MiniUp Glossary
The MiniUp glossary defines the product terms used in Dashboard, APIs, and documentation. Follow a linked term for its setup and usage guide.
Sites and access
- MiniUp Site: a published collection of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and static assets with a Site URL.
- Site Access: the Public, Password, Invite-only, or Private setting that controls who can open a Site.
- Site member: a signed-in person with a current role on a Site.
- Role: Owner, Admin, Editor, or Viewer permissions associated with Site membership.
- Gallery: public discovery listings for Sites; listing is separate from access.
- Custom domain: a hostname you own and connect to a Site.
- Revision: a retained Site-file snapshot that can be restored.
Tables and Functions
- MiniUp Table: editable records with a schema and Table API.
- Schema: the field names and data types expected in a dataset or Table.
- Table API: the public HTTP interface for allowed Table record operations.
- Write key / server key: a credential for the Table actions authorized by its current settings.
- MiniUp Function: server-side JavaScript that receives a request and returns a response.
- Site Members Function: a Function linked to one MiniUp Site that uses trusted current member identity.
- env.MINIUP_USER: the trusted member’s id, email, name, role, and siteId inside a Site Members Function.
- Function Secrets: private named values available to Function code and not displayed after saving.
- Trusted ESM: approved static HTTPS module imports for Functions, resolved during Test/Publish.
- Allowed Web Origins: the websites permitted to call a standalone Function from browser code.
- Bootstrap: an optional app-defined endpoint returning safe startup identity and UI configuration.
Data and AI
- Data Source: a saved supported external data connection used to create or refresh snapshots.
- Snapshot: the dataset produced by a successful import at a particular time.
- Data Catalog: the owner’s searchable inventory of hosted datasets across Sites.
- Dataset Bundle: an explicit approved selection of datasets for one app, with a safe descriptive manifest.
- Dataset access: the per-dataset policy governing source-app, selected-app, or public reading.
- Parquet: a column-oriented format for analytical data.
- GeoParquet: Parquet with geometry information for spatial data.
- PDF Knowledge Pack: source-backed artifacts and app-ready knowledge produced from a PDF.
- App Prompt: instructions and source context from a Knowledge Pack for an AI app-building workflow.
- AI Studio: the Site workspace for MiniUp Agent’s Ask, Edit, and Goal workflows.
- x402 Agent API: the public API for compatible agents using authorized per-action payments.
Use the glossary
For example, if an app needs trusted role checks, start with Site Members Function, then env.MINIUP_USER and backend authorization. If it needs several existing datasets, start with Data Catalog and Dataset Bundle.