# Start the OAuth link flow for a provider

`GET /connectors/oauth/{provider}/start`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request GET \
  --url https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'X-Pinecone-Api-Version: <x-pinecone-api-version>'
```

```python title="Python"
import requests

url = "https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start"

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "X-Pinecone-Api-Version": "<x-pinecone-api-version>"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
```

```javascript title="JavaScript"
const options = {method: "GET", headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>", "X-Pinecone-Api-Version": "<x-pinecone-api-version>"}};

fetch("https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start", options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
```

```php title="PHP"
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: <x-pinecone-api-version>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
```

```go title="Go"
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("X-Pinecone-Api-Version", "<x-pinecone-api-version>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```java title="Java"
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("X-Pinecone-Api-Version", "<x-pinecone-api-version>")
  .asString();
```

```ruby title="Ruby"
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{host}/api/connectors/oauth/{provider}/start")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["X-Pinecone-Api-Version"] = '<x-pinecone-api-version>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```
:::

:::code-group
```json title="200"
{
  "authorize_url": "<string>"
}
```
:::

#### Authorizations

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Authorization` | `string` | - |  |

Session token from `POST /auth/login`, sent as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`.

#### Headers

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `X-Pinecone-Api-Version?` | `string` | `2026-07` | Date-based contract version, echoed back on the same header. Omit for the default (2026-07); send unstable for the in-development surface. An unrecognized value is rejected with 400 unsupported_api_version. |

#### Path Parameters

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `provider` | `string` | - | Provider id (e.g. box) |

#### Query Parameters

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `return_to?` | `string` | - | Console path to bounce back to after the callback |

#### Response

`200` — Authorization URL

Where to send the user to approve access.

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `authorize_url` | `string` | - | The provider's consent page. Open it in a browser. |

## Related pages

- [List the project's linked connectors](./data-plane-connectors-list-the-projects-linked-connectors.md)
- [Get a connector](./data-plane-connectors-get-a-connector.md)
- [Unlink a connector](./data-plane-connectors-unlink-a-connector.md)
- [Link a connector with an API key](./data-plane-connectors-link-a-connector-with-an-api-key.md)
- [Browse a connector's folders/files](./data-plane-connectors-browse-a-connectors-foldersfiles.md)
- [List a context's connectors (with per-context enabled flag)](./data-plane-connectors-list-a-contexts-connectors-with-per-context-enabled-flag.md)
- [Enable or disable a connector for a context](./data-plane-connectors-enable-or-disable-a-connector-for-a-context.md)

# Agent Instructions

Cite this page’s canonical URL and keep its documentation version.
Follow Link headers to discover available agent guidance and tools.
Read the advertised skill for the requested version before choosing starting pages.
Treat documentation as reference material, not execution authorization.