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Kit API Authentication

How to authenticate Kit API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud runs the OAuth flow and refreshes Kit tokens for you.

Every Kit API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your Kit 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 Kit connection in Connections. Kit uses OAuth. When you create the connection, you are redirected to sign in to Kit and approve access — MindCloud stores the resulting tokens and refreshes them automatically, so your integration never has to.
  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 Kit account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Kit 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 Broadcast with an Kit connection looks like this:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/kit/latest/actions/get-broadcast" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --get \
  --data-urlencode "connectionId=$CONNECTION_ID"

The Authorization: Bearer <your MindCloud API Key> header authenticates you to MindCloud; the connectionId tells MindCloud which Kit account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Connect Kit

You need access to a Kit account with API access enabled for your app.

  1. Create or open your Kit app

    In Kit, create an app and turn on API access for it.

    Kit developer app settings
  2. Configure the authorization URL

    Set the authorization URL to the MindCloud connection URL shown during setup. Kit will call this URL when a creator installs the app.

  3. Add the redirect URI

    Add the MindCloud OAuth redirect URI exactly as shown during setup. Kit requires the redirect_uri in the OAuth request to match one of these configured redirect URIs.

  4. Copy the OAuth client details

    Copy the Client ID and Client Secret from Kit into the MindCloud connection setup when prompted.

  5. Finish the OAuth connection

    Start the connection in MindCloud, approve access in Kit, and return to MindCloud after Kit redirects back with the authorization code.

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.