Blueink API Authentication

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

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

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

Connect your Blueink API key

You need a Blueink account with API access. If the API tab is missing in the dashboard, ask Blueink Support to activate API trial features on your account.

Create or open your Blueink API account
If you do not already have a Blueink account, create an API trial account from Blueink's API Plans & Pricing page. Existing accounts can use the same login once API access is enabled.
Open the API page in Blueink
Sign in to the Blueink Dashboard, then click the API tab in the left sidebar.
Blueink Dashboard → API
Create a private API key
On the API page, click Add API Key, enter a label, and submit the form.
Save the API key in the connection
Copy the API key immediately and paste it into this Blueink connection. Blueink only shows the full key once.

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.