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Rownd Data Privacy API Authentication

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

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

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/rowndDataPrivacy/actions/get-sample-user-profile-data/run" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "connectionId": "$CONNECTION_ID",
  "arguments": {}
}'

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

Connect Rownd app credentials

You need the Rownd App ID, App Key, and App Secret for the target application.

  1. Open the Rownd application

    Sign in to the Rownd dashboard and open the target application.

  2. Copy the app ID

    Copy the Rownd application ID for the target tenant.

  3. Copy the app key and app secret

    Copy the App Key and the matching App Secret from the application credentials screen. The secret is required on every machine-to-machine request.

  4. Save the connection

    Enter the App ID, App Key, and App Secret into the MindCloud connection form and save the credential.

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.