Bytesafe API Authentication

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

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

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

Connect your Bytesafe account

You need access to a Bytesafe workspace and permission to create or view an API token.

Open your Bytesafe profile settings
Sign in to Bytesafe, open your account or profile settings, and navigate to the token management page.
Create or copy an API token
Generate a new API token if needed, or copy an existing token that is allowed to access the workspace you want to use in MindCloud.
Paste the token into MindCloud
Use the token as the API key value when creating the MindCloud connection for this app.
Use the connection
MindCloud sends the stored token as a bearer token in the Authorization header for every Bytesafe API request.

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.