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Patreon API Authentication

How to authenticate Patreon API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud runs the OAuth flow and refreshes Patreon tokens for you.

Every Patreon API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your Patreon 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 Patreon connection in Connections. Patreon uses OAuth. When you create the connection, you are redirected to sign in to Patreon and approve access — MindCloud stores the resulting tokens and refreshes them automatically, so your integration never has to.
  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 Patreon account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Patreon 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 Identity with an Patreon connection looks like this:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/patreon/latest/actions/get-identity" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --get \
  --data-urlencode "connectionId=$CONNECTION_ID"

The Authorization: Bearer <your MindCloud API Key> header authenticates you to MindCloud; the connectionId tells MindCloud which Patreon account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Connect Patreon

You need a Patreon creator account and permission to register an API client.

  1. Open Patreon Clients & API Keys

    Sign in to Patreon and open the page where Patreon lets you register API clients.

    Patreon → Clients & API Keys
  2. Create a Patreon API v2 client

    Create a client for MindCloud and keep the API version on Patreon API v2.

  3. Add the MindCloud callback URL

    Add this exact redirect URI to the Patreon client settings: https://api.mindcloud.co/v1/oauth/patreon/callback

  4. Copy the client credentials into MindCloud

    Return to the Patreon connection form and paste the Client ID and Client Secret from Patreon.

  5. Finish the Patreon authorization

    Use the Connect flow in MindCloud and approve the Patreon access request.

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.