Start the OAuth link flow for a provider
curl --request GET \
--url https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"authorize_url": "<string>"
}Connectors
Start the OAuth link flow for a provider
Returns an authorize_url for the user to open in a browser. The connector is persisted by the provider’s OAuth redirect callback once the user approves access.
GET
/
connectors
/
oauth
/
{provider}
/
start
Start the OAuth link flow for a provider
curl --request GET \
--url https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"authorize_url": "<string>"
}Authorizations
bearerAuthapiKey
Session token from POST /auth/login, sent as Authorization: Bearer <token>.
Headers
Date-based contract version, echoed back on the same header. Omit for the default (2026-07); send unstable for the in-development surface. An unrecognized value is rejected with 400 unsupported_api_version.
Path Parameters
Provider id (e.g. box)
Query Parameters
Console path to bounce back to after the callback
Response
Authorization URL
Where to send the user to approve access.
The provider's consent page. Open it in a browser.
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