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ExpertTexting API Authentication

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

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

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

Connect ExpertTexting

You need your ExpertTexting username, API Key, and API Secret. ExpertTexting's REST docs say these credentials are available from Account Settings in your ExpertTexting Profile.

  1. Sign in and open your ExpertTexting Profile

    Open the ExpertTexting Profile page after signing in so you can access Account Settings for API credentials.

    Dashboard → Profile
  2. Copy your username

    Find the username shown for your ExpertTexting account and keep it available for the connection form.

  3. Copy the API Key and API Secret

    From the same Account Settings area, copy the API Key and API Secret published for your account.

  4. Fill the MindCloud connection fields

    Enter your Username, API Key, and API Secret in the ExpertTexting connection form. The API Key is the main credential and Username plus API Secret are additional required fields for this provider.

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.