# Create Consent

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**How do you create Consent?**

The Client can create Consent using API.1 before you invite Your Customer to the Onboarding Flow to share data from their Accounting System.
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### Create a consent using API.1

The Client must use API.1 to create a Consent which will generate a Consent ID.

### Onboarding Flow

The Client must direct Your Customer to the Onboarding Flow requesting Consent to access data from their Accounting System.

Your Customer will use the Onboarding Flow to connect to their Accounting System.

<figure><img src="/files/yXdQGWDtfN1J9feiG0jW" alt=""><figcaption><p>Create Consent flow.</p></figcaption></figure>


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