PDFMonkey API Authentication

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

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

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/pDFMonkey/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 PDFMonkey account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Set up your PDFMonkey API key

You need a PDFMonkey account and access to the correct workspace. PDFMonkey documents the API Secret Key under Dashboard > Account > API.

Open the PDFMonkey dashboard
Sign in to PDFMonkey, then use the dashboard menu to go to Account -> API.
Dashboard → Account → API
Copy the API Secret Key
Copy the full API Secret Key exactly as PDFMonkey shows it and keep it confidential.
Paste the key into MindCloud
Return to the MindCloud connection form for PDFMonkey and paste the copied key into the API key field.

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.