Baserow API Authentication

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

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

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

Set up your Baserow database token

You need access to the target Baserow workspace, database, and table before you connect this app.

Create a database token
In Baserow, open your workspace settings and create a database token for the workspace that contains the table you want to use. Copy the token immediately after Baserow shows it.
Workspace settings → Database tokens
Find the table and database IDs you need
Open the target database or table, then open View API Docs or check the browser URL to collect the table ID and, when needed, the database ID.
Confirm the API URL
If you use Baserow Cloud, use https://api.baserow.io. If your team uses a self-hosted Baserow instance, use that instance's API URL from its own API documentation.

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.