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Creating Moov accounts

Moov.js makes it easy to capture the information from each of your users to create a Moov account and link their bank accounts.

Collecting information

The following example creates a new Moov account and requests three capabilities for that account.

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moov.accounts.create({
  "accountType": "business",
  "foreignID": "your-optional-user-id",
  "profile": {
    "business": {
      "legalBusinessName": "Whole Body Fitness LLC",
      "businessType": "llc",
    }
  }
}).then((data) => {
  if (data) {
    moov.accounts.capabilities.request(data.accountID, [
      "transfers", 
      "wallet", 
      "send-funds"
    ]);
  }
});

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const fetch = require("node-fetch");
const response = await fetch(
  "http://api.moov.io/accounts", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
      "Authorization": `Bearer ${token}`,
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: {
    "accountType": "business",
    "foreignID": "your-optional-user-id",
    "profile": {
      "business": {
        "legalBusinessName": "Whole Body Fitness LLC",
        "businessType": "llc",
      }
    }
  }
});
const data = await response.json();
if (data) {
  moov.accounts.capabilities.request(data.accountID, [
    "transfers", 
    "wallet", 
    "send-funds"
  ]);
}

Foreign ID

You can add a foreignID or alias to a Moov account to easily track the one-to-one relationship between your users and Moov accounts. If you set the foreign ID, it must be unique.

You can find use the foreignID query parameter on the List accounts endpoint to find a Moov account.

Metadata

Metadata is a free-form key-value pair list that you can add to a Moov account. This may be useful for capturing information such as the type of account or segment the Moov account belongs to.

Next steps

Depending on the capabilities requested for the Moov account you just set up, you may need to provide additional information about the account in order for Moov to start the automatic verification process.

For more information, read our Identity verification guide.