> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.whop.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create account link > Generate a URL that directs a sub-merchant to their account portal, such as the hosted payouts dashboard or the KYC onboarding flow. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi/api-v1-stable.json post /account_links openapi: 3.1.0 info: description: >- The Whop REST API. Please see https://docs.whop.com/developer/api/getting-started for more details. termsOfService: https://whop.com/tos-developer-api/ title: Whop API version: 1.0.0 x-api-version-date: '2026-07-20' servers: - description: Production Whop API url: https://api.whop.com/api/v1 - description: Sandbox Whop API url: https://sandbox-api.whop.com/api/v1 security: [] tags: - description: Products name: Products - description: Payments name: Payments - description: Refunds name: Refunds - description: Disputes name: Disputes - description: Dispute alerts name: Dispute alerts - description: Resolution center cases name: Resolution center cases - description: Checkout configurations name: Checkout configurations - description: Setup intents name: Setup intents - description: Payment methods name: Payment methods - description: Invoices name: Invoices - description: Promo codes name: Promo codes - description: Card transactions name: Card transactions - description: Ledger accounts name: Ledger accounts - description: Withdrawals name: Withdrawals - description: Payout methods name: Payout methods - description: Verifications name: Verifications - description: Identity profiles name: Identity profiles - description: Payout accounts name: Payout accounts - description: Topups name: Topups - description: Companies name: Companies - description: Authorized users name: Authorized users - description: Fee markups name: Fee markups - description: Members name: Members - description: Memberships name: Memberships - description: Leads name: Leads - description: Entries name: Entries - description: Shipments name: Shipments - description: Reviews name: Reviews - description: Company token transactions name: Company token transactions - description: Affiliates name: Affiliates - description: Experiences name: Experiences - description: Forums name: Forums - description: Forum posts name: Forum posts - description: Chat channels name: Chat channels - description: Support channels name: Support channels - description: Messages name: Messages - description: Reactions name: Reactions - description: Dm members name: Dm members - description: Dm channels name: Dm channels - description: Notifications name: Notifications - description: Courses name: Courses - description: Course chapters name: Course chapters - description: Course lessons name: Course lessons - description: Course students name: Course students - description: Course lesson interactions name: Course lesson interactions - description: Apps name: Apps - description: Webhooks name: Webhooks - description: App builds name: App builds - description: Access tokens name: Access tokens - description: Account links name: Account links - description: Files name: Files - description: Ai chats name: Ai chats - description: Bounties name: Bounties - description: Stats name: Stats - description: Conversions name: Conversions - description: Ad reports name: Ad reports paths: /account_links: post: tags: - Account links summary: Create account link description: >- Generate a URL that directs a sub-merchant to their account portal, such as the hosted payouts dashboard or the KYC onboarding flow. operationId: createAccountLink parameters: [] requestBody: content: application/json: schema: description: Parameters for CreateAccountLink properties: company_id: description: >- The unique identifier of the company to generate the link for, starting with 'biz_'. Must be a sub-merchant of the API key's company. example: biz_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx type: string refresh_url: description: >- The URL to redirect the user to if the session expires and needs to be re-authenticated, such as 'https://example.com/refresh'. type: string return_url: description: >- The URL to redirect the user to when they want to return to your site, such as 'https://example.com/return'. type: string use_case: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountLinkUseCases' description: >- The purpose of the account link, such as hosted payouts portal or hosted KYC onboarding. required: - company_id - refresh_url - return_url - use_case type: object required: true responses: '200': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountLink' description: A successful response '400': content: application/json: example: error: code: parameter_missing message: 'Missing required parameter: amount.' param: amount type: invalid_request_error schema: properties: error: properties: code: description: >- A short string indicating the specific error code, e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid', 'invalid_json' type: - string - 'null' message: type: string param: description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable type: - string - 'null' type: type: string required: - type - message type: object required: - error type: object description: Bad request '401': content: application/json: example: error: message: Invalid or missing API key type: unauthorized schema: properties: error: properties: code: description: >- A short string indicating the specific error code, e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid', 'invalid_json' type: - string - 'null' message: type: string param: description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable type: - string - 'null' type: type: string required: - type - message type: object required: - error type: object description: Unauthorized '403': content: application/json: example: error: message: You do not have permission to access this resource type: forbidden schema: properties: error: properties: code: description: >- A short string indicating the specific error code, e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid', 'invalid_json' type: - string - 'null' message: type: string param: description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable type: - string - 'null' type: type: string required: - type - message type: object required: - error type: object description: Forbidden '404': content: application/json: example: error: message: Resource not found type: not_found schema: properties: error: properties: code: description: >- A short string indicating the specific error code, e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid', 'invalid_json' type: - string - 'null' message: type: string param: description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable type: - string - 'null' type: type: string required: - type - message type: object required: - error type: object description: Not found '422': content: application/json: example: error: null schema: properties: error: properties: code: description: >- A short string indicating the specific error code, e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid', 'invalid_json' type: - string - 'null' message: type: string param: description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable type: - string - 'null' type: type: string required: - type - message type: object required: - error type: object description: Verification required '429': content: application/json: example: error: null schema: properties: error: properties: code: description: >- A short string indicating the specific error code, e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid', 'invalid_json' type: - string - 'null' message: type: string param: description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable type: - string - 'null' type: type: string required: - type - message type: object required: - error type: object description: Too many requests '500': content: application/json: example: error: message: An unexpected error occurred type: internal_server_error schema: properties: error: properties: code: description: >- A short string indicating the specific error code, e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid', 'invalid_json' type: - string - 'null' message: type: string param: description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable type: - string - 'null' type: type: string required: - type - message type: object required: - error type: object description: Internal server error security: - bearerAuth: [] x-codeSamples: - lang: JavaScript source: |- import Whop from '@whop/sdk'; const client = new Whop({ apiKey: process.env['WHOP_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted }); const accountLink = await client.accountLinks.create({ company_id: 'biz_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx', refresh_url: 'refresh_url', return_url: 'return_url', use_case: 'account_onboarding', }); console.log(accountLink.expires_at); components: schemas: AccountLinkUseCases: description: The different use cases for generating an account link. enum: - account_onboarding - payouts_portal type: string AccountLink: description: >- A temporary, time-limited URL that grants a user access to an external account management page. properties: expires_at: description: The timestamp after which this account link URL is no longer valid. example: '2023-12-01T05:00:00.401Z' format: date-time type: string url: description: >- The temporary URL to redirect the user to for account access. Expires at the time specified by expires_at. example: https://whop.com/payouts/biz_xxxxxxxxx/verify type: string required: - url - expires_at type: object securitySchemes: bearerAuth: bearerFormat: auth-scheme description: >- A company API key, company scoped JWT, app API key, or user OAuth token. You must prepend your key/token with the word 'Bearer', which will look like `Bearer ***************************` scheme: bearer type: http ````