Lokalise API Authentication

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

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

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

Connect Lokalise API Token

You need a Lokalise account with access to the team and projects you want MindCloud to read.

Open your Lokalise profile settings
Sign in to Lokalise, open your avatar menu, and go to Profile settings where API tokens are managed.
Avatar menu → Profile settings
Create or copy an API token
In the API tokens section, create a new token or copy an existing token that has access to the projects you want to use in MindCloud.
Paste the token into MindCloud
In the MindCloud test connection, paste the token into the API key field and save 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.