Updated on 2026-08-25 GMT+08:00

Obtaining the Database Name List

Function

This API is used to obtain the database name list.

Authorization Information

Each account has permissions to call all APIs, but IAM users must have the required permissions specifically assigned.

If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see the required permissions in Permissions Policies and Supported Actions.
If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

Action

Access Level

Resource Type (*: required)

Condition Key

Alias

Dependencies

das::showCloudDBAInfo

Read

-

-

-

-

Action	Access Level	Resource Type (*: required)	Condition Key	Alias	Dependencies
das::showCloudDBAInfo	Read	-	-	-	-

URI

GET /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/databases/get-name-list

**Table 1** URI parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Definition Project ID of a tenant in a region. To obtain this value, see Obtaining a Project ID. Constraints N/A Range The value can contain 32 characters. Only letters and digits are supported. Default Value N/A
instance_id	Yes	String	Definition Unique ID of an instance Constraints N/A Range The value can contain 32 characters. Only letters and digits are supported. Default Value N/A

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Query parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
engine_type	Yes	String	Definition DB engine type Constraints N/A Range postgresql Default Value N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

**Table 3** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
data	List of Objects	Definition Database list Range Array length: 0 to 200 characters
total	Integer	Definition Total number Range [0,10000]

Example Requests

GET https://das.cn-north-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/052041494800d57c2f02c00275b4c247/instances/1b4af3014b794e6482e8f1cc4cbaaad3in03/databases/get-name-list?engine_type=postgresql

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Success.

{
    "data": [
        {
            "name": "postgres",
            "owner": "rdsAdmin",
            "comment": "default administrative connection database",
            "character_set": "UTF8",
            "collate_set": "C"
        },
        {
            "name": "test_db",
            "owner": "root",
            "character_set": "UTF8",
            "collate_set": "C"
        }
    ],
    "total": 2
}

Status Codes

Status Code	Description
200	Success.
400	Client error.
500	Server error.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Intelligent O&M