Creating your site
To create a site, you'll need a subfork account. Sites can only be created or deleted from your subfork.com dashboard.
Create a Site¶
1. Log in to subfork.com and go to the dashboard.
2. Click the New Site button.
3. Give the site a unique name and a description.
4. Update the site slug (optional).
5. Click the Create button.
Once the site is created, you'll need a domain and API keys.
Create a Domain¶
To use the Subfork API your site will need a verified domain.
1. Navigate to the site domains page.
2. Click the New Domain button.
3. Enter a unique subdomain of fork.io.
4. Select an access level.
5. Click the Save button.
The new domain should appear in the domains table.
To verify a custom domain after adding the A record, right-click on the domain and select Verify. A TXT record should appear that should be added to the DNS records for the domain.
Note
Custom domains do not currently support SSL. Add an A record to your domain name to 173.230.146.34
API Keys¶
To use the Subfork API your site will need active API keys.
1. Navigate to the site keys page.
2. Click the new API Key button.
3. Give the API key a name.
4. Select a user to link to the API keys.
5. Click the Create button.
The new API key window with the access and secret key values should appear. Copy these values, and
put them in your subfork.yml
file or in your virtual environment: