--- title: How does Truv establish connections with data providers? description: Here’s a step-by-step overview of how Truv connects with payroll providers and financial institutions to access data securely. --- [Skip to content](https://help.truv.com/how-does-truv-establish-connections-with-data-providers#main-content) [![logo-truv-4](https://help.truv.com/hubfs/logo-truv-4.svg)](https://help.truv.com/?hsLang=en) Open main navigation Close main navigation How can we help? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Truv Help Center](https://help.truv.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Getting Started](https://help.truv.com/getting-started?hsLang=en) 3. [Platform Overview](https://help.truv.com/getting-started?hsLang=en#platform-overview) # How does Truv establish connections with data providers? ### **How Truv Works to Connect with Data Providers** Here’s a step-by-step overview of how Truv connects with payroll providers and financial institutions to access data securely: 1. **Request from Your App**: Your app uses a **bridge\_token** to request information from your server. 2. **Server Sends Request**: Your server sends a request with the user’s details to the **Truv API**. 3. **User Connects Payroll Info**: Once the request is processed, your app asks the user to connect their payroll or financial data through **Truv Bridge**. 4. **Successful Connection**: When the user successfully connects their data, **Truv Bridge** sends the credentials back to your app. 5. **Webhook Monitoring**: Your server watches for updates through webhook events from the Truv API. 6. **Public Token Exchange**: With the **public\_token**, your app can exchange it with your server and the Truv API to get the required data. 7. **Data Access**: Finally, after your server collects the credentials, it can pull the data from the Truv API. ### Summary of Sequence Diagram The chart below is an overview of the steps in the process.  ![b5eb835-small-Image\_103\_1](https://help.truv.com/hs-fs/hubfs/b5eb835-small-Image_103_1.png?width=688&height=545&name=b5eb835-small-Image_103_1.png)   - 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