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Simla.com API Authentication

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

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

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/simlacom/actions/get-current-api-credentials/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 Simla.com account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Set up your Simla API key

You need admin access to the Simla workspace you want to connect.

  1. Open API access keys

    In Simla administrative settings, open Integration and then the API access keys tab.

  2. Create or choose the workspace key

    Create a new API key or reuse an existing one. If your stores are on different platforms, choose access to individual stores and select the store that should be available to this key.

  3. Copy the API key

    Copy the generated key token from Simla.

  4. Paste the key into MindCloud

    Return to MindCloud and paste the API key into the Simla.com connection form.

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.