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AWeber API Authentication

How to authenticate AWeber API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud runs the OAuth flow and refreshes AWeber tokens for you.

Every AWeber API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your AWeber 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 AWeber connection in Connections. AWeber uses OAuth. When you create the connection, you are redirected to sign in to AWeber and approve access — MindCloud stores the resulting tokens and refreshes them automatically, so your integration never has to.
  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 AWeber account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the AWeber 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 List Accounts with an AWeber connection looks like this:

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/aWeber/actions/list-accounts/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 AWeber account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Set up AWeber OAuth

You need an AWeber developer account and permission to create an OAuth app.

  1. Create an AWeber developer app

    Sign in to AWeber Developer and create an app for this MindCloud connection.

  2. Copy the client ID and client secret

    From your AWeber app, copy the client ID and client secret into the MindCloud connection form.

  3. Set the redirect URI

    In your AWeber app settings, add the exact redirect URI shown in MindCloud. AWeber requires the redirect URI used during authorization to match the redirect URI saved on the app.

  4. Authenticate the connection

    Back in MindCloud, save the client credentials and continue through the AWeber OAuth popup to authorize access.

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.