CreateDatabase

2026-01-29 07:18:31  Updated

Applicability

Creating a database in a standby cluster is not supported in the current version.

Overview

You can call this API to create a database in the specified tenant.

API details

Constraints

The caller must have an AccessKey for accessing APIs. For information about how to obtain the AccessKey ID and AccessKey secret, see Manage AccessKeys.

Request path

POST /api/v2/instances/{instanceId}/tenants/{tenantId}/databases

Request parameters

Query

Name Type Required Description Example value
instanceId string Yes The ID of the OceanBase cluster. ob317v4uif****
tenantId string Yes The ID of the tenant. ob2mr3oae0****
databaseName string Yes The name of the database. You cannot use reserved keywords such as test and mysql. databasetest
encoding string Yes The encoding method of the database. Only utf8mb4 and gbk are supported. utf8mb4
description string No The description of the database. this is a test database

Body

Name Type Required Description Example value
instanceId string Yes The ID of the OceanBase cluster. ob317v4uif****
tenantId string Yes The ID of the tenant. ob2mr3oae0****
databaseName string Yes The name of the database. You cannot use reserved keywords such as test and mysql. databasetest
encoding string Yes The encoding method of the database. Only utf8mb4 and gbk are supported. utf8mb4
description string No The description of the database. this is a test database

Response parameters

Name Type Description Example value
data object The information about the database.
databaseName string The name of the database. You cannot use reserved keywords such as test and mysql. databasetest

Examples

Request example

curl -v  --request POST \
  --digest   -u 'ak:sk' \
  --url 'https://api-cloud.oceanbase.com/api/v2/instances/{instanceId}/tenants/{tenantId}/databases' \
  -H 'X-Ob-Project-Id: <Project ID>'
  --data '{"instanceId":"ob4ioyiw82yhuo","tenantId":"t4ismze9nltds","databaseName":"test","encoding":"utf8mb4","description":"testtt"}'

Note

  • A project ID uniquely identifies a project. For information about how to obtain the project ID of an instance, see Manage projects.
  • Make sure that the project ID corresponding to the specified instanceId is consistent with the specified project ID.

Response example

JSON format

{
  "data":{
    "databaseName":"databasetest"
  },
  "success":true
}

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