Tarvent API Authentication

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

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

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

Connect Tarvent

You need a Tarvent account and an API key with access to the audiences you want to use.

Copy your Account ID
In Tarvent, go to Account > Overview and copy the account ID shown at the top-right of the page.
Create or reveal an API key
In Tarvent, go to Account > API Keys and create an API key. Make sure the key has access to the audiences you want to use from MindCloud.
Enter the connection values in MindCloud
Paste the Account ID into the Account ID field and paste the API key into the API Key field when you create or edit the Tarvent 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.