WaiverFile API Authentication

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

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

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

Connect WaiverFile

You need a WaiverFile account with access to Settings >> API.

Sign in to your WaiverFile dashboard
Open your WaiverFile dashboard in a browser and sign in with an account that can manage API settings.
Open the API keys screen
In the left navigation, go to Settings, then API, then open the API keys tab.
Settings → API → API keys
Create or reveal an API key
If you do not already have a key, click Create a Key. If a key already exists, click Show to reveal it.
Copy your Site ID
On the same API keys screen, copy the Site ID shown below the key.
Paste both values into MindCloud
Use the API key for the API Key field and the Site ID for the Site ID field when creating the 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.