OfficeClip API Authentication

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

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

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

Connect OfficeClip

You need an OfficeClip account with access to Settings > Organization settings > Rest API Integration.

Open Rest API Integration
Sign in to OfficeClip and go to Settings > Organization settings > Rest API Integration.
Settings → Organization settings → Rest API Integration
Copy the API key and Org key
Copy both values from the Rest API Integration screen. The API key goes in the MindCloud API Key field and the Org key goes in the MindCloud Org Key field.
Paste the keys into MindCloud
Enter the API key and Org Key in the OfficeClip connection form, 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.