# Create a database | Parsium Docs

Source: https://docs.parseium.com/api/operations/createdatabase/

# Create a database

POST

/v1/databases

## Authorizations

 Section titled “Authorizations ”

- **[apiKeyHeader](/api/#apikeyheader)**
- **[apiKeyQuery](/api/#apikeyquery)**

## Request Body
required

 Section titled “Request Body
required
 ”

 Select media type application/json

 object

 name

required

 string

 /^[a-z0-9-]{1,32}$/

## Responses

 Section titled “
Responses
”

### 201

 Section titled “201 ”

Database created.

 Select media type application/json

 object

 name

 string

 created

 boolean

### 401

 Section titled “401 ”

Missing or invalid API key.

 Select media type application/json

 object

 error

required

 string

##### Example

```
invalid request
```

 field

Field that failed validation.

 string

 detail

 string

 hint

 string

### 409

 Section titled “409 ”

Name already exists.

 Select media type application/json

 object

 error

required

 string

##### Example

```
invalid request
```

 field

Field that failed validation.

 string

 detail

 string

 hint

 string

### 422

 Section titled “422 ”

Validation failed.

 Select media type application/json

 object

 error

required

 string

##### Example

```
invalid request
```

 field

Field that failed validation.

 string

 detail

 string

 hint

 string

### 429

 Section titled “429 ”

Request, concurrency, or plan limit exceeded.

 Select media type application/json

 One of:

- [object](#tab-panel-18)
- [object](#tab-panel-19)

 object

 error

required

 string

##### Example

```
invalid request
```

 field

Field that failed validation.

 string

 detail

 string

 hint

 string

 object

 error

required

 string

##### Example

```
pending limit
```

 pending

required

 integer

 limit

required

 integer

 accepted

required

 integer

0

#### Headers

 Section titled “Headers ”

 Retry-After

 integer

Seconds to wait when supplied.

### 503

 Section titled “503 ”

Feature or backing service is unavailable.

 Select media type application/json

 object

 error

required

 string

##### Example

```
invalid request
```

 field

Field that failed validation.

 string

 detail

 string

 hint

 string