Intruder API Authentication

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

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

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

Connect your Intruder account

You need an Intruder account and access to the My account page in the Intruder Portal.

Open API Access Tokens
Sign in to the Intruder Portal, open My account, and find the API Access Tokens section.
Create a personal access token
Enter a meaningful token name, optionally choose an expiry date, enter your account password, and confirm.
Copy the token and save it securely
Intruder only shows the token when it is created. Copy it now, then paste it into the MindCloud connection as the API key value.

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.