Databases

Create a Database

Create a new database in the specified workspace.

POST/databases

Request

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://tables-api.softr.io/api/v1/databases' \
  --header 'Softr-Api-Key: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "workspaceId": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>"
}'

import json
import requests

url = "https://tables-api.softr.io/api/v1/databases"
headers = {
  "Softr-Api-Key": "<api-key>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
payload = json.loads("{\"workspaceId\":\"<string>\",\"name\":\"<string>\"}")

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, json=payload)
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch("https://tables-api.softr.io/api/v1/databases", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Softr-Api-Key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "workspaceId": "<string>",
    "name": "<string>"
  }),
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

<?php
$client = curl_init();

curl_setopt($client, CURLOPT_URL, "https://tables-api.softr.io/api/v1/databases");
curl_setopt($client, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_setopt($client, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    "Softr-Api-Key: <api-key>",
    "Content-Type: application/json",
]);
curl_setopt($client, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"workspaceId\":\"<string>\",\"name\":\"<string>\"}");
curl_setopt($client, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

$response = curl_exec($client);
curl_close($client);
echo $response;

package main

import (
  "bytes"
  "fmt"
  "io"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://tables-api.softr.io/api/v1/databases", bytes.NewBuffer([]byte("{\"workspaceId\":\"<string>\",\"name\":\"<string>\"}")))
  req.Header.Set("Softr-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
  req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
  defer res.Body.Close()
  data, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
  fmt.Println(string(data))
}

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://tables-api.softr.io/api/v1/databases"))
    .header("Softr-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"workspaceId\":\"<string>\",\"name\":\"<string>\"}"))
    .build();

var response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(
    request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI("https://tables-api.softr.io/api/v1/databases")
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request["Softr-Api-Key"] = "<api-key>"
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request.body = "{\"workspaceId\":\"<string>\",\"name\":\"<string>\"}"

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") do |http|
  http.request(request)
end

puts response.body

application/json

{
  "data": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "name": "<string>",
    "description": "<string>",
    "workspaceId": "<string>",
    "tablesCount": 123,
    "createdAt": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "updatedAt": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

Authorizations

Softr-Api-KeyAPI key · headerrequired

Body

application/json

workspaceIdstringrequired

namestringrequired

descriptionstring

Response

application/json

The newly created database.

dataobject

Show child attributes

data.idstring

data.namestring

data.descriptionstring | null

data.workspaceIdstring

data.tablesCountinteger

Number of tables in this database.

data.createdAtstring<date-time>

data.updatedAtstring<date-time>

curl --request POST \ --url 'https://tables-api.softr.io/api/v1/databases' \ --header 'Softr-Api-Key: <api-key>' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "workspaceId": "<string>", "name": "<string>" }'

{ "data": { "id": "<string>", "name": "<string>", "description": "<string>", "workspaceId": "<string>", "tablesCount": 123, "createdAt": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z", "updatedAt": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z" } }

Create a Database

Authorizations

Body

Response

Use these docs with your AI tools

Query these docs via MCP

Query these docs over HTTP

Read these docs as Markdown