# Bootstrapping Login For Self-Service Account Management

How to allow users to access self-service account management from external applications.

> For the index of this section of the site, see [llms.txt](https://fusionauth.io/docs/llms.txt)

> **PLAN:** This feature requires [at least a Starter plan](https://fusionauth.io/docs/concepts/plans-and-limits/plans-features.md#starter-features).

Available since `1.45.0`

In some scenarios you may want to allow users to access the self-service account management pages when it is impractical to use a normal login flow. One such scenario is with native mobile applications where the user is logged in to FusionAuth and the application is in possession of the access token. The following procedure will allow you to access these pages without requiring the user to log in again.

## Opening the Self-Service Account Pages With an Access Token

In order to access the self-service account management pages in this manner you will need to meet the following criteria:

*   The user is logged in to FusionAuth
*   The external application is in possession of the FusionAuth access token JWT
*   The external application can open a browser window or webview and include an Authorization header

If the above criteria are met, you can open a webview or browser window from the external application and make a `GET` request to the account self-service page that includes the access token JWT as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. You must also include the client Id of the application.

Example HTTP Request with header

```shell
GET /account/?client_id=<your_client_id> HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer <your_access_token>
```

Note

Because you are only passing in an access token and the webview has no session state the interactions with the self-service account management pages will only succeed as long as the access token is valid and not expired. You may need to refresh the token prior to opening the self-service account management page or adjust the JWT lifespan to accommodate.

Related

[Users Add WebAuthn Passkey Learn how to add a WebAuthn passkey. self-service account management](https://fusionauth.io/docs/users/account-management/add-webauthn.md)

[Users Customizing Self-Service Account Management How to customize both the data collected and the look and feel of Self Service Account Management. self-service account management](https://fusionauth.io/docs/users/account-management/customizing-account-management.md)

[Users Self-Service Account Management Setting up multi-factor authentication as an admin and user, as well as configuring the self-service account management pages. self-service account management](https://fusionauth.io/docs/users/account-management.md)

[Users Users Learn how to register, verify, manage, and provision users in FusionAuth. self-service account management](https://fusionauth.io/docs/users.md)
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## Other pages in Account Management

> For the full index of this section, see [Users](https://fusionauth.io/docs/llms-users.txt).

- [Add WebAuthn Passkey](https://fusionauth.io/docs/users/account-management/add-webauthn.md): Learn how to add a WebAuthn passkey.
- [Customizing Self-Service Account Management](https://fusionauth.io/docs/users/account-management/customizing-account-management.md): How to customize both the data collected and the look and feel of Self Service Account Management.
- [Self-Service Account Management](https://fusionauth.io/docs/users/account-management.md): Setting up multi-factor authentication as an admin and user, as well as configuring the self-service account management pages.
- [Account Troubleshooting](https://fusionauth.io/docs/users/account-management/troubleshooting.md): Learn about troubleshooting steps for Self Service Account Registration.
- [Add Authenticator as a second factor](https://fusionauth.io/docs/users/account-management/two-factor-authenticator.md): How to add a second factor using an Authenticator/TOTP application as a user and admin.
- [Add Email as a second factor](https://fusionauth.io/docs/users/account-management/two-factor-email.md): Learn how to add a second factor using Email as both an admin and a user.
- [Add Phone as a second factor](https://fusionauth.io/docs/users/account-management/two-factor-phone.md): Learn how to add a second factor using SMS as both an admin and a user.
- [Update User Profiles and Passwords](https://fusionauth.io/docs/users/account-management/updating-user-data.md): How to update user profile data and change user passwords.