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title: Create D1 Database
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# Create D1 Database
POST/accounts/{account\_id}/d1/database
Create a new D1 database in your account.
##### Security
API Token
The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.
**Example:**Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
API Email + API Key
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.
**Example:**X-Auth-Email: user@example.com
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.
**Example:**X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
`D1 Write`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
Account identifier tag.
maxLength32
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##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
name: string
D1 database name.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20d1.database%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%200%20%3E%20(param)%20name%20%3E%20(schema)>)
jurisdiction: optional "eu"or "fedramp"or "us"
Specify the location to restrict the D1 database to run and store data. If this option is present, the location hint is ignored.
One of the following:
"eu"
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"fedramp"
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"us"
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primary\_location\_hint: optional "wnam"or "enam"or "weur"or 3 more
Specify the region to create the D1 primary, if available. If this option is omitted, the D1 will be created as close as possible to the current user.
One of the following:
"wnam"
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"enam"
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"weur"
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"eeur"
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"apac"
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"oc"
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read\_replication: optional object {mode }
Configuration for D1 read replication.
mode: "auto"or "disabled"
The read replication mode for the database. Use ‘auto’ to create replicas and allow D1 automatically place them around the world, or ‘disabled’ to not use any database replicas (it can take a few hours for all replicas to be deleted).
One of the following:
"auto"
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"disabled"
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errors: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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messages: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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result: D1 { created\_at, file\_size, jurisdiction, 5 more }
The details of the D1 database.
created\_at: optional string
Specifies the timestamp the resource was created as an ISO8601 string.
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file\_size: optional number
The D1 database’s size, in bytes.
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jurisdiction: optional "eu"or "fedramp"or "us"
Specify the location to restrict the D1 database to run and store data. If this option is present, the location hint is ignored.
One of the following:
"eu"
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"fedramp"
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"us"
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name: optional string
D1 database name.
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Deprecatednum\_tables: optional number
The number of tables in the D1 database. This count is no longer accurate and should not be relied upon.
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read\_replication: optional object {mode }
Configuration for D1 read replication.
mode: "auto"or "disabled"
The read replication mode for the database. Mode ‘auto’ denotes that D1 creates replicas and automatically places them around the world. Mode ‘disabled’ denotes that no database replicas are used.
One of the following:
"auto"
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"disabled"
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uuid: optional string
D1 database identifier (UUID).
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version: optional string
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success: true
Whether the API call was successful
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20d1.database%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20success>)
### Create D1 Database
HTTP
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```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/d1/database \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
-d '{
"name": "my-database",
"jurisdiction": "eu",
"primary_location_hint": "wnam"
}'
```
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"result": {
"created_at": "2022-11-15T18:25:44.442097Z",
"file_size": 12,
"jurisdiction": "eu",
"name": "my-database",
"num_tables": 12,
"read_replication": {
"mode": "auto"
},
"uuid": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
"version": "production"
},
"success": true
}
```
##### Returns Examples
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"result": {
"created_at": "2022-11-15T18:25:44.442097Z",
"file_size": 12,
"jurisdiction": "eu",
"name": "my-database",
"num_tables": 12,
"read_replication": {
"mode": "auto"
},
"uuid": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
"version": "production"
},
"success": true
}
```