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Paycove API Authentication

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

Every Paycove API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your Paycove 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 Paycove connection in Connections. Paycove uses OAuth. When you create the connection, you are redirected to sign in to Paycove 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 Paycove account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Paycove 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 Paycove connection looks like this:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/paycove/latest/actions/get-current-user" \
  --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 Paycove account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Connect Paycove

You need a Paycove admin account with access to API Clients.

  1. Open Paycove API Clients

    Sign in to Paycove and open the API Clients page.

    API Clients
  2. Create or open the MindCloud OAuth client

    Create a client if one does not exist. Use the redirect URL https://api.mindcloud.co/v1/oauth/paycove/callback and leave scopes blank because Paycove docs say scopes are not currently supported.

  3. Enter the client credentials in MindCloud

    Paste the Paycove Client ID and Client Secret into the Paycove connection form in MindCloud.

  4. Authenticate the connection

    Click Connect in MindCloud and approve the Paycove authorization 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.