Clockify API Authentication

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

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

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/clockify/latest/actions/get-current-user" \
  --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 Clockify account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Create a Clockify API key

Clockify API access uses the permissions of the user who creates the key, so create the key from the Clockify account you want MindCloud to act as.

Open your Clockify profile preferences
Sign in to Clockify, open Profile settings, and go to Preferences.
Profile settings → Preferences
Open the Advanced tab and manage API keys
Switch to the Advanced tab, then click Manage API keys.
Profile settings → Preferences → Advanced
Generate the API key
Click Generate new, enter a name for the key, and generate it.
Copy the key and save it securely
Click Copy and store the key somewhere secure right away.
Paste the key into MindCloud
Return to the MindCloud Clockify connection form and paste the copied key into the API key field.

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.