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Setup Uniform project

Goals

In Uniform, most of the settings that control layout for your web application are set and stored in a project. In order to configure these things, you need a project. This involves the following:

  • Understand what a Uniform project is.
  • Create a new Uniform project using the Uniform dashboard.
  • Understand what a Uniform API key is.
  • Create a new Uniform API key.

Create project

Projects are created and configured using the Uniform dashboard.

  1. Log into the Uniform dashboard at https://uniform.app

  2. Create the following project:

    • Project name: Intro to Context Tutorial
  3. The project dashboard page is displayed.

    Uniform project dashboard

Add API key

Your web application will need to read data & settings from the Uniform project. This requires a valid API key be assigned to the project, and for the right permissions assigned to the key.

  1. In the Uniform team home page, navigate to Security > API Keys.

  2. Add the following API key:

    • Name: Intro to Context Tutorial key
    • Project: Intro to Context Tutorial
  3. In the section Uniform Context, select the following permissions:

    Read Drafts
    Manifest > Read
  4. Click Set Permissions.

  5. Click Create API Key.

  6. Two values are displayed: the API key and the project ID. Copy both of these values. You will need them later.

    apikey-displayed
    caution

    This is the only time the API key will be displayed. If you lose the value you will need to create a new one.