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iFormBuilder API Authentication

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

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

The Authorization: Bearer <your MindCloud API Key> header authenticates you to MindCloud; the connectionId tells MindCloud which iFormBuilder account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

iFormBuilder Custom JWT Setup

Collect the iFormBuilder client key and client secret for the target Zerion tenant. ZIM User ID is optional and only needed if your tenant requires a JWT subject claim.

  1. Copy the client key

    Locate the iFormBuilder client key for the API client you want to use.

  2. Copy the client secret

    Locate the matching client secret for the same API client.

  3. Add ZIM User ID only if required

    If your tenant expects a JWT subject claim, paste the ZIM User ID into the optional field.

  4. Save and test the connection

    After the auth action is attached in the app editor, save the connection and test it using the token action or Get Home Profile.

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.