Smoove API Authentication

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

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

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

Create a Smoove API key

Use a key with Full Permission for this connector because the selected Smoove actions include reads and writes for contacts, lists, campaigns, and landing pages.

Open API Keys & pixels
In Smoove, hover over your account name and choose API Keys & pixels.
Account menu → API Keys & pixels
Add a new API key
Select Add API Key to create a new key for this connection.
Choose the permission type
Set Permission type to Full Permission. The selected Smoove actions need two-way access for contacts, lists, campaigns, and landing pages.
Set the context label
Enter a recognizable Context value such as MindCloud so you can identify this key later.
Optional: restrict by IP
If your security policy requires it, paste an allowed IP address. Leave it blank if you do not want to restrict calls to one IP.
Save and copy the API key
Save the key, then paste it into the MindCloud connection form as the API Key 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.