POST /v1/databases

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Databases
from metadata.generated.schema.api.data.createDatabase import CreateDatabaseRequest

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

request = CreateDatabaseRequest(
    name="analytics",
    displayName="Analytics Database",
    service="snowflake_prod",
    description="Central analytics data warehouse",
    retentionPeriod="P365D"
)

database = Databases.create(request)
print(f"Created: {database.fullyQualifiedName.root}")

import org.openmetadata.schema.entity.data.Database;
import org.openmetadata.sdk.fluent.builders.DatabaseBuilder;

Database database = new DatabaseBuilder(client)
    .name("analytics")
    .serviceFQN("snowflake_prod")
    .create();

curl -X POST "{base_url}/api/v1/databases" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "default",
    "displayName": "Default Database",
    "service": "mysql_sample",
    "description": "Default MySQL database for sample data",
    "retentionPeriod": "P365D"
  }'

{
  "id": "1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721",
  "name": "default",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "mysql_sample.default",
  "displayName": "Default Database",
  "description": "Default MySQL database for sample data",
  "tags": [],
  "version": 0.1,
  "updatedAt": 1769982658682,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721",
  "owners": [],
  "service": {
    "id": "4724c3cb-d4b8-4ac0-aa55-e8bb66f01ac3",
    "type": "databaseService",
    "name": "mysql_sample",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "mysql_sample",
    "displayName": "mysql_sample",
    "deleted": false,
    "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/services/databaseServices/4724c3cb-d4b8-4ac0-aa55-e8bb66f01ac3"
  },
  "serviceType": "Mysql",
  "retentionPeriod": "P365D",
  "default": false,
  "deleted": false,
  "domains": [],
  "entityStatus": "Unprocessed"
}

POST

databases

POST /v1/databases

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Databases
from metadata.generated.schema.api.data.createDatabase import CreateDatabaseRequest

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

request = CreateDatabaseRequest(
    name="analytics",
    displayName="Analytics Database",
    service="snowflake_prod",
    description="Central analytics data warehouse",
    retentionPeriod="P365D"
)

database = Databases.create(request)
print(f"Created: {database.fullyQualifiedName.root}")

import org.openmetadata.schema.entity.data.Database;
import org.openmetadata.sdk.fluent.builders.DatabaseBuilder;

Database database = new DatabaseBuilder(client)
    .name("analytics")
    .serviceFQN("snowflake_prod")
    .create();

curl -X POST "{base_url}/api/v1/databases" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "default",
    "displayName": "Default Database",
    "service": "mysql_sample",
    "description": "Default MySQL database for sample data",
    "retentionPeriod": "P365D"
  }'

{
  "id": "1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721",
  "name": "default",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "mysql_sample.default",
  "displayName": "Default Database",
  "description": "Default MySQL database for sample data",
  "tags": [],
  "version": 0.1,
  "updatedAt": 1769982658682,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721",
  "owners": [],
  "service": {
    "id": "4724c3cb-d4b8-4ac0-aa55-e8bb66f01ac3",
    "type": "databaseService",
    "name": "mysql_sample",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "mysql_sample",
    "displayName": "mysql_sample",
    "deleted": false,
    "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/services/databaseServices/4724c3cb-d4b8-4ac0-aa55-e8bb66f01ac3"
  },
  "serviceType": "Mysql",
  "retentionPeriod": "P365D",
  "default": false,
  "deleted": false,
  "domains": [],
  "entityStatus": "Unprocessed"
}

Create a Database

Create a new database within a database service.

Body Parameters

string

required

Name of the database. Must be unique within the parent service.

string

required

Fully qualified name of the parent DatabaseService.

string

Human-readable display name for the database.

string

Description of the database in Markdown format.

string

Data retention period in ISO 8601 duration format, for example P365D.

array

Array of owner references (users or teams) to assign to the database.

Show properties

string

UUID of the owner entity.

string

Type of owner entity, for example user, team.

string

Name of the owner entity.

array

Fully qualified names of the domains to assign for governance purposes.

array

Array of classification tags to apply to the database.

