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Quo API Authentication

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

Every Quo API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your Quo 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 Quo connection in Connections. Quo uses an API key. You generate the key in your Quo account, then paste it in when you create the connection — MindCloud stores it securely and never returns it in a response.
  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 Quo account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Quo 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 Call By ID with an Quo connection looks like this:

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

Connect Quo with an API token

Sign in to the Quo workspace you want to connect. You will create one API token in Quo and paste it into MindCloud.

  1. Open Quo API settings

    In Quo, open your account settings and go to the API page.

    Settings → API
  2. Create an API token

    Create a new token in Quo, then copy the token value immediately.

  3. Paste the token into MindCloud

    Return to MindCloud and paste the copied value into the API Token field for this 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.