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ClickSend SMS API Authentication

How to authenticate ClickSend SMS API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud stores your credentials — no auth headers to build.

Every ClickSend SMS API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your ClickSend SMS 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

  1. Create a MindCloud account at app.mindcloud.co if you do not already have one.
  2. Generate a MindCloud API Key in API Keys. This is the Bearer token you send on every request. Keep it on your server.
  3. Create a ClickSend SMS connection in Connections. ClickSend SMS uses a username and password. You enter them when you create the connection — MindCloud stores them securely so your requests never carry raw credentials.
  4. 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 ClickSend SMS account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the ClickSend SMS 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 Calculate SMS Campaign Price with an ClickSend SMS connection looks like this:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/clickSendSMS/latest/actions/calculate-sms-campaign-price" \
  --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 ClickSend SMS account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Connect ClickSend Basic Auth

You need a ClickSend account with access to API credentials.

  1. Open ClickSend API settings

    Sign in to the ClickSend dashboard and go to Settings > API Credentials.

  2. Copy API Username

    Copy the API Username shown for your account.

  3. Generate and copy API Key

    Create or copy an API key, then use it as the API Key field in this connection.

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.