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Webling API Authentication

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

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

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

Connect Webling

You need a Webling administrator account for the correct tenant and access to the API area.

  1. Open your Webling tenant and sign in

    Sign in to the Webling tenant you want MindCloud to connect to using an administrator account.

  2. Open the API settings

    In Webling, go to the API management area where administrator API keys are managed.

    Administration → API

  3. Create or open an API key

    Create a new API key for MindCloud, or open an existing key you want to use.

  4. Paste the API key into MindCloud

    Copy the Webling API key and paste it into the MindCloud connection field named `API Key`.

  5. Paste your tenant domain into MindCloud

    Copy the host from your Webling URL and paste it into the MindCloud field named `Instance Domain`. Use only the host, for example `yourclub.webling.ch` or `yourclub.webling.eu`.

  6. Save the connection

    Save the MindCloud connection after both fields are filled.

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.