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Dext API Authentication

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

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

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

Connect your Dext API token

You need access to the Dext account that owns the Data Health & Insights API token.

  1. Sign in to Dext

    Open your Dext account in a browser and sign in with the account that can manage API access.

  2. Open the API token settings

    In Dext, go to the settings area where API access is managed and open the page for API tokens or API connections.

  3. Generate a token

    Create a new API token if you do not already have one, then copy the token value immediately.

  4. Paste the token into MindCloud

    Back in MindCloud, paste that token into the API Key field for the Dext connection and save the 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.