Sign inGet started
Docs
Get started

Typeform API Authentication

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

Every Typeform API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your Typeform 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

  1. Create a MindCloud account at app.mindcloud.co if you do not already have one.
  2. Generate a MindCloud API Key in API Keys. This is the Bearer token you send on every request. Keep it on your server.
  3. Create a Typeform connection in Connections. Typeform uses an API key. You generate the key in your Typeform account, then paste it in when you create the connection — MindCloud stores it securely and never returns it in a response.
  4. 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 Typeform account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Typeform 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 Current User Details with an Typeform connection looks like this:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/typeform/latest/actions/get-current-user-details" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --get \
  --data-urlencode "connectionId=$CONNECTION_ID"

The Authorization: Bearer <your MindCloud API Key> header authenticates you to MindCloud; the connectionId tells MindCloud which Typeform account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

Set up your Typeform personal access token

Use a Typeform account that has access to the forms and workspaces MindCloud should use. The token inherits the scopes you select when you create it.

  1. Open your Typeform settings

    Log in to Typeform, click your alias or avatar in the upper-right corner of the workspace, and open Your settings.

  2. Open Personal tokens

    In the left menu, click Personal tokens.

  3. Generate a new token

    Click Generate a new token, enter a name for the token, select the scopes MindCloud needs, and then generate the token.

  4. Copy the token into MindCloud

    Copy the personal access token when Typeform shows it, then paste it into the MindCloud Typeform connection as the API Key value.

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.