---
title: "createDatabase"
slug: "analytics-datacatalog-database-createdatabase"
updated: 2026-09-17T09:47:59Z
published: 2026-09-17T09:47:59Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/analytics-datacatalog-database-createdatabase"
---

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# createDatabase

Available in VPC

Create a database.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| POST | /api/v1/catalogs/{catalogId}/databases |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Data Catalog APIs, see [Data Catalog request headers](/docs/en/analytics-datacatalog#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request path parameters

You can use the following path parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `catalogId` | Integer | Required | Catalog ID - See [getCatalogs](/docs/en/analytics-datacatalog-catalog-getcatalogs). |

### Request body

You can include the following data in the body of your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | String | Required | Database name - 1-128 characters. - Only lowercase English letters, numbers, `_`, `-`, and spaces are available (`[a-z0-9_\-\s]+$`). |
| `location` | String | Required | Database location (path) - Up to 1000 characters. - Add `name` as a subpath after the entered path. - Example: `s3a://mybucket` + `mydatabase` → `s3a://mybucket/mydatabase` |
| `description` | String | Optional | Database description - Up to 1000 characters |
| `tagKeyTypeValueList` | Array | Optional | Tag list: [tagKeyTypeValueList](/docs/en/analytics-datacatalog-database-createdatabase#tagKeyTypeValueList) |

#### `tagKeyTypeValueList`

The following describes `tagKeyTypeValueList`.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `tagKey` | String | Required | Tag key - 1-64 characters |
| `tagType` | String | Required | Tag type - `STRING` \| `DOUBLE` \| `BOOLEAN` \| `DATETIME` |
| `tagValue` | String | Required | Tag value - 1-256 characters |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request POST 'https://datacatalog.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v1/catalogs/4**/databases' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "name": "mydatabase",
    "location": "s3a://mybucket",
    "description": "my database description",
    "tagKeyTypeValueList": [
        {
            "tagKey": "owner",
            "tagType": "STRING",
            "tagValue": "data-team"
        }
    ]
}'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `catalogId` | Integer | - | Catalog ID |
| `name` | String | - | Database name |
| `databaseName` | String | - | Database name |
| `description` | String | - | Database description - Displayed if a value exists |
| `location` | String | - | Database location (path) |
| `tagTemplateName` | String | - | Tag template name - Displayed if a value exists |
| `tagKeyTypeValueList` | Array | - | Tag list: [tagKeyTypeValueList](/docs/en/analytics-datacatalog-database-createdatabase#response-tagKeyTypeValueList) - Displayed if a value exists |
| `createTime` | String | - | Database creation date and time - ISO 8601 format |
| `updateTime` | String | - | Database modification date and time - ISO 8601 format |

#### `tagKeyTypeValueList`

The following describes `tagKeyTypeValueList`.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `tagKey` | String | - | Tag key |
| `tagType` | String | - | Tag type - `STRING` \| `DOUBLE` \| `BOOLEAN` \| `DATETIME` |
| `tagValue` | String | - | Tag value |
| `tagTemplateTagId` | Integer | - | Tag template tag ID - `0` if a tag template is not integrated. |

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all Data Catalog APIs, see [Data Catalog response status codes](/docs/en/analytics-datacatalog#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
    "catalogId": 4**,
    "name": "mydatabase",
    "databaseName": "mydatabase",
    "description": "my database description",
    "location": "s3a://mybucket/mydatabase",
    "tagKeyTypeValueList": [
        {
            "tagKey": "owner",
            "tagType": "STRING",
            "tagValue": "data-team",
            "tagTemplateTagId": 0
        }
    ],
    "createTime": "2026-06-25T14:44:55+0900",
    "updateTime": "2026-06-25T14:44:55+0900"
}
```