Kadoa API Authentication

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

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

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

Create a Kadoa API key

Kadoa authenticates API requests with a workspace API key sent in the x-api-key header.

Open the General settings in Kadoa
Sign in to Kadoa and go to Settings > General.
Settings → General
Generate the API key
Click Generate API Key on the General settings page.
Copy the key and store it securely
Copy the API key immediately and store it somewhere secure.
Paste the key into MindCloud
Return to the MindCloud Kadoa connection form and paste the copied key into the API key field.

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.