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IRIS KashFlow API Authentication

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

Every IRIS KashFlow API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your IRIS KashFlow 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 IRIS KashFlow connection in Connections. IRIS KashFlow 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 IRIS KashFlow account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the IRIS KashFlow 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 Company Details with an IRIS KashFlow connection looks like this:

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

Enable KashFlow SOAP API access

Sign in to the KashFlow account you want to connect. You will need the account username and either your normal KashFlow password or a separate API password.

  1. Open API Settings

    In KashFlow, go to Apps > API Settings.

  2. Enable the API

    Tick Enable API.

  3. Review access restriction

    Leave Restrict Access unticked unless you want to allow only specific IP addresses.

  4. Choose which password to use

    Choose Same Password as web login if you want to use your normal KashFlow password, or choose Separate API password if you want to set a dedicated API password for integrations.

  5. Save the settings

    Click Update, then use the username and chosen password in MindCloud.

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.