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Explodely API Authentication

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

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

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

Connect Explodely

You need an Explodely seller account. The affiliate payout and contract APIs reject non-seller accounts.

  1. Sign in to your Explodely account

    Open your Explodely account in the browser and sign in with the seller account you want MindCloud to use.

  2. Copy your username and API key

    Inside your Explodely account, locate your account username and the API key associated with that account. Explodely docs say both values are available within your account.

  3. Enter the values in MindCloud

    Paste the Explodely username into the Username field and paste the API key into the API Key field, then save and test 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.