Apify API Authentication

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

Every Apify API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your Apify 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 Apify connection in Connections. Apify uses an API key. You generate the key in your Apify 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 Apify account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Apify 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 Private User Data with an Apify connection looks like this:

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/apify/actions/get-private-user-data/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 Apify account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Create an Apify API token

You need access to the Apify account that owns the actors, tasks, or datasets you want MindCloud to use.

Open the Integrations page in Apify Console
Sign in to Apify and open the Integrations page for your account.
Account → Integrations
Choose a personal API token
Use a personal API token from this page for the MindCloud connection. If you do not already have a suitable token, create a new one and give it a recognizable label.
Copy the token
Copy the token value and keep it somewhere secure until you finish the MindCloud connection.
Paste the token into MindCloud
Return to MindCloud and paste the copied value into the API Key field. MindCloud sends it as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

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.