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Create Hyperdrive

client.hyperdrive.configs.create(ConfigCreateParamsparams, RequestOptionsoptions?): ConfigCreateResponse { id, caching, name, 7 more }
POST/accounts/{account_id}/hyperdrive/configs

Creates and returns a new Hyperdrive configuration. For a PlanetScale integration, the Cloudflare account must already be linked to PlanetScale in the Hyperdrive dashboard.

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)
Hyperdrive Write
ParametersExpand Collapse
ConfigCreateParams = HyperdriveHyperdriveConfigCreateWithOrigin | HyperdriveHyperdriveConfigCreateWithIntegration
ConfigCreateParamsBase { account_id, name, origin, 4 more }
account_id: string

Path param: Define configurations using a unique string identifier.

maxLength32
name: string

Body param: The name of the Hyperdrive configuration. Used to identify the configuration in the Cloudflare dashboard and API.

maxLength2048
origin: PublicDatabase { database, host, password, 3 more } | AccessProtectedDatabaseBehindCloudflareTunnel { access_client_id, access_client_secret, database, 4 more } | DatabaseReachableThroughAWorkersVPC { database, password, scheme, 2 more }

Body param: Combines database connection fields with exactly one supported network location.

One of the following:
PublicDatabase { database, host, password, 3 more }
database: string

Set the name of your origin database.

maxLength2048
host: string

Defines the publicly reachable hostname or IP of your origin database. Private, loopback, and link-local IP addresses are not allowed.

password: string

Set the password needed to access your origin database. The API never returns this write-only value.

maxLength2048
port: number

Defines the port of your origin database. Defaults to 5432 for PostgreSQL or 3306 for MySQL if not specified.

maximum65535
minimum1
scheme: "postgres" | "postgresql" | "mysql"

Specifies the URL scheme used to connect to your origin database.

One of the following:
"postgres"
"postgresql"
"mysql"
user: string

Set the user of your origin database.

maxLength2048
AccessProtectedDatabaseBehindCloudflareTunnel { access_client_id, access_client_secret, database, 4 more }
access_client_id: string

Defines the Client ID of the Access token to use when connecting to the origin database.

access_client_secret: string

Defines the Client Secret of the Access Token to use when connecting to the origin database. The API never returns this write-only value.

database: string

Set the name of your origin database.

maxLength2048
host: string

Defines the host (hostname or IP) of your origin database.

password: string

Set the password needed to access your origin database. The API never returns this write-only value.

maxLength2048
scheme: "postgres" | "postgresql" | "mysql"

Specifies the URL scheme used to connect to your origin database.

One of the following:
"postgres"
"postgresql"
"mysql"
user: string

Set the user of your origin database.

maxLength2048
DatabaseReachableThroughAWorkersVPC { database, password, scheme, 2 more }
database: string

Set the name of your origin database.

maxLength2048
password: string

Set the password needed to access your origin database. The API never returns this write-only value.

maxLength2048
scheme: "postgres" | "postgresql" | "mysql"

Specifies the URL scheme used to connect to your origin database.

One of the following:
"postgres"
"postgresql"
"mysql"
service_id: string

The identifier of the Workers VPC Service to connect through. Hyperdrive will egress through the specified VPC Service to reach the origin database.

user: string

Set the user of your origin database.

maxLength2048
caching?: HyperdriveHyperdriveCachingCreateDisabled { disabled, max_age, stale_while_revalidate } | HyperdriveHyperdriveCachingCreateEnabled { disabled, max_age, stale_while_revalidate }

Body param

One of the following:
HyperdriveHyperdriveCachingCreateDisabled { disabled, max_age, stale_while_revalidate }
disabled: true
max_age?: number | null
stale_while_revalidate?: number | null
HyperdriveHyperdriveCachingCreateEnabled { disabled, max_age, stale_while_revalidate }
disabled?: false
max_age?: number | null

Specify the maximum duration (in seconds) items should persist in the cache. Defaults to 60 seconds if not specified.

maximum3600
minimum1
stale_while_revalidate?: number | null

Specify the number of seconds the cache may serve a stale response. Defaults to 15 seconds if not specified.

