SE Ranking Data API Authentication

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

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

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/seRanking/actions/get-subscription-details/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 SE Ranking Data account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Set up your SE Ranking Data API token

Sign in to the SE Ranking account that owns the Data API access you want MindCloud to use. The Data API is available on selected paid plans, and accounts can have only one Data API key.

Open the API Dashboard in SE Ranking
In SE Ranking, click your user profile icon in the top-right corner and select API Dashboard.
Confirm that Data API access is available
If the Data API controls are not available, your current SE Ranking plan may not include Data API access yet. Activate the required access before continuing.
Create a Data API key
Click Create API Key, choose Data as the Type of API, and confirm the creation.
Copy the token into MindCloud
Copy the generated Data API key and paste it into the MindCloud SE Ranking Data connection as the API Token value.

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.