARY_JOINT
            name:
              first: Maya
              last: Angelou
              middle: Annie
        emails:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          minItems: 1
          description: 'Email addresses associated with the account

            '
          example:
          - ernest.m.hemingway@domain.tld
          - m.angelou@domain.tld
        addresses:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeliveryAddress'
          minItems: 1
          description: 'Physical mail addresses associated with the account

            '
          example:
          - line1: 1850 N Clark St
            line2: Apartment 103
            city: Chicago
            region: IL
            postalCode: '60614'
            country: US
          - line1: 2014 N Main St
            city: San Francisco
            region: CA
            postalCode: '94105'
            country: US
        telephones:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TelephoneNumber'
          minItems: 1
          description: 'Telephone numbers associated with the account

            '
          example:
          - type: HOME
            country: '1'
            number: '3127771926'
          - type: CELL
            country: '53'
            number: '45915607'
          - type: HOME
            country: '1'
            number: '4157771926'
      required:
      - holders
      - emails
      - addresses
      - telephones
    IndividualName:
      title: Individual Name
      description: 'First name, middle initial, last name, suffix fields

        '
      type: object
      properties:
        first:
          description: 'First name

            '
          type: string
        middle:
          description: 'Middle name

            '
          type: string
        last:
          description: 'Last name

            '
          type: string
        suffix:
          description: 'Generational or academic suffix, e.g. Jr., Sr., III

            '
          type: string
      required:
      - first
      - last
    BusinessOrConsumer:
      title: Business or Consumer Type
      description: 'Indicates whether the customer is a consumer (individual) or a business entity

        '
      type: string
      enum:
      - BUSINESS
      - CONSUMER
    TelephoneNumberPurpose:
      title: Telephone Number Purpose
      description: 'Purpose of the phone number: HOME, BUSINESS, PERSONAL, FAX, or BOTH.

        BOTH indicates number is used for both HOME and BUSINESS purposes.

        `CELL` value is deprecated in v6.3, replaced by the `CELLULAR` value in the `network` field

        '
      type: string
      enum:
      - BOTH
      - BUSINESS
      - CELL
      - FAX
      - HOME
      - PERSONAL
    DeliveryAddress:
      title: Delivery Address
      description: 'A delivery address and its location type

        '
      type: object
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Address'
      - type: object
        properties:
          type:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeliveryAddressType'
            description: Type of address location. One of BUSINESS, DELIVERY, HOME, MAILING
          primary:
            type: boolean
            description: Whether this is the primary and first address to use for contact
    TelephoneNumber:
      title: Telephone Number
      description: 'Standard for international phone numbers

        '
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TelephoneNumberPurpose'
          description: 'Purpose of the phone number: HOME, BUSINESS, PERSONAL, FAX, or BOTH.

            BOTH indicates number is used for both HOME and BUSINESS purposes.

            `CELL` value is deprecated in v6.3, replaced by the `CELLULAR` value in the `network` field

            '
        country:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 4
          pattern: ^\+?[1-9][0-9]{0,2}$
          description: 'Country calling codes defined by ITU-T recommendations E.123 and E.164,

            such as ''+1'' for United States and Canada, see

            [list of country calling codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_calling_codes)

            '
        number:
          type: string
          maxLength: 15
          pattern: \d+
          description: 'Telephone subscriber number defined by ITU-T recommendation E.164

            '
        network:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TelephoneNetwork'
          description: 'The network technology used for this telephone.

            One of CELLULAR, LANDLINE, PAGER, SATELLITE, or VOIP

            '
        primary:
          type: boolean
          description: 'Whether this is the primary and first telephone number to call

            '
      required:
      - number
      - type
    TelephoneNetwork:
      title: Telephone Network
      description: 'The network technology used for this telephone.

        One of CELLULAR, LANDLINE, PAGER, SATELLITE, or VOIP

        '
      type: string
      enum:
      - CELLULAR
      - LANDLINE
      - PAGER
      - SATELLITE
      - VOIP
    Identifier:
      title: Identifier
      description: 'Value for a unique identifier

        '
      type: string
      maxLength: 256
      example: someLongTermUniqueIDString
    Address:
      title: Address
      description: 'Postal address

        '
      type: object
      properties:
        line1:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/String64'
          description: 'Address line 1

            '
        line2:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/String64'
          description: 'Address line 2

            '
        line3:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/String64'
          description: 'Address line 3

            '
        city:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/String64'
          description: 'City

            '
        region:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/String64'
          description: 'State or province

            '
        postalCode:
          type: string
          maxLength: 10
          description: 'Postal code

            '
        country:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Iso3166CountryCode'
          description: 'ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, upper case, for example `US` — three-letter codes, full names, and lower case are rejected. Plaid also checks against its own supported-country list, so a valid code can still fail.

            '
      required:
      - line1
      - city
      - country
  parameters:
    AccountIdPath:
      name: accountId
      in: path
      description: 'Account identifier, found in the `GET /accounts` endpoint response.

        Plaid expects the ID to be a different value from the account number

        '
      required: true
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Identifier'
  securitySchemes:
    openIdConnect:
      type: openIdConnect
      description: 'This API uses an [OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication flow](https://plaid.com/core-exchange/docs/authentication) and accepts the resulting [access token](https://plaid.com/core-exchange/docs/authentication) as a bearer token. For example, `curl -H ''Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS&#95;TOKEN>''`.

        '
      openIdConnectUrl: https://www.your-organization.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: 'This API uses an [OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow](https://plaid.com/core-exchange/docs/authentication/oauth-flow) and accepts the resulting access token as a bearer token. For example, `curl -H ''Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS&#95;TOKEN>''`.

        '
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://www.your-organization.com/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://www.your-organization.com/token
          scopes:
            Account: (optional) Read account data
            Customer: (optional) Read customer data
            Transactions: (optional) Read transaction data