## Create a Widget session token

**post** `/v1/bridge/initialize`

Use this endpoint to generate a session token for use in the Bridge widget.

### Header Parameters

- `"Correlation-Id": optional string`

- `"Idempotency-Key": optional string`

- `"Request-Id": optional string`

- `"Straddle-Account-Id": optional string`

### Body Parameters

- `customer_id: string`

  The Straddle generated unique identifier of the `customer` to create a bridge token for.

- `config: optional object { processing_method, sandbox_outcome }`

  - `processing_method: optional "inline" or "background" or "skip"`

    - `"inline"`

    - `"background"`

    - `"skip"`

  - `sandbox_outcome: optional "standard" or "active" or "rejected" or "review"`

    - `"standard"`

    - `"active"`

    - `"rejected"`

    - `"review"`

- `external_id: optional string`

  Unique identifier for the paykey in your database, used for cross-referencing between Straddle and your systems.

### Returns

- `BridgeTokenV1 = object { data, meta, response_type }`

  - `data: object { bridge_token }`

    - `bridge_token: string`

      JWT Token to use in the bridge widget.

  - `meta: ResponseMetadata`

    Metadata about the API request, including an identifier and timestamp.

    - `api_request_id: string`

      Unique identifier for this API request, useful for troubleshooting.

    - `api_request_timestamp: string`

      Timestamp for this API request, useful for troubleshooting.

  - `response_type: "object" or "array" or "error" or "none"`

    Indicates the structure of the returned content.

    - "object" means the `data` field contains a single JSON object.
    - "array" means the `data` field contains an array of objects.
    - "error" means the `data` field contains an error object with details of the issue.
    - "none" means no data is returned.

    - `"object"`

    - `"array"`

    - `"error"`

    - `"none"`

### Example

```http
curl https://sandbox.straddle.com/v1/bridge/initialize \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $STRADDLE_API_KEY" \
    -d '{
          "customer_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e"
        }'
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "bridge_token": "bridge_token"
  },
  "meta": {
    "api_request_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    "api_request_timestamp": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
  },
  "response_type": "object"
}
```