minimum0
integration?: unknown

Body param

mtls?: MTLS

Body param: mTLS configuration for the origin connection. Cannot be used with VPC Service origins; TLS must be managed on the VPC Service.

ca_certificate_id?: string

Define CA certificate ID obtained after uploading CA cert.

mtls_certificate_id?: string

Define mTLS certificate ID obtained after uploading client cert.

sslmode?: string

PostgreSQL accepts require, verify-ca, and verify-full. MySQL accepts REQUIRED, VERIFY_CA, and VERIFY_IDENTITY. The verify modes require a CA certificate; the require modes cannot be used with a CA certificate.

origin_connection_limit?: number

Body param: The (soft) maximum number of connections the Hyperdrive is allowed to make to the origin database.

Maximum allowed: 20 for free tier accounts, 100 for paid tier accounts. If not specified, defaults to 20 for free tier and 60 for paid tier. Certain Cloudflare-managed origins may be permitted a higher limit. Contact Cloudflare if you need a higher limit.

minimum5
HyperdriveHyperdriveConfigCreateWithOrigin extends ConfigCreateParamsBase { account_id, name, origin, 4 more }
HyperdriveHyperdriveConfigCreateWithIntegration extends ConfigCreateParamsBase { account_id, name, origin, 4 more }
ReturnsExpand Collapse
ConfigCreateResponse { id, caching, name, 7 more }
id: string

Define configurations using a unique string identifier.

maxLength32
caching: Caching { disabled, max_age, stale_while_revalidate }
disabled: boolean

Defines whether caching is disabled.

max_age?: number

Defines the maximum duration (in seconds) items persist in the cache.

maximum3600
minimum1
stale_while_revalidate?: number

Defines the number of seconds the cache may serve a stale response.

minimum0
name: string

The name of the Hyperdrive configuration. Used to identify the configuration in the Cloudflare dashboard and API.

maxLength2048
origin: PublicDatabase { database, host, password, 3 more } | AccessProtectedDatabaseBehindCloudflareTunnel { access_client_id, access_client_secret, database, 4 more } | DatabaseReachableThroughAWorkersVPC { database, password, scheme, 2 more }

Combines database connection fields with exactly one supported network location.

One of the following:
PublicDatabase { database, host, password, 3 more }
database: string

Set the name of your origin database.

maxLength2048
host: string

Defines the publicly reachable hostname or IP of your origin database. Private, loopback, and link-local IP addresses are not allowed.

password: string

Set the password needed to access your origin database. The API never returns this write-only value.

maxLength2048
port: number

Defines the port of your origin database. Defaults to 5432 for PostgreSQL or 3306 for MySQL if not specified.

maximum65535
minimum1
scheme: "postgres" | "postgresql" | "mysql"

Specifies the URL scheme used to connect to your origin database.

One of the following:
"postgres"
"postgresql"
"mysql"
user: string

Set the user of your origin database.

maxLength2048
AccessProtectedDatabaseBehindCloudflareTunnel { access_client_id, access_client_secret, database, 4 more }
access_client_id: string

Defines the Client ID of the Access token to use when connecting to the origin database.

access_client_secret: string

Defines the Client Secret of the Access Token to use when connecting to the origin database. The API never returns this write-only value.

database: string

Set the name of your origin database.

maxLength2048
host: string

Defines the host (hostname or IP) of your origin database.

password: string

Set the password needed to access your origin database. The API never returns this write-only value.

maxLength2048
scheme: "postgres" | "postgresql" | "mysql"

Specifies the URL scheme used to connect to your origin database.

One of the following:
"postgres"
"postgresql"
"mysql"
user: string

Set the user of your origin database.

maxLength2048
DatabaseReachableThroughAWorkersVPC { database, password, scheme, 2 more }
database: string

Set the name of your origin database.

maxLength2048
password: string

Set the password needed to access your origin database. The API never returns this write-only value.

maxLength2048
scheme: "postgres" | "postgresql" | "mysql"

Specifies the URL scheme used to connect to your origin database.

