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Asset Panda API Authentication

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

Every Asset Panda API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your Asset Panda 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

  1. Create a MindCloud account at app.mindcloud.co if you do not already have one.
  2. Generate a MindCloud API Key in API Keys. This is the Bearer token you send on every request. Keep it on your server.
  3. Create a Asset Panda connection in Connections. Asset Panda uses an API key. You generate the key in your Asset Panda account, then paste it in when you create the connection — MindCloud stores it securely and never returns it in a response.
  4. 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 Asset Panda account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Asset Panda 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 Retrieve Self Details with an Asset Panda connection looks like this:

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/assetPanda/actions/retrieve-self-details/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 Asset Panda account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Connect Asset Panda

You need an Asset Panda user account that can generate an API access token.

  1. Open the official token guide

    Use Asset Panda's official Generate an Access Token documentation page before creating the MindCloud connection.

  2. Generate an access token

    Use the same email address and password you use to sign in to Asset Panda's web application, then create an access token from the official guide.

  3. Paste the token into MindCloud

    In the MindCloud connection form, paste the copied Asset Panda access token into the API Key field.

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.