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# Enable R2 bucket as a catalog
Deprecated: Use \`POST /accounts/{account\_id}/basin-catalog/{bucket\_name}/enable\` instead.
POST/accounts/{account\_id}/r2-catalog/{bucket\_name}/enable
Enable an R2 bucket as an Apache Iceberg catalog. This operation creates the necessary catalog infrastructure and activates the bucket for storing Iceberg metadata and data files.
##### Security
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##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
`Workers R2 Data Catalog Write`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
Use this to identify the account.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20r2_data_catalog%20%3E%20(method)%20enable%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20account_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)
bucket\_name: string
Specifies the R2 bucket name.
maxLength63
minLength3
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errors: array of object {code, message }
Contains errors if the API call was unsuccessful.
code: number
Specifies the error code.
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message: string
Describes the error.
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messages: array of object {code, message }
Contains informational messages.
code: number
Specifies the message code.
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message: string
Contains the message text.
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success: boolean
Indicates whether the API call was successful.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20r2_data_catalog%20%3E%20(method)%20enable%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20success>)
result: optional object {id, name }
Contains response from activating an R2 bucket as a catalog.
id: string
Use this to uniquely identify the activated catalog.
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name: string
Specifies the name of the activated catalog.
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### Enable R2 bucket as a catalog
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/r2-catalog/$BUCKET_NAME/enable \
-X POST \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```
200 example
```
{
"errors": [],
"messages": [],
"result": {
"id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"name": "account123_my-bucket"
},
"success": true
}
```
##### Returns Examples
200 example
```
{
"errors": [],
"messages": [],
"result": {
"id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"name": "account123_my-bucket"
},
"success": true
}
```