PayTabs API Authentication

How to authenticate PayTabs API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud handles PayTabs's custom auth scheme for you.

Every PayTabs API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your PayTabs 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 PayTabs connection in Connections. PayTabs uses its own authentication scheme. You provide whatever it requires when you create the connection — MindCloud handles the provider-specific details for you.
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 PayTabs account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the PayTabs 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 Query Transaction by Reference with an PayTabs connection looks like this:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/payTabs/latest/actions/query-transaction-by-reference" \
  --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 PayTabs account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Connect your PayTabs PT2 account

You need access to the PayTabs merchant dashboard for the same test or live profile you want to use in MindCloud.

Open your PayTabs profile
Sign in to the PayTabs dashboard and open the profile you want to connect. Copy the Profile ID and Merchant ID from the profile page.
Dashboard → Profile
Open API key management
In the PayTabs dashboard, open the Developer menu, then API Keys, then Key management. Copy the standard Server Key and the matching Client Key for the same profile.
Developer → API Keys → Key management
Confirm the keys match your profile
Make sure the Profile ID, Server Key, and Client Key all belong to the same PayTabs profile and environment. Do not mix test and live credentials.
Enter the values in MindCloud
Paste the Server Key, Client Key, Profile ID, and API Base URL into the PayTabs connection form. Use the PayTabs base URL for your region.

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.