Circle API Authentication

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

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

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

The Authorization: Bearer <your MindCloud API Key> header authenticates you to MindCloud; the connectionId tells MindCloud which Circle account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Set up Circle Admin API credentials

You need Circle community owner or admin access. Keep the API access token private.

Identify your Circle subdomain
Use your community URL in the browser. Example: https://community_name.circle.so.
Fetch your API access token
Open https://<community_name>.circle.so/settings/workflows/workflow_api in your community and copy the API access token.
Enter credentials in MindCloud
Set API Key to the token you copied, and set Subdomain to your community subdomain value.

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.