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Wufoo API Authentication

How to authenticate Wufoo API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud stores your Wufoo credentials — no auth headers to build.

Every Wufoo API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your Wufoo 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 Wufoo connection in Connections. Wufoo uses a username and password. You enter them when you create the connection — MindCloud stores them securely so your requests never carry raw credentials.
  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 Wufoo account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Wufoo 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 Forms with an Wufoo connection looks like this:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/wufoo/latest/actions/list-forms" \
  --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 Wufoo account to run the action against. Missing or invalid Authorization returns 401, and a missing or mismatched connectionId returns 400.

How to set up your Wufoo connection

You need access to the Wufoo account and at least one form in Form Manager so you can open that form's API Information page.

  1. Open a form's API Information page

    In Wufoo Form Manager, open the More menu on any form you can access, then select API Information.

  2. Copy your API key

    On the API Information page, copy the API key shown there. Use that value as the Basic Auth username in MindCloud.

  3. Find your account subdomain

    Use the subdomain from your Wufoo URL, such as `mindcloudapps` from `https://mindcloudapps.wufoo.com/`.

  4. Enter the credentials in MindCloud

    Use the API key as the username, enter any non-empty password, and provide your Wufoo subdomain.

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.