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DotCMS API Authentication

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

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

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

Connect DotCMS

You need a DotCMS API token with access to the tenant resources you want MindCloud to read or manage.

  1. Open API Tokens in DotCMS

    Sign in to your DotCMS tenant as an administrator, then open the API token management screen from the system administration area.

    System → Maintenance → API Tokens
  2. Create or copy an API token

    Create a dedicated token for MindCloud or copy an existing tenant token that has the permissions you want the app connection to use.

  3. Save the MindCloud connection

    Paste the DotCMS token into the MindCloud API Key field and save the connection.

  4. Test with Get Current User

    Run the seed read action after saving the connection to confirm the token works before broader action buildout.

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.