One of the following:
"postgres"
"postgresql"
"mysql"
service_id: string

The identifier of the Workers VPC Service to connect through. Hyperdrive will egress through the specified VPC Service to reach the origin database.

user: string

Set the user of your origin database.

maxLength2048
created_on?: string

Defines the creation time of the Hyperdrive configuration.

formatdate-time
integration?: Integration { database_branch_name, database_name, organization_name, 3 more }

Connects to a PlanetScale database using credentials managed by Cloudflare. The Cloudflare account must already be linked to PlanetScale in the Hyperdrive dashboard.

database_branch_name: string

The name of the PlanetScale database branch.

maxLength2048
minLength1
database_name: string

The name of the PlanetScale database.

maxLength2048
minLength1
organization_name: string

The name of the PlanetScale organization.

maxLength2048
minLength1
provider: "planetscale"

The database integration provider used by this operation.

scheme: "postgres" | "postgresql" | "mysql"

Specifies the URL scheme used to connect to your origin database.

One of the following:
"postgres"
"postgresql"
"mysql"
custom_database_name?: string

The database name to use when connecting. Defaults to postgres for PostgreSQL and mysql for MySQL.

maxLength2048
modified_on?: string

Defines the last modified time of the Hyperdrive configuration.

formatdate-time
mtls?: MTLS { ca_certificate_id, mtls_certificate_id, sslmode }

mTLS configuration for the origin connection. Cannot be used with VPC Service origins; TLS must be managed on the VPC Service.

ca_certificate_id?: string

Define CA certificate ID obtained after uploading CA cert.

mtls_certificate_id?: string

Define mTLS certificate ID obtained after uploading client cert.

sslmode?: string

PostgreSQL accepts require, verify-ca, and verify-full. MySQL accepts REQUIRED, VERIFY_CA, and VERIFY_IDENTITY. The verify modes require a CA certificate; the require modes cannot be used with a CA certificate.

origin_connection_limit?: number

The (soft) maximum number of connections the Hyperdrive is allowed to make to the origin database.

Maximum allowed: 20 for free tier accounts, 100 for paid tier accounts. If not specified, defaults to 20 for free tier and 60 for paid tier. Certain Cloudflare-managed origins may be permitted a higher limit. Contact Cloudflare if you need a higher limit.

minimum5
restarted_on?: string | null

Defines the last time the Hyperdrive connection pool was explicitly restarted via the restart endpoint. Omitted if the pool has never been explicitly restarted.

formatdate-time

Create Hyperdrive

import Cloudflare from 'cloudflare';

const client = new Cloudflare({
  apiToken: process.env['CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const config = await client.hyperdrive.configs.create({
  account_id: '023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353',
  name: 'example-hyperdrive',
  origin: {
    database: 'postgres',
    host: 'database.example.com',
    password: 'password',
    port: 5432,
    scheme: 'postgres',
    user: 'postgres',
  },
});

console.log(config.id);
{
  "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": {
    "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    "caching": {
      "disabled": true,
      "max_age": 1,
      "stale_while_revalidate": 0
    },
    "name": "example-hyperdrive",
    "origin": {
      "database": "postgres",
      "host": "database.example.com",
      "port": 5432,
      "scheme": "postgres",
      "user": "postgres"
    },
    "created_on": "2017-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "integration": {
      "database_branch_name": "x",
      "database_name": "x",
      "organization_name": "x",
      "provider": "planetscale",
      "scheme": "postgres",
      "custom_database_name": "custom_database_name"
    },
    "modified_on": "2017-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "mtls": {
      "ca_certificate_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000000000",
      "mtls_certificate_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000000000",
      "sslmode": "verify-full"
    },
    "origin_connection_limit": 60,
    "restarted_on": "2017-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  },
  "success": true
}
Returns Examples
{
  "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": {
    "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    "caching": {
      "disabled": true,
      "max_age": 1,
      "stale_while_revalidate": 0
    },
    "name": "example-hyperdrive",
    "origin": {
      "database": "postgres",
      "host": "database.example.com",
      "port": 5432,
      "scheme": "postgres",
      "user": "postgres"
    },
    "created_on": "2017-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "integration": {
      "database_branch_name": "x",
