Tolq API Authentication

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

Every Tolq API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your Tolq 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 Tolq connection in Connections. Tolq 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 Tolq account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Tolq 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 Translation Requests with an Tolq connection looks like this:

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

How to connect to Tolq

Tolq uses HTTP Basic auth. Enter your Tolq access key as the username and your API secret as the password.

Open Tolq API credentials
Open Tolq and locate the API access key screen for your workspace.
Enter the Access Key
Paste the Tolq access key into the Access Key field.
Enter the API Secret
Paste the Tolq API secret into the API Secret field.
Save and test
Save the connection. MindCloud will send HTTP Basic auth to https://api.tolq.com/v1.

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.