CodeQR - Link and QR Analytics API Authentication

How to authenticate CodeQR - Link and QR Analytics API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud stores your CodeQR - Link and QR Analytics…

Every CodeQR - Link and QR Analytics API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your CodeQR - Link and QR Analytics 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 CodeQR - Link and QR Analytics connection in Connections. CodeQR - Link and QR Analytics uses an API key. You generate the key in your CodeQR - Link and QR Analytics 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 CodeQR - Link and QR Analytics account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the CodeQR - Link and QR Analytics 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 List Projects with an CodeQR - Link and QR Analytics connection looks like this:

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/codeQRLinkAndQRAnalytics/actions/list-projects/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 CodeQR - Link and QR Analytics account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Create a CodeQR API key

Open API Keys in your project
In CodeQR, open your project, then go to Settings > API Keys.
Settings → API Keys
Create a new API key
Click Create, choose the permissions you want to grant, and select whether the key belongs to You or to a Machine user.
Create and copy the secret key
Click Create API Key, then copy the generated secret immediately and store it safely. CodeQR says you will not be able to see it again.
Use the key as a bearer token
When you connect CodeQR in MindCloud, paste the API key into the API Key credential field. CodeQR uses the key as a bearer token for API requests.

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.