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Creating a Database

Function

This API is used to create a database.

URI

POST /v1/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/catalogs/{catalog_name}/databases

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Project ID. For how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID (lakeformation_04_0026.xml).
instance_id	Yes	String	LakeFormation instance ID. The value is automatically generated when the instance is created, for example, 2180518f-42b8-4947-b20b-adfc53981a25.
catalog_name	Yes	String	Catalog name. The value should contain 1 to 256 characters. Only letters, numbers, and underscores (_) are allowed.

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	Array of strings	Tenant token.

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
database_name	Yes	String	Database name. The value should contain 1 to 128 characters. Only letters, numbers, hyphens (-), and underscores (_) are allowed.
external_database_id	No	String	User database ID, which is specified during creation and cannot be changed.
owner	No	String	Database owner. The value contains 0 to 128 characters.
owner_type	No	String	Owner type. The options are USER (user), GROUP (group), and ROLE (role). The LakeFormation service is divided into phase 1 and phase 2. The response body of phase 1 does not contain this parameter. Enumeration values: USER ROLE GROUP
owner_auth_source_type	No	String	Owner source. The options are IAM (cloud user), SAML (SAML-based federation), LDAP (lD user), LOCAL (local user), AGENTTENANT (agency), and OTHER (others). The LakeFormation service is divided into phase 1 and phase 2. The response body of phase 1 does not contain this parameter. Enumeration values: IAM SAML LDAP LOCAL AGENTTENANT OTHER
description	No	String	Database description. Enter a maximum of 4,000 characters when you create the database.
location	No	String	Database directory, for example, obs://location/uri/.
parameters	No	Map<String,String>	Tags.
table_location_list	No	Array of strings	List of table paths.
function_location_list	No	Array of strings	Function path list.

Response Parameters

Status code: 201

**Table 4** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
catalog_name	String	Catalog name.
catalog_id	String	catalogID.
database_name	String	Database name.
database_id	String	Database ID.
database_status	Integer	Database status. The options are 0 (normal), 1 (deleting), 2 (deleted), or 3 (restoring).
external_database_id	String	User database ID, which is specified during creation and cannot be changed.
owner	String	Database owner.
owner_type	String	Owner type. The options are USER (user), GROUP (group), and ROLE (role). Enumeration values: USER GROUP ROLE
owner_auth_source_type	String	Owner authorization source type. The options are IAM (cloud user), SAML (SAML-based federation), LDAP (lD user), LOCAL (local user), AGENTTENANT (agency), and OTHER (others). The LakeFormation service is divided into phase 1 and phase 2. The response body of phase 1 does not contain this parameter. Enumeration values: IAM SAML LDAP LOCAL AGENTTENANT OTHER
description	String	Database description.
location	String	Database directory, for example, obs://location/uri/.
parameters	Map<String,String>	Parameters.
table_location_list	Array of strings	List of table paths. The LakeFormation service is divided into phase 1 and phase 2. The response body of phase 1 does not contain this parameter. In phase 2, the default value is null. Value null indicates that the response body does not contain this parameter.
function_location_list	Array of strings	Function path list. Value null (the default value) indicates that the response body does not contain this parameter.
update_time	String	Database metadata last modification time.

Status code: 400

**Table 5** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error message.
solution_msg	String	Solution.

Status code: 404

**Table 6** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error message.
solution_msg	String	Solution.

Status code: 500

**Table 7** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error message.
solution_msg	String	Solution.

Example Requests

POST https://{endpoint} /v1/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/catalogs/{catalog_name}/databases

{
  "database_name" : "db8a9ea595e6a14db1bdb3c3a90bf2554c",
  "owner" : "owner",
  "owner_type" : "USER",
  "description" : "description",
  "location" : "obs://location/test/db8a9ea595e6a14db1bdb3c3a90bf2554c.db",
  "parameters" : {
    "transient_lastDdlTime" : "120",
    "comment" : "comment message",
    "classification" : "other"
  }
}

Example Responses

Status code: 201

Created

{
  "catalog_name" : "catalog0b5633ba2b904511ad514346f4d23d4b",
  "database_name" : "db8a9ea595e6a14db1bdb3c3a90bf2554c",
  "owner" : "owner",
  "owner_type" : "USER",
  "description" : "description",
  "location" : "obs://location/test/db8a9ea595e6a14db1bdb3c3a90bf2554c.db",
  "parameters" : {
    "transient_lastDdlTime" : "120",
    "comment" : "comment message",
    "classification" : "other"
  },
  "table_location_list" : [ ],
  "function_location_list" : [ ]
}

Status code: 400

Bad Request

{
  "error_code" : "common.01000001",
  "error_msg" : "failed to read http request, please check your input, code: 400, reason: Type mismatch., cause: TypeMismatchException"
}

Status code: 401

Unauthorized

{
  "error_code": 'APIG.1002',
  "error_msg": 'Incorrect token or token resolution failed'
}

Status code: 403

Forbidden

{
  "error" : {
    "code" : "403",
    "message" : "X-Auth-Token is invalid in the request",
    "error_code" : null,
    "error_msg" : null,
    "title" : "Forbidden"
  },
  "error_code" : "403",
  "error_msg" : "X-Auth-Token is invalid in the request",
  "title" : "Forbidden"
}

Status code: 404

Not Found

{
  "error_code" : "common.01000001",
  "error_msg" : "response status exception, code: 404"
}

Status code: 408

Request Timeout

{
  "error_code" : "common.00000408",
  "error_msg" : "timeout exception occurred"
}

Status code: 500

Internal Server Error

{
  "error_code" : "common.00000500",
  "error_msg" : "internal error"
}

Status Codes

Status Code	Description
201	Created
400	Bad Request
401	Unauthorized
403	Forbidden
404	Not Found
408	Request Timeout
500	Internal Server Error

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Database Management

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