Survicate API Authentication

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

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

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

Connect Survicate API Key

You need a Survicate account and a plan with Data Export API access.

Open Survicate access keys
In Survicate, open Surveys Settings, then Access Keys, and copy your Data Export API key.
Paste the API key into MindCloud
Enter the copied API key in the connection form. MindCloud will send it as `Authorization: Basic {{apiKey}}` to Survicate Data Export API.
Save the connection
After saving, you can run survey, response, respondent, and personal-data actions from Cirra or workflows.

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.