Track-POD API Authentication

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

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

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

Get your Track-POD API key

You need a Track-POD account with access to Settings > Integrations > Web API.

Open the Web API settings
In Track-POD, go to Settings > Integrations > Web API, then choose Edit or Add API key.
Settings → Integrations → Web API
Create or select an API key
Create a new API key or open an existing one that you want MindCloud to use.
Configure restrictions for MindCloud
Choose Restricted Access if you need to limit what the key can read or write. Review domain restrictions, HTTP restrictions, and the Allowed IP List. Track-POD recommends using an Allowed IP List in production instead of allowing every IP.
Copy the API key into MindCloud
Save the key in the MindCloud connection as the API key credential. MindCloud will send it in the X-API-KEY header for Track-POD API requests.
Run the connection test
Use the Track-POD Test Authorization action in MindCloud to verify the key. A successful test should return ok. Track-POD documents rate limits of 20 requests per second and 400 requests per minute.

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.