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POST
/v1/stripe/connect

Returns a Stripe authorisation link to open in a browser. Nothing is connected until a person authorises there and the browser returns to the callback. The link carries a single use state and works for fifteen minutes.

Bookrail-Version

The dated API version to speak. Defaults to 2026-09-01; an unsupported value is a 400.

string
Example
2026-09-01
Bookrail-Actor

Which Bookrail tool the caller is, recorded as actor.via on every event the request writes. A closed list: an unknown value is a 400. Absent means the request declared no tool.

string
Allowed values: mcp cli sdk dashboard
Idempotency-Key

Retry-safety key, 1 to 255 characters. The same key within 24 hours replays the first response, errors included, and never produces a second effect.

string
>= 1 characters <= 255 characters

Created.

object
object
required
string
Allowed values: stripe_connect_link
url
required

Open it in a browser. It authorises one account, once.

string
Example
https://connect.stripe.com/oauth/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=ca_...
expires_at
required

ISO 8601 instant in UTC.

string format: date-time
Example
2026-09-08T07:00:00Z
environment
required

The environment of the API key that created the object.

string
Allowed values: test live
Bookrail-Request-Id
required
string

Identifier of this request. Quote it to support.

Bookrail-Version
required
string

The API version this response was produced with.

Idempotent-Replayed
string

true when the body is the stored answer of an earlier request with the same Idempotency-Key.

RateLimit-Limit
string

Requests this key may have in flight at one instant: the burst of its policy.

RateLimit-Remaining
string

Requests this key may still make right now, as a whole number.

RateLimit-Reset
string

Whole seconds until RateLimit-Remaining is back at RateLimit-Limit.

RateLimit-Policy
string

unavailable when no limit could be applied to this request, because the store that holds the counters did not answer. The three counters are then absent and the request was served.

Bookrail-Plan-Usage
string

<confirmed>/<included>: the confirmed live bookings of the account this month, over the ones its plan includes, as they stood when this request started. On responses to live keys only, and absent for a plan whose included bookings are negotiated and for a key scoped to a tenant.

Error codes: idempotency_key_reused, invalid_body, parameter_invalid, unsupported_api_version.

object
error
required
object
type
required
string
Allowed values: invalid_request authentication permission not_found conflict rate_limit policy_violation payment_required internal
code
required

Machine readable code. The set is per operation; each response below lists the ones it can produce.

string
message
required
string
param

The field or header the error is about, when there is one.

string
fix

What to do next, when there is one thing to do. Present on the errors that are about the state of the deployment rather than about the request.

string
doc_url
required
string
request_id
required
string
Bookrail-Request-Id
required
string

Identifier of this request. Quote it to support.

Bookrail-Version
required
string

The API version this response was produced with.

RateLimit-Limit
string

Requests this key may have in flight at one instant: the burst of its policy.

RateLimit-Remaining
string

Requests this key may still make right now, as a whole number.

RateLimit-Reset
string

Whole seconds until RateLimit-Remaining is back at RateLimit-Limit.

RateLimit-Policy
string

unavailable when no limit could be applied to this request, because the store that holds the counters did not answer. The three counters are then absent and the request was served.

Bookrail-Plan-Usage
string

<confirmed>/<included>: the confirmed live bookings of the account this month, over the ones its plan includes, as they stood when this request started. On responses to live keys only, and absent for a plan whose included bookings are negotiated and for a key scoped to a tenant.

Error codes: invalid_api_key, invalid_authorization_header, missing_api_key, revoked_api_key.

object
error
required
object
type
required
string
Allowed values: invalid_request authentication permission not_found conflict rate_limit policy_violation payment_required internal
code
required

Machine readable code. The set is per operation; each response below lists the ones it can produce.

string
message
required
string
param

The field or header the error is about, when there is one.

string
fix

What to do next, when there is one thing to do. Present on the errors that are about the state of the deployment rather than about the request.

string
doc_url
required
string
request_id
required
string
Bookrail-Request-Id
required
string

Identifier of this request. Quote it to support.

Bookrail-Version
required
string

The API version this response was produced with.

RateLimit-Limit
string

Requests this key may have in flight at one instant: the burst of its policy.

RateLimit-Remaining
string

Requests this key may still make right now, as a whole number.

RateLimit-Reset
string

Whole seconds until RateLimit-Remaining is back at RateLimit-Limit.

RateLimit-Policy
string

unavailable when no limit could be applied to this request, because the store that holds the counters did not answer. The three counters are then absent and the request was served.

Bookrail-Plan-Usage
string

<confirmed>/<included>: the confirmed live bookings of the account this month, over the ones its plan includes, as they stood when this request started. On responses to live keys only, and absent for a plan whose included bookings are negotiated and for a key scoped to a tenant.

