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mintBlue API Authentication

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

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

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

Create Your mintBlue SDK Token

You need a mintBlue Console account with access to a workspace/project.

  1. Sign in to mintBlue Console

    Open the mintBlue Console and log in with your account.

    Console → Sign in
  2. Open Access Tokens

    In the left sidebar, click the three-dot menu next to your account name, then choose Access Tokens.

    Console → Account menu → Access Tokens
  3. Create a new token

    Click New Token, enter a name, and save. Copy the SDK Access Token value shown after creation.

  4. Paste the SDK token into MindCloud

    Use the copied SDK token as your API key credential for this 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.