Quickstart

1. Create your account

Head to app.knitt.co and sign up for a free account. No credit card required.

2. Create a tenant

Once signed in, create your first tenant. Give it a name and Knitt will provision your API endpoint and hosting automatically.

Your tenant will be assigned a unique tenant ID used in all API calls.

3. Get your API key

Navigate to Settings → API Keys in your tenant dashboard. Create a new API key with read/write permissions.

4. Define a content type

Content types define the structure of your content. You can create them via the dashboard or the API. Here's an example for a blog:

curl -X POST "https://api.knitt.co/v1/content/{tenant_id}/types" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Blog Posts",
    "fields": [
      { "name": "title", "type": "text", "required": true },
      { "name": "body", "type": "rich_text", "required": true },
      { "name": "author", "type": "text", "required": false }
    ]
  }'

5. Create an entry

Now add some content to your new content type:

curl -X POST "https://api.knitt.co/v1/content/{tenant_id}/types/ct_abc123/entries" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "fields": {
      "title": "Hello World",
      "body": "<p>Welcome to my first post.</p>",
      "author": "Jane Smith"
    },
    "status": "published"
  }'

6. Fetch your content

Query your entries from any frontend, mobile app, or server:

curl "https://api.knitt.co/v1/content/{tenant_id}/types/ct_abc123/entries" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Next steps

• Authentication — Learn about API key management and security
• Content Types — Explore field types and content modelling
• API Reference: Content — Full endpoint reference with code examples