SMSGlobal API Authentication

How to authenticate SMSGlobal API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud handles SMSGlobal's custom auth scheme for you.

Every SMSGlobal API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your SMSGlobal 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 SMSGlobal connection in Connections. SMSGlobal uses its own authentication scheme. You provide whatever it requires when you create the connection — MindCloud handles the provider-specific details for you.
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 SMSGlobal account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the SMSGlobal 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 User Contact Details with an SMSGlobal connection looks like this:

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

Set up SMSGlobal REST API credentials

You need an SMSGlobal MXT account that can sign in to the MXT web app.

Sign in to SMSGlobal MXT
Open the SMSGlobal MXT login page and sign in with the account that MindCloud will use for the connection.
MXT login
Open the API Keys page
In the MXT left navigation, open API & Integrations, then choose API Keys.
Create a REST API key
In REST API Keys, click Add New API Key, give it a recognizable name, make sure it is enabled, and save it.
Copy the REST API key into MindCloud
Paste the generated REST API key into the REST API key field in the MindCloud connection.
Copy the REST API secret into MindCloud
Paste the matching REST API secret into the REST API secret field in the MindCloud connection. MindCloud uses it to build the MAC authorization signature for each REST request.

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.