Mighty Networks API Authentication

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

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

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

Connect Mighty Networks

Confirm your Mighty Network plan includes Admin API access and that you can open the network Admin area.

Open API key settings
In your Mighty Network, go to Admin > Settings > API Keys.
Admin → Settings → API Keys
Create a network API key
Create a new Network API key for MindCloud and give it the read permissions you want to allow during testing.
Copy the API key
Copy the API key and keep it somewhere secure. You will use it as the Mighty Networks connection secret in MindCloud.
Copy the matching network ID
Copy the network ID or network subdomain that matches the API key. Mighty Networks uses this value as the network_id path value on Admin API 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.