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Front API Authentication

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

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

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

Create a Front OAuth app

You need access to the Front workspace that will own the OAuth app. Have the MindCloud callback URL ready before you start.

  1. Open Front's app setup guide

    Use Front's official app-management guide to create a new app for your workspace.

  2. Create a new OAuth app

    Create a new Front app and enable OAuth2 so Front generates a Client ID and Client Secret.

  3. Set the MindCloud redirect URI

    Paste the exact MindCloud callback URL into the app's redirect URI field.

  4. Copy the OAuth credentials

    Copy the Client ID and Client Secret from Front after saving the app.

  5. Finish the MindCloud connection

    Use the Front Client ID and Client Secret in MindCloud, then connect and approve the requested Front 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.