SmartSurvey API Authentication

How to authenticate SmartSurvey API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud stores your SmartSurvey credentials — no auth headers to build.

Every SmartSurvey API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your SmartSurvey 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 SmartSurvey connection in Connections. SmartSurvey uses a username and password. You enter them when you create the connection — MindCloud stores them securely so your requests never carry raw credentials.
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 SmartSurvey account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the SmartSurvey 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 List Surveys with an SmartSurvey connection looks like this:

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

Connect SmartSurvey

You need a SmartSurvey account with API access enabled and a valid API Token plus Token Secret.

Sign in to SmartSurvey
Log in to the SmartSurvey account that owns the surveys you want MindCloud to access.
Open the API Keys area
In SmartSurvey, click My Account, then click API Keys.
My Account → API Keys
Request API access if needed
If API access is not already enabled for your account, click Request API Access, and if prompted click request key.
Create a new API key
Click Add New API Key. When the new key appears, copy both the API Token and the Token Secret.
Enter your SmartSurvey credentials in MindCloud
Paste the API Token into the Username field and paste the Token Secret into the Password field when creating the 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.