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# GetConnectUrl

# Package: socialMedia

# Namespace: AccountService

# Method link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-management/marketing/social-media/account-v1/get-connect-url.md

## Permission Scopes:
Manage Social Posts: SCOPE.PROMOTE.MANAGE-SOCIAL-POSTS

## Introduction

Retrieves a channel's OAuth authorization URL that a site owner opens to connect the channel.

Use this to connect a channel without a browser popup: retrieve the URL, surface it to the site owner, and have them authorize the channel in their browser. The channel's OAuth redirect then completes the connection server-side, after which the channel becomes connected. Poll Get Long Lived Token Status until the status is `VALID` to confirm the channel is connected.

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## REST API

### Schema

```
 Method: getConnectUrl
 Description: Retrieves a channel's OAuth authorization URL that a site owner opens to connect the channel.  Use this to connect a channel without a browser popup: retrieve the URL, surface it to the site owner, and have them authorize the channel in their browser. The channel's OAuth redirect then completes the connection server-side, after which the channel becomes connected. Poll Get Long Lived Token Status until the status is `VALID` to confirm the channel is connected.
 URL: https://www.wixapis.com/social-publisher/v1/{channelName}/connect-url
 Method: GET
 # Note: If the parameter `a.b` is listed under required parameters, `b` is only required if `a` is also present.
 Required parameters:  channelName
 Method parameters: 
   param name: channelName | type:   none | required: true 
 Return type: GetConnectUrlResponse
  - name: connectUrl | type: string | description: The channel's OAuth authorization URL. The site owner opens it to authorize the channel; on success the connection completes server-side and the channel becomes connected.  | validation: maxLength 2048


```

### Examples

### Get a URL to connect a channel
Retrieve a URL the site owner opens to connect a social channel. After they authorize the channel in their browser, the connection completes and the channel becomes connected.

```curl
curl -X GET \
'https://www.wixapis.com/social-publisher/v1/INSTAGRAM/connect-url' \
-H 'Authorization: <AUTH>'
```

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## JavaScript SDK

### Schema

```
 Method: wixClientAdmin.promoteGrowthToolsPublisher.accounts.getConnectUrl(channelName)
 Description: Retrieves a channel's OAuth authorization URL that a site owner opens to connect the channel.  Use this to connect a channel without a browser popup: retrieve the URL, surface it to the site owner, and have them authorize the channel in their browser. The channel's OAuth redirect then completes the connection server-side, after which the channel becomes connected. Poll Get Long Lived Token Status until the status is `VALID` to confirm the channel is connected.
 # Note: If the parameter `a.b` is listed under required parameters, `b` is only required if `a` is also present.
 Required parameters:  channelName
 Method parameters: 
   param name: channelName | type: ChannelName | description: Supported social channel. | required: true 
      - enum:
           INSTAGRAM - 
           FACEBOOK - 
           YOUTUBE - 
           LINKEDIN - 
           TWITTER - Deprecated: No longer functional as of July 31, 2026.
           PINTEREST - 
           GBP - Google Business Profile.
           TIKTOK - 
 Return type: PROMISE<GetConnectUrlResponse>
  - name: connectUrl | type: string | description: The channel's OAuth authorization URL. The site owner opens it to authorize the channel; on success the connection completes server-side and the channel becomes connected.  | validation: maxLength 2048


```

### Examples

### Get a URL to connect a channel
```javascript
import { accounts } from "@wix/promote-growth-tools-publisher";

const options = {
  channelName: "INSTAGRAM",
};

async function getConnectUrl() {
  const response = await accounts.getConnectUrl(options);
}

/* Promise resolves to:
 * {
 *   "connectUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/oauth/authorize?client_id=1234567890&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wixapis.com%2Fsocial-publisher%2Fv1%2FINSTAGRAM%2Fconnect-callback&response_type=code&scope=instagram_business_basic%2Cinstagram_business_content_publish&state=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9"
 * }
 */

```

### getConnectUrl (self-hosted)
Self-hosted SDK calls require you to [create a client](https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/articles/work-with-the-sdk/about-the-wix-client.md).

```javascript
import { createClient } from '@wix/sdk';
import { accounts } from '@wix/promote-growth-tools-publisher';
// Import the auth strategy for the relevant access type
// Import the relevant host module if needed

const myWixClient = createClient ({
  modules: { accounts },
  // Include the auth strategy and host as relevant
});


async function getConnectUrl(channelName) {
  const response = await myWixClient.accounts.getConnectUrl(channelName);
};
```

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