Quickstart
Get started with Turso API in a few easy steps.
Signup or Login using the Turso CLI
Make sure to install the Turso CLI if you haven’t already.
Retrieve your account or organization slug
The Platform API can be used with your personal account or with an organization. You’ll need the obtain the slug
of your account or organization using using the Turso CLI:
Create a new Platform API Token
Now create a new API Token using the Turso CLI:
Make sure to save the token somewhere safe. We’ll need it next.
Fetch available Locations
Before we can create a group or database in a specific region, we’ll need to fetch the list of available regions:
The organizationName
is the name of your organization or personal account.
Create a Group
All databases belong to a group that can exist in one or more locations.
Begin by creating a group, giving it a name
and primary location
:
Create a Database
Now create your first database in the group you created above:
Replicate Database to another region
Add another location to your group to replicate your database to another region:
Connect to your database
You now have a database, distributed across multiple regions that you can connect to using one of the official or experimental SDKs:
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