Evoliz API Authentication

How to authenticate Evoliz API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud handles Evoliz's custom auth scheme for you.

Every Evoliz API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your Evoliz 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 Evoliz connection in Connections. Evoliz uses its own authentication scheme. You provide whatever it requires when you create the connection — MindCloud handles the provider-specific details for you.
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 Evoliz account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Evoliz 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 Article with an Evoliz connection looks like this:

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

Create Evoliz API keys

You need access to the Evoliz company that owns the data you want to connect.

Open the Evoliz API connector settings
In Evoliz, go to Applications. In Available Connectors, enable the Evoliz API connector.
Create a new API key
Click Create API Key to generate a public key and a secret key. Save the secret key immediately because Evoliz only shows it once.
Enter both keys in MindCloud
Paste the public key into Public Key and the secret key into Secret Key when creating 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.