Your Nightscout site address connects your account, uploader and display apps. Use the exact URL generated for your site, and keep the site address separate from login credentials.
What is a Nightscout URL?
Your Nightscout URL is the HTTPS address of your own glucose dashboard. It is different from the account portal at my.nightscoutpro.com.
Copy the complete site address from your Pro account. Some addresses contain a region component: keep it exactly as generated rather than rebuilding it from an example.
Create your Nightscout site
- Sign in to your Nightscout Pro account after completing account setup.
- Choose a site name carefully and select an available hosting region appropriate for you. Avoid putting personal information in the name.
- Set a unique API Secret of at least 12 characters and choose the glucose units used by your primary device.
- Submit the create-site form once and wait for its result. If it stays pending or fails, contact support before starting another purchase.
- Open the resulting site link and bookmark its complete HTTPS address.
Which URL belongs in an app?
Most apps need the clean HTTPS site address without a path, query string or credentials. Follow the exact connection guide for the app.
xDrip+ upload uses a special Base URL containing an API Secret and /api/v1/. Use the xDrip+ setup guide and local Base URL formatter. An AAPS API v3 token is also different from the API Secret; follow the APS guide.
Changing a bookmark does not rename or migrate a site. Contact support before planning a site-name change or changing all your app settings.
Keep access details private
Your Nightscout API Secret is a credential, separate from your Pro account password. Keep it out of public links and screenshots. Use appropriate read-only tokens or app permissions for routine sharing; do not give followers the owner’s secret.
See security and access for the difference between a site address and permission to read or change data.
Check the URL and your data connection
Opening the dashboard confirms the site is reachable. It does not confirm a CGM connection. Use your selected source guide and compare a new reading’s value and timestamp with Nightscout.
If the site will not open, copy its address again from your account and check the full hostname and internet connection. If it opens but readings are old, check the source app and connection logs rather than changing the site address.
Technical guidance checked against current Nightscout Pro setup guides on 10 November 2026. Third-party menu labels and availability can vary.