Invite links

An invite link is a shareable URL bound to one connection type, either a specific source type or a specific destination type. You send it to someone outside your team, and they add a connection of that type to your workspace themselves.

What an invite link does

When you create an invite link, you pick one connection type, for example Facebook Ads as a source or Google BigQuery as a destination. The link is bound to that type. Anyone who opens it goes straight to the setup screen for that service, signs in or enters credentials, and the finished connection lands in your Connections list.

The recipient works entirely on their own side. They do not see your pipelines, your team, or any other connections. They only authorize connections of the one type the link was created for.

What problem invite links solve

Invite links remove two recurring headaches.

The first is sharing credentials over Slack or email. With an invite link, passwords stay with whoever owns them, because the recipient enters them directly on the authorization screen of the third-party service. You never handle the password.

The second is adding outsiders to your team for tasks that do not need team access. The invite link skips the team invitation: the recipient authorizes connections of one type and never enters your workspace.

Reusable and one-use links

By default, an invite link stays active and works many times. The same URL can create several connections of its type. This helps when one partner needs to connect a few accounts, or when you hand the same link to several clients.

If you want the link to create a single connection only, turn on One-use when you create it. A one-use link stops working the moment the first connection is created.

Either kind of link can also have an Expire date. After that date the link stops working, whether it is one-use or reusable.

When to use an invite link

The typical cases all share the same shape. The credentials sit with someone outside your team, and you need the connections, not the person.

How invite links work

There are two sides to the flow. You generate the link, and your contacts use it.

1. You create a link in your workspace and choose the connection type it is for: a specific source type or destination type.
2. You send the URL to the people who have the credentials.
3. They open the link, authorize a connection on their end, and finish without ever entering your workspace.
4. Each new connection shows up in your Connections list, ready to be picked up by a pipeline.

Creating an invite link

The full flow takes five steps in the Renta UI, from opening the Invite links page to copying the generated URL.

Managing existing links

Generated links stay in the Invite links list until you delete them. Click any row to reopen the details panel. From there you can rename the link, change its Expire date, or copy the URL again. Update saves the changes, Close dismisses the panel without applying anything.

If a link is no longer needed, delete it from the list. The next time someone opens the URL, they will see an error instead of the authorization screen.

Security considerations

A valid invite link can create connections in your workspace, so treat it like a credential. The recipient does not pass passwords through you, but anyone who has the link can use it while it is still active.

How to keep invite links safe:

1. Turn on One-use for one-time handovers. When the link is meant for a single connection, set One-use to Yes. The link stops working after that connection is created, so a leaked URL cannot be reused.

2. Set an Expire date on reusable links. A reusable link without an expiry date stays open forever. Give every link a clear end date so it cannot be used long after the work is done.

3. Use a descriptive link name. Name links so you can tell who each one is for and what it connects, for example "Facebook Ads for the new agency client" or "PostgreSQL handover from the BI contractor". When you come back to the list later, descriptive names make it easy to review what is still active and what can be deleted.