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ServiceTrade API Authentication

How to authenticate ServiceTrade API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud runs the OAuth flow and refreshes ServiceTrade tokens for you.

Every ServiceTrade API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your ServiceTrade 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 ServiceTrade connection in Connections. ServiceTrade uses OAuth. When you create the connection, you are redirected to sign in to ServiceTrade and approve access — MindCloud stores the resulting tokens and refreshes them automatically, so your integration never has to.
  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 ServiceTrade account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the ServiceTrade 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 OAuth2 Userinfo with an ServiceTrade connection looks like this:

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/serviceTrade/actions/get-oauth2-userinfo/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 ServiceTrade account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Set up ServiceTrade OAuth2 client credentials

You need a ServiceTrade account with API access. If you do not already have OAuth2 credentials, create them from the ServiceTrade API using an authenticated ServiceTrade account.

  1. Create OAuth2 credentials

    Using an authenticated ServiceTrade account, call POST https://api.servicetrade.com/api/oauth2/credentials and copy the client_id and client_secret values returned by ServiceTrade.

  2. Enter the client credentials in MindCloud

    Paste the ServiceTrade client ID and client secret into the connection form. MindCloud will exchange them for bearer tokens automatically.

  3. Test the connection

    Run the connection test. MindCloud will request an access token from POST /api/oauth2/token and validate it against GET /api/oauth2/userinfo.

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.