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CoachAccountable API Authentication

How to authenticate CoachAccountable API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud stores your CoachAccountable API key securely — set it…

Every CoachAccountable API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your CoachAccountable 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 CoachAccountable connection in Connections. CoachAccountable uses an API key. You generate the key in your CoachAccountable account, then paste it in when you create the connection — MindCloud stores it securely and never returns it in a response.
  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 CoachAccountable account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the CoachAccountable 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 Account Profile with an CoachAccountable connection looks like this:

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

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

Connect CoachAccountable

You need a CoachAccountable account with API access enabled.

  1. Open the CoachAccountable API documentation while signed in

    Sign in to your CoachAccountable account, then open the official API documentation page.

    API Documentation
  2. Open any "try this..." form

    Choose a function like Account.me and click "try this...". CoachAccountable says that when you are logged in, parameter values like API credentials are filled in automatically.

  3. Copy your API ID

    Copy the value from the APIID field and paste it into the API ID field in this connection.

  4. Copy your private API key

    Copy the value from the APIKey field and paste it into the API Key field in this connection.

  5. Save the connection

    Return here and save the connection to let MindCloud test the credentials.

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.