Kanban Tool API Authentication

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

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

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

Connect Kanban Tool

You need access to your Kanban Tool account and permission to open your profile settings.

Open API access in Kanban Tool
In your Kanban Tool account, open My profile from the main menu, then open API access.
Generate a personal access token
Click Enable API access and copy the generated token. Treat it like a password and keep it private.
Enter your account domain in MindCloud
Use only the account prefix from your Kanban Tool URL. For example, if your account URL is https://acme.kanbantool.com, enter acme as the Account Domain value.
Paste the access token into MindCloud
Paste the token into the API Key field when creating the connection.

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.