Show properties

string

required

Fully qualified name of the tag.

string

Type of label, for example Manual, Derived, Propagated.

string

State of the tag, for example Suggested, Confirmed.

object

Custom property values defined by your organization’s metadata schema.

POST /v1/databases

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Databases
from metadata.generated.schema.api.data.createDatabase import CreateDatabaseRequest

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

request = CreateDatabaseRequest(
    name="analytics",
    displayName="Analytics Database",
    service="snowflake_prod",
    description="Central analytics data warehouse",
    retentionPeriod="P365D"
)

database = Databases.create(request)
print(f"Created: {database.fullyQualifiedName.root}")

import org.openmetadata.schema.entity.data.Database;
import org.openmetadata.sdk.fluent.builders.DatabaseBuilder;

Database database = new DatabaseBuilder(client)
    .name("analytics")
    .serviceFQN("snowflake_prod")
    .create();

curl -X POST "{base_url}/api/v1/databases" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "default",
    "displayName": "Default Database",
    "service": "mysql_sample",
    "description": "Default MySQL database for sample data",
    "retentionPeriod": "P365D"
  }'

{
  "id": "1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721",
  "name": "default",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "mysql_sample.default",
  "displayName": "Default Database",
  "description": "Default MySQL database for sample data",
  "tags": [],
  "version": 0.1,
  "updatedAt": 1769982658682,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721",
  "owners": [],
  "service": {
    "id": "4724c3cb-d4b8-4ac0-aa55-e8bb66f01ac3",
    "type": "databaseService",
    "name": "mysql_sample",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "mysql_sample",
    "displayName": "mysql_sample",
    "deleted": false,
    "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/services/databaseServices/4724c3cb-d4b8-4ac0-aa55-e8bb66f01ac3"
  },
  "serviceType": "Mysql",
  "retentionPeriod": "P365D",
  "default": false,
  "deleted": false,
  "domains": [],
  "entityStatus": "Unprocessed"
}

Returns

Returns the created database object with all specified properties and system-generated fields.

Response

string

Unique identifier for the database (UUID format).

string

Database name.

string

Fully qualified name in format service.database.

string

Human-readable display name.

string

Description of the database in Markdown format.

object

Reference to the parent database service.

Show properties

string

UUID of the database service.

string

Type of entity (always databaseService).

string

Name of the database service.

string

Type of database service, for example Snowflake, BigQuery, PostgreSQL.

string

Data retention period in ISO 8601 duration format.

array

List of owners assigned to the database.

Show properties

string

UUID of the owner entity.

string

Type of owner entity, for example user, team.

string

Name of the owner entity.

array

Fully qualified name of the assigned domain.

array

Classification tags applied to the database.

Show properties

string

Fully qualified name of the tag.

string

Type of label, for example Manual, Derived, Propagated.

string

State of the tag, for example Suggested, Confirmed.

object

Custom property values defined by your organization’s metadata schema.

number

Version number for the entity (starts at 0.1).

Create or Update (PUT)

Use PUT /v1/databases instead of POST to perform an upsert. If a database with the same fullyQualifiedName already exists, it will be updated; otherwise, a new database is created. The request body is the same as POST.

curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/databases" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ ... same body as POST ... }'

PUT will not return a 409 conflict error if the entity already exists — it will update the existing entity instead.

Bulk Create or Update (PUT)

Use PUT /v1/databases/bulk to create or update multiple databases in a single request. The request body is an array of create request objects.

curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/databases/bulk" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '[
    { "name": "db_one", "service": "mysql_sample" },
    { "name": "db_two", "service": "mysql_sample" }
  ]'

Error Handling

Code	Error Type	Description
`400`	`BAD_REQUEST`	Invalid request body or missing required fields
`401`	`UNAUTHORIZED`	Invalid or missing authentication token
`403`	`FORBIDDEN`	User lacks permission to create databases
`409`	`ENTITY_ALREADY_EXISTS`	Database with same name already exists in service (POST only)

API Reference

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Main Concepts

Create a Database

Create a Database

Body Parameters

Returns

Response

Create or Update (PUT)

Bulk Create or Update (PUT)

Error Handling