Browse AI API Authentication

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

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

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

Set up your Browse AI API connection

You need a Browse AI account with at least one approved robot. During setup you will copy your secret API key, robot ID, workspace ID, and any robot input parameter names you plan to use.

Create or copy your Browse AI API key
Open the Browse AI API page in your dashboard and copy your secret API key. MindCloud will use that value in the standard API Key field.
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Open the approved robot you want to use
In the Browse AI dashboard, open an approved robot that this wrapper should run or inspect.
Open the Integrate tab and copy the robot details
On the robot page, click Integrate. In the "Integrate using Rest API" section, copy the Robot ID and Workspace ID, and review the robot input parameters shown there.
Create the MindCloud test connection
In MindCloud, open the Browse AI app connection form and paste your API key into the API Key field. Leave robot-specific values for the test action or action arguments when prompted.

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.