Quickstart

This guide walks through the fastest accurate setup path: create a product, add a paywall rule, generate keys, and connect a browser integration.

Use the Dashboard as you go

These are the main dashboard screens you will use during the quickstart flow.

Products Paywalls API Keys

Prerequisites

You need a running Latch instance with:

• an API URL (e.g. https://latch-api.v3ck.com in production, or http://localhost:4000 in local development)
• a dashboard URL (e.g. https://latch-app.v3ck.com in production, or http://localhost:3000 in local development)

1. Create your account and publication

Open the dashboard, sign up, and create a publication.

2. Create a product and price

Go to Products and create:

Field	Value
Product name	Premium
Description	Unlimited access
Price interval	Month
Amount	999

You can add yearly or lifetime prices later.

3. Create a paywall rule

Go to Paywalls and add a rule like this:

Field	Value
Name	Premium Articles
Type	Metered
URL pattern	contains /article/
Meter limit	3
Product	your Premium product
Message	You've reached the free limit
Template	modal

This gives readers 3 free matching views before the rule starts denying access.

4. Generate API keys

Go to Settings > API Keys and create a key pair.

• Publishable key (pk_...) for browser access checks and events
• Secret key (sk_...) for your server-side checkout and portal flows

Caution

Copy both keys immediately. Both full values are only shown once.

5. Choose an integration path

Use one of these guides:

1. Plain HTML integration for a static site or small custom front end
2. WordPress integration for a WordPress site
3. SDK installation if you are integrating Latch into a bundled JavaScript application

6. Verify the flow

Open a URL that matches your paywall rule.

• the first matching visits should be granted
• metered responses should include meterRemaining
• after the limit is exceeded, the access response should include granted: false and the matching paywallRule

If you also send events, the dashboard overview counts will update over time. The current overview page shows aggregate counters, not pageview charts.

What’s next

• Access Checks & Paywalls — understand access responses and UI behavior
• Identity & Tracking — connect logged-in readers and tracked events
• API Authentication — understand publishable, secret, and session auth