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Dribbble API Authentication

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

Every Dribbble API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your Dribbble 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 Dribbble connection in Connections. Dribbble uses OAuth. When you create the connection, you are redirected to sign in to Dribbble 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 Dribbble account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Dribbble 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 Dribbble connection looks like this:

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

Connect Dribbble

You need a Dribbble account that can register OAuth applications. Jobs endpoints also require separate Dribbble partner approval and a special token.

  1. Open the Dribbble OAuth docs

    Sign in to Dribbble and use the official OAuth documentation to register or review your OAuth application.

  2. Set the MindCloud callback URL

    In the Dribbble OAuth application settings, set the callback URL to https://api.mindcloud.co/v1/oauth/dribbble/callback.

  3. Prepare the OAuth app credentials

    Copy the Dribbble client ID and client secret from the OAuth application settings and add them through MindCloud's secure credential flow.

  4. Authorize Dribbble in MindCloud

    Start the Dribbble connection in MindCloud and approve the public and upload scopes.

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.