2Chat API Authentication

How to authenticate 2Chat API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud stores your 2Chat API key securely — set it once, never resend it.

Every 2Chat API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your 2Chat account. This page covers both, plus exactly how to send them, so you do not need to visit any other page to get authenticated.

Steps to authenticate

Create a MindCloud account at app.mindcloud.co if you do not already have one.
Generate a MindCloud API Key in API Keys. This is the Bearer token you send on every request. Keep it on your server.
Create a 2Chat connection in Connections. 2Chat uses an API key. You generate the key in your 2Chat account, then paste it in when you create the connection — MindCloud stores it securely and never returns it in a response.
Copy the connection’s connectionId — you will send it on every request alongside your MindCloud API Key.

How requests are authenticated

Authentication has two layers. Your MindCloud API Key authenticates the request to MindCloud, sent as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. The connectionId selects the connected 2Chat account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the 2Chat credentials behind that connection, so you never send provider tokens with your requests.

Pass connectionId in the query string for GET and DELETE actions, and in the JSON body for POST, PUT, and PATCH actions.

For example, calling Get Account Info with an 2Chat connection looks like this:

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/chat/actions/get-account-info/run" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "connectionId": "$CONNECTION_ID",
  "arguments": {}
}'

The Authorization: Bearer <your MindCloud API Key> header authenticates you to MindCloud; the connectionId tells MindCloud which 2Chat account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Connect your 2Chat account

You need a 2Chat account and at least one channel connected before most API actions will return useful data.

Create or sign in to your 2Chat account
Open the 2Chat signup page and finish creating your account, or sign in if you already have one.
2Chat → Sign up
Connect a channel
Go to the Channels area in 2Chat and connect a supported channel. 2Chat’s developer docs say you must connect a channel before using the API examples.
Dashboard → Channels
Open API Access in Developers
Go to the Developers section and open the API Access tab where 2Chat shows your API key and lets you generate a new one.
Dashboard → Developers → API Access
Copy your API key
Copy the API key exactly as shown. MindCloud will send it in the X-User-API-Key header for every 2Chat request.

Keep your key safe

Keep your MindCloud API Key on your server; do not ship it in browser code, mobile apps, public repositories, or logs. Anyone with the key can call the Universal API as your MindCloud account, across every connection you have created.