Val Town Docs

Val Town is a collaborative website to create and scale JavaScript functions. Create APIs, crons, store data – all from the browser, and deployed in miliseconds.

What is a val? Learn about the 4 types of vals: Script, HTTP, Cron, and Email

What is a project? Groups of vals, files, and folders, versioned together

Where to start

If you’re new to Val Town, we recommend starting with Townie, our AI assistant that can write vals for you.

We also recommend our quickstarts.

Your first HTTP val Create a link in bio website

Your first cron val Send yourself a daily weather email

Val Town Standard Library

Our standard library provides free hosted services.

SQLite Store and retrieve structured data

Blob Storage Store and retrieve any data

OpenAI Use the OpenAI API

Email Send emails

Proxied Fetch Make requests from anonymous IP addresses

API and SDK

You can access Val Town programmatically via our REST API or JavaScript SDK.

Contact us

We’re here to help! If you have any questions or feedback, please reach out to us on Discord or email.