Canny API Documentation

This is the complete API documentation for connecting to the Canny API using MindCloud's Universal API. If you are new to MindCloud, start with the Introduction to see how one API can sit in front of many different apps.

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Meet Canny: Manage feedback boards, posts, comments, votes, and users. Keep reading to get started.

Quickstart

Before you run your first Canny request, you need three things:

1. A MindCloud account — sign in or create an account at MindCloud.
2. A MindCloud API Key — create one in API Keys. Keep it on your server.
3. At least one Canny connection — create or choose one in Connections. Note its connectionId.

Every Canny action uses the same URL pattern:

POST https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/canny/actions/{actionSlug}/run

You need a MindCloud API Key and a Canny connection. Then call an action such as List Boards:

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/canny/actions/list-boards/run" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "connectionId": "$CONNECTION_ID",
  "arguments": {}
}'

Every response comes back in the same envelope, with your rows in a data array:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    { "id": "1042", "name": "Ava" }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

After your first request works, use Shape your requests to control arguments, pagination, filtering, fields, and errors.

Authenticate with a MindCloud API Key plus a connectionId for your Canny account. See Canny API Authentication for the full flow and how to get your connection credentials.

Canny actions

All 24 published actions for this Canny version. Each page documents the endpoint, arguments, and response controls.

• PUTChange Post Category
• PUTChange Post Status
• POSTCreate Category
• POSTCreate Comment
• POSTCreate Entry
• PUTCreate or Update User
• POSTCreate Post
• POSTCreate Tag
• GETList Boards
• GETList Categories
• GETList Comments
• GETList Companies
• GETList Entries
• GETList Ideas
• GETList Posts
• GETList Tags
• GETList Users
• PUTMerge Idea
• GETRetrieve Board
• GETRetrieve Idea
• GETRetrieve Post
• GETRetrieve User
• PUTUpdate Company
• PUTUpdate Post

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