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If your platform uses a popular identity provider, like Auth0, AWS Cognito, Okta, or Stytch, then you can authenticate your users to Tight Embedded Accounting by following the steps below (no developer required).

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Securely sharing your JWKS path

Simply use the Configure Identity Provider API to specify your Identity Provider and Issuer URI.

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Configure business-specific attributes

Tight will use the standard user claims (attributes) included by your identity provider, like email, name, etc. Additionally, you can set up the following optional company-specific attributes in your identity provider:
ClaimDescription
companyNameName of the user’s company
entityTypeThe type of the entity (SOLE_PROPRIETORSHIP, LLP, LLC, S_CORP, C_CORP)
companyIdId of the company in your DB
addressAddress of the company

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Get a JWT access token

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Ready-to-Launch

If you are using Ready-to-Launch accounting, then you simply need to route your user to the Ready-to-Launch app. The RTL app will take care of the authenication using your identity provider.

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Embedding Tight

If you are embedding accounting into your existing UX, then you can obtain a JWT from your identity provider, and simply pass that JWT into the front-end components as the access token.