Novofon API Authentication

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

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

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

Connect Novofon

You need a Novofon administrator account with legacy API access enabled. Keep your API Key and API Secret ready before you return to MindCloud.

Open the Novofon administrator user settings
Sign in to Novofon, open Telephony, then open PBX Users and edit the administrator user.
Enable API-key access on the API tab
Open the API tab for that administrator user and turn on the option to use an API key.
Copy the API Key and API Secret
Copy both values from Novofon. You need the API Key and the API Secret because Novofon signs every request.
Paste the credentials into MindCloud
Enter the API Key in the API Key field and the API Secret in the API Secret field, then 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.