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POST
/
databases
Create database
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.sevalla.com/v3/databases \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "display_name": "My Database",
  "type": "postgresql",
  "version": "16",
  "cluster_id": "fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657",
  "resource_type_id": "fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657",
  "db_name": "my_database",
  "db_password": "securePassword123",
  "db_user": "db_user",
  "project_id": "fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657",
  "extensions": {
    "enable_vector": false,
    "enable_postgis": false,
    "enable_cron": false
  }
}
'
{
  "id": "fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657",
  "company_id": "fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657",
  "project_id": "fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657",
  "name": "my-database",
  "display_name": "My Database",
  "type": "postgresql",
  "version": "16",
  "status": "ready",
  "is_suspended": false,
  "resource_type_name": "db1",
  "created_at": "2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

API key authentication. Pass your API key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Body

application/json
​
display_name
string
required

Human-readable name for the new database. Must be between 2 and 64 characters.

Required string length: 2 - 64
Example:

"My Database"

​
type
enum<string>
required

Database engine type. postgresql - PostgreSQL. mariadb - MariaDB. mysql - MySQL. mongodb - MongoDB. redis - Redis. valkey - Valkey.

Available options:
postgresql,
mariadb,
mysql,
mongodb,
redis,
valkey
Example:

"postgresql"

​
version
string
required

Database engine version to use

Example:

"16"

​
cluster_id
string<uuid>
required

Identifier of the cluster (data center location) where the database will be created. Use the List Clusters endpoint to retrieve available options.

Pattern: ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
Example:

"fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657"

​
resource_type_id
string
required

Identifier of the database resource type (machine size). Use the List Database Resource Types endpoint to retrieve available options.

Example:

"fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657"

​
db_name
string
required

Name of the database to create within the server. Must contain only alphanumeric characters, underscores, hyphens, or plus signs.

Required string length: 2 - 100
Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-+]+$
Example:

"my_database"

​
db_password
string
required

Password for the database user. Must be between 4 and 100 characters and contain only alphanumeric characters and special characters (_?<>#@-=+).

Required string length: 4 - 100
Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_?<>#@\-=+]+$
Example:

"securePassword123"

​
db_user
string

Username for database authentication. Cannot be "root" or "postgres". If omitted, the database engine default user is used.

Required string length: 2 - 100
Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-+]+$
Example:

"db_user"

​
project_id
string<uuid> | null

Identifier of the project to group this database under. When omitted, the database is not assigned to any project.

Pattern: ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
Example:

"fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657"

​
extensions
object

PostgreSQL extensions to enable. Only applicable when type is postgresql.

Response

Default Response

​
id
string<uuid>
required

Unique identifier for the database

Pattern: ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
Example:

"fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657"

​
company_id
string | null
required

Identifier of the company that owns this database

Example:

"fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657"

​
project_id
string<uuid> | null
required

Identifier of the project this database is grouped under

Pattern: ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
Example:

"fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657"

​
name
string
required

Unique system name used in internal references. Auto-generated from the display name and cannot be changed after creation.

Example:

"my-database"

​
display_name
string
required

Human-readable name shown in the dashboard and API responses

Example:

"My Database"

​
type
enum<string>
required

Database engine type. postgresql - PostgreSQL. mariadb - MariaDB. mysql - MySQL. mongodb - MongoDB. redis - Redis. valkey - Valkey.

Available options:
postgresql,
mariadb,
mysql,
mongodb,
redis,
valkey
Example:

"postgresql"

​
version
string
required

Database engine version

Example:

"16"

​
status
enum<string> | null
required

Current status of the database reflecting the most recent lifecycle operation

Available options:
creating,
ready,
updating,
passwordChange,
passwordChangeFailed,
deleting,
error,
dbDeletionFailed,
restoring,
restoringFailed,
updatingExternalConnection
Example:

"ready"

​
is_suspended
boolean
required

Whether the database is currently suspended

Example:

false

​
resource_type_name
string | null
required

Name of the resource type (machine size) assigned to this database

Example:

"db1"

​
created_at
string<date-time>
required

Timestamp when the database was created, in ISO 8601 format

Pattern: ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$
Example:

"2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z"

​
updated_at
string<date-time>
required

Timestamp when the database was last modified, in ISO 8601 format

Pattern: ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$
Example:

"2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z"