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Canto API Documentation

This is the complete API documentation for connecting to the Canto 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 Canto: connect business data and workflows through MindCloud's Universal API. Keep reading to get started.

Quickstart

Before you run your first Canto 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 Canto connection — create or choose one in Connections. Note its connectionId.

Every Canto action uses the same URL pattern:

https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/canto/latest/actions/{actionSlug}

You need a MindCloud API Key and a Canto connection. Then call an action such as Download Asset:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/canto/latest/actions/download" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --get \
  --data-urlencode "connectionId=$CONNECTION_ID"

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.

Authentication

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 Canto account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Canto 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. Keep your MindCloud API Key on your server; do not ship it in browser code, mobile apps, public repositories, or logs.

Connect Canto

You need a Canto account that can create API keys and the full Canto Tenant URLThe web address for the Canto account you want to connect. for that account.

  1. Create a Canto API key

    Open API Keys, select Create API Key, enter a name and optional description, and finish creating the key.

    User Menu → Settings → Configuration Options → API Keys

  2. Copy the App ID and App Secret

    Copy the generated App ID and App Secret. Return to the connection form, paste them into the App ID and App Secret fields, and enter the full Canto Tenant URLThe web address for the Canto account you want to connect. for the account.

  3. Register the callback URLThe address Canto sends the approved connection back to.

    Set the Redirect URL to the callback URLThe address Canto sends the approved connection back to. for this connection so Canto can return the approved OAuth connection.

  4. Enter the Canto Tenant URLThe web address for the Canto account you want to connect.

    In the connection form, enter the full Canto Tenant URLThe web address for the Canto account you want to connect. from the account, such as https://your-company.canto.com, https://your-company.au.canto.com, https://your-company.ca.canto.com, https://your-company.canto.global, or https://your-company.canto.de.

Canto actions

All 19 published actions for this Canto version. Each page documents the endpoint, arguments, and response controls.

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