InflatableOffice API Authentication

How to authenticate InflatableOffice API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud stores your InflatableOffice API key securely — set it…

Every InflatableOffice API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your InflatableOffice 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 InflatableOffice connection in Connections. InflatableOffice uses an API key. You generate the key in your InflatableOffice account, then paste it in when you create the connection — MindCloud stores it securely and never returns it in a response.
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 InflatableOffice account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the InflatableOffice 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 List Customers with an InflatableOffice connection looks like this:

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

Connect InflatableOffice

You need an admin InflatableOffice account. API access also requires the WordPress/API add-on if your plan does not already include it.

Open the API Keys page
Sign in to InflatableOffice with an admin account, then open Settings -> API Keys.
Settings → API Keys
Generate an API token
Click Add New, then generate a new API token and copy it.
Grant the token permissions
Open the token permissions and grant access to the areas this integration needs. For this scaffold, enable Workers (read) so the test action can return data, and keep Customers (read) if you plan to build customer actions next.
Enable the API add-on if needed
If the API Keys page or token features are unavailable, enable the WordPress/API add-on from the subscription settings.
Settings → Subscription
Paste the token into the MindCloud connection
Use the generated API token as the app connection value for InflatableOffice.

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.