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CloudConnect[userid,password]

authenticates to the Wolfram Cloud using the specified cloud user ID and password.

CloudConnect[userid]

shows a dialog to input the password.

CloudConnect[]

shows a dialog to input both the cloud user ID and the password.

Details and Options
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Scope  
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CloudConnect

CloudConnect[userid,password]

authenticates to the Wolfram Cloud using the specified cloud user ID and password.

CloudConnect[userid]

shows a dialog to input the password.

CloudConnect[]

shows a dialog to input both the cloud user ID and the password.

Details and Options

  • CloudConnect by default connects to the cloud given by $CloudBase.
  • CloudConnect sets and returns the value of $CloudUserID when it is successful.
  • After CloudConnect is successful, it can be used in other kernel sessions on the same machine without needing to enter the password again, until CloudDisconnect is used.
  • The option CloudBase specifies the cloud to which to connect.
  • CloudConnect allows authentication to multiple clouds, such as a Wolfram Enterprise Private Cloud (EPC).
  • CloudConnect is primarily intended for use in desktop and other non-cloud Wolfram Language systems.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

Connect to the Wolfram Cloud:

Wolfram Language code: CloudConnect[]

$CloudConnected returns True when you are logged into the cloud:

Wolfram Language code: $CloudConnected

Use CloudDisconnect to log out of the cloud:

Wolfram Language code: CloudDisconnect[]

Connect to the Wolfram Cloud as a specific user:

Wolfram Language code: CloudConnect["example-user@wolfram.com"]

Connect to the Wolfram Cloud as a specific user, providing the password:

Wolfram Language code: CloudConnect["example-user@wolfram.com", "61Calabash^Perciform@528"]

Scope  (1)

CloudConnect can remember multiple logins and switch between them. Connect to one user, possibly having to enter credentials:

Wolfram Language code: CloudConnect["me@example.com"]

Connect as a different user, entering credentials:

Wolfram Language code: CloudConnect["social.media@example.com"]

When connecting to the first user, it will switch without prompting for credentials:

Wolfram Language code: CloudConnect["me@example.com"]

When multiple accounts are remembered, CloudConnect with no arguments will use the most recently used account:

Wolfram Language code: CloudConnect[]

Options  (1)

CloudBase  (1)

Use the CloudBase option to connect to an account and remember the connection to a private cloud (EPC):

Wolfram Language code: CloudConnect["henri@example.com", CloudBase -> "https://www.wolfram-epc.example.com"]

Check for cloud objects on that EPC by specifying the CloudBase:

Wolfram Language code: CloudObjects[CloudBase -> "https://www.wolfram-epc.example.com"]

Using the CloudBase option to CloudConnect does not change $CloudBase or the default cloud user:

Wolfram Language code: {$CloudBase, $CloudConnected, $CloudUserID, $CloudRootDirectory}

Switch $CloudBase to the EPC to change the default cloud user:

Wolfram Language code: $CloudBase = "https://www.wolfram-epc.example.com"

The cloud connection from earlier is used automatically:

Wolfram Language code: {$CloudConnected, $CloudUserID, $CloudRootDirectory}

Properties & Relations  (2)

After connecting to the Wolfram Cloud, $CloudConnected, $CloudUserID, $CloudUserUUID, $UserURLBase and $CloudRootDirectory are set:

Wolfram Language code: CloudConnect["example-user@wolfram.com"];
Wolfram Language code: $CloudConnected
Wolfram Language code: $CloudUserID
Wolfram Language code: $CloudUserUUID
Wolfram Language code: $UserURLBase
Wolfram Language code: $CloudRootDirectory

Use CloudDisconnect to terminate the connection to the Wolfram Cloud:

Wolfram Language code: CloudDisconnect[]
Wolfram Language code: $CloudConnected

Possible Issues  (1)

CloudConnect returns $Failed when providing an incorrect password:

Wolfram Language code: CloudConnect["example-user@wolfram.com", "WrongPassword"]
Wolfram Research (2014), CloudConnect, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CloudConnect.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2014), CloudConnect, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CloudConnect.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2014. "CloudConnect." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CloudConnect.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). CloudConnect. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CloudConnect.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_cloudconnect, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CloudConnect}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CloudConnect.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_cloudconnect, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CloudConnect}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CloudConnect.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}