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Zoho Recruit API Authentication

How to authenticate Zoho Recruit API requests: one Bearer API key plus a connectionId. MindCloud runs the OAuth flow and refreshes Zoho Recruit tokens for you.

Every Zoho Recruit API request through MindCloud needs two things: a MindCloud API Key and a connectionId for your Zoho Recruit 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 Zoho Recruit connection in Connections. Zoho Recruit uses OAuth. When you create the connection, you are redirected to sign in to Zoho Recruit and approve access — MindCloud stores the resulting tokens and refreshes them automatically, so your integration never has to.
  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 Zoho Recruit account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Zoho Recruit 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 Modules with an Zoho Recruit connection looks like this:

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

Connect Zoho Recruit

You need a Zoho Recruit OAuth client. If you already have a Client ID and Client Secret, you can reuse them.

  1. Open the Zoho API Console

    Go to the Zoho API Console and create or open a Server-based application for Zoho Recruit.

    Zoho API Console
  2. Confirm the redirect URI

    In your Zoho client, add the Redirect URI shown in the MindCloud connection dialog exactly as it appears.

  3. Enter your client details in MindCloud

    Paste the Client ID and Client Secret into the MindCloud connection form. Keep Accounts Server URL as the default unless your Recruit account uses another Zoho Accounts region.

  4. Connect and approve access

    Click Connect and approve the requested Zoho Recruit scopes in the browser popup.

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.