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KiteSuite API Authentication

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

Every KiteSuite API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your KiteSuite 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 KiteSuite connection in Connections. KiteSuite uses an API key. You generate the key in your KiteSuite account, then paste it in when you create the connection — MindCloud stores it securely and never returns it in a response.
  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 KiteSuite account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the KiteSuite 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 Workspace Roles with an KiteSuite connection looks like this:

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

KiteSuite API token setup

You need a KiteSuite account with access to the workspace you want to connect.

  1. Sign in to KiteSuite

    Open KiteSuite and sign in with the account you want to connect.

    Login
  2. Open your profile security settings

    Open your profile, then go to the Security section. KiteSuite uses this area to manage API tokens and the workspace key.

    My Profile → Security

  3. Create an API token

    In the API token section, generate a new API token and copy it immediately.

  4. Copy your workspace key

    Copy the workspace key shown in the same security area. MindCloud needs both the API token and the workspace key for KiteSuite requests.

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.