Error codes: idempotency_key_in_progress, stripe_already_connected.

object
error
required
object
type
required
string
Allowed values: invalid_request authentication permission not_found conflict rate_limit policy_violation payment_required internal
code
required

Machine readable code. The set is per operation; each response below lists the ones it can produce.

string
message
required
string
param

The field or header the error is about, when there is one.

string
fix

What to do next, when there is one thing to do. Present on the errors that are about the state of the deployment rather than about the request.

string
doc_url
required
string
request_id
required
string
Bookrail-Request-Id
required
string

Identifier of this request. Quote it to support.

Bookrail-Version
required
string

The API version this response was produced with.

RateLimit-Limit
string

Requests this key may have in flight at one instant: the burst of its policy.

RateLimit-Remaining
string

Requests this key may still make right now, as a whole number.

RateLimit-Reset
string

Whole seconds until RateLimit-Remaining is back at RateLimit-Limit.

RateLimit-Policy
string

unavailable when no limit could be applied to this request, because the store that holds the counters did not answer. The three counters are then absent and the request was served.

Bookrail-Plan-Usage
string

<confirmed>/<included>: the confirmed live bookings of the account this month, over the ones its plan includes, as they stood when this request started. On responses to live keys only, and absent for a plan whose included bookings are negotiated and for a key scoped to a tenant.

Error codes: rate_limited.

object
error
required
object
type
required
string
Allowed values: invalid_request authentication permission not_found conflict rate_limit policy_violation payment_required internal
code
required

Machine readable code. The set is per operation; each response below lists the ones it can produce.

string
message
required
string
param

The field or header the error is about, when there is one.

string
fix

What to do next, when there is one thing to do. Present on the errors that are about the state of the deployment rather than about the request.

string
doc_url
required
string
request_id
required
string
Bookrail-Request-Id
required
string

Identifier of this request. Quote it to support.

Bookrail-Version
required
string

The API version this response was produced with.

RateLimit-Limit
string

Requests this key may have in flight at one instant: the burst of its policy.

RateLimit-Remaining
string

Requests this key may still make right now, as a whole number.

RateLimit-Reset
string

Whole seconds until RateLimit-Remaining is back at RateLimit-Limit.

RateLimit-Policy
string

unavailable when no limit could be applied to this request, because the store that holds the counters did not answer. The three counters are then absent and the request was served.

Bookrail-Plan-Usage
string

<confirmed>/<included>: the confirmed live bookings of the account this month, over the ones its plan includes, as they stood when this request started. On responses to live keys only, and absent for a plan whose included bookings are negotiated and for a key scoped to a tenant.

Retry-After
string

Whole seconds to wait before sending this request again. At least 1.

Error codes: internal_error.

object
error
required
object
type
required
string
Allowed values: invalid_request authentication permission not_found conflict rate_limit policy_violation payment_required internal
code
required

Machine readable code. The set is per operation; each response below lists the ones it can produce.

string
message
required
string
param

The field or header the error is about, when there is one.

string
fix

What to do next, when there is one thing to do. Present on the errors that are about the state of the deployment rather than about the request.

string
doc_url
required
string
request_id
required
string
Bookrail-Request-Id
required
string

Identifier of this request. Quote it to support.

Bookrail-Version
required
string

The API version this response was produced with.

RateLimit-Limit
string

Requests this key may have in flight at one instant: the burst of its policy.

RateLimit-Remaining
string

Requests this key may still make right now, as a whole number.

RateLimit-Reset
string

Whole seconds until RateLimit-Remaining is back at RateLimit-Limit.

RateLimit-Policy
string

unavailable when no limit could be applied to this request, because the store that holds the counters did not answer. The three counters are then absent and the request was served.

Bookrail-Plan-Usage
string

<confirmed>/<included>: the confirmed live bookings of the account this month, over the ones its plan includes, as they stood when this request started. On responses to live keys only, and absent for a plan whose included bookings are negotiated and for a key scoped to a tenant.

Error codes: stripe_not_configured.

object
error
required
object
type
required
string
Allowed values: invalid_request authentication permission not_found conflict rate_limit policy_violation payment_required internal
code
required

Machine readable code. The set is per operation; each response below lists the ones it can produce.

string
message
required
string
param

The field or header the error is about, when there is one.

string
fix

What to do next, when there is one thing to do. Present on the errors that are about the state of the deployment rather than about the request.

string
doc_url
required
string
request_id
required
string
Bookrail-Request-Id
required
string

Identifier of this request. Quote it to support.

Bookrail-Version
required
string

The API version this response was produced with.

RateLimit-Limit
string

Requests this key may have in flight at one instant: the burst of its policy.

RateLimit-Remaining
string

Requests this key may still make right now, as a whole number.

RateLimit-Reset
string

Whole seconds until RateLimit-Remaining is back at RateLimit-Limit.

RateLimit-Policy
string

unavailable when no limit could be applied to this request, because the store that holds the counters did not answer. The three counters are then absent and the request was served.

Bookrail-Plan-Usage
string

<confirmed>/<included>: the confirmed live bookings of the account this month, over the ones its plan includes, as they stood when this request started. On responses to live keys only, and absent for a plan whose included bookings are negotiated and for a key scoped to a tenant.