WotNot API Authentication

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

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

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

Connect WotNot with an account token

WotNot public APIs use a bearer account token, not OAuth. Keep your account token and account ID ready.

Open the Developer page in WotNot
In WotNot, go to Settings > Account Settings > Developer.
Settings → Account Settings → Developer
Copy your account token
Copy the Account Token shown on the Developer page. Paste that value into the API Token field when creating the connection.
Save your account ID for account-scoped actions
Copy the Workspace ID from the same page. Some WotNot actions require account_id as an input argument even though the token handles authentication.

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.