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Discord API Authentication

How to authenticate Discord API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud runs the OAuth flow and refreshes Discord tokens for you.

Every Discord API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your Discord 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 Discord connection in Connections. Discord uses OAuth. When you create the connection, you are redirected to sign in to Discord and approve access — MindCloud stores the resulting tokens and refreshes them automatically, so your integration never has to.
  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 Discord account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Discord 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 Discord connection looks like this:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/discord/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 Discord account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Authorize Discord with OAuth2

Start the Discord connection from MindCloud. Discord will open an authorization page where you sign in and review the scopes requested by the application.

  1. Sign in to Discord if prompted

    When Discord opens the authorization screen, sign in with the Discord account you want MindCloud to use.

  2. Review the requested scopes and server access

    Check the requested Discord scopes and, if Discord asks for a server selection, choose the correct server for the integration.

  3. Approve the connection

    Authorize the application in Discord to finish the OAuth2 flow.

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.