banno-digital-toolkit

Does using a plugin to open a window in Garden FI match the experience of using a plugin in an FI's environment?

I was wondering if Garden FI is pretty much at parity with a real financial institution's environment. I was able to open a new window to the website of an FI that isn't the redirect_uri I provide to my developer portal using the plugin bridge module with this <a target="_blank" href="http://my_url"></a> element.

This documentation says that you shouldn't be able to open other windows or it just isn't supported (I'd like some clarity if there's a difference in this situation too). Nonetheless I was able to open a window.

I make a plugin where in it, I call an API to grab some HTML to render an image that links back to the FI's FAQ or another FAQ elsewhere.

<a target="_blank" href="http://my_url"></a>

Clicking this image sends me to a new page that isn't reflected in my redirect_uri list on the dev portal. I expected this not to work according to this documentation.

How different is Garden FI from an actual FI and can I open windows/tabs that aren't the redirect URI?

Thanks team, this is important for me developing a cool plugin for my client and setting expectations.

Solution

  • The Garden demo institution runs production Banno code (but as named, it's a demo institution) so it's as real as it gets in terms of behavior. The behavior you are seeing is expected.

    You're on the right track by using the Plugin Bridge.

    We've updated the Restrictions page to clarify that opening a new window is supported via the Plugin Bridge's handling of embedded web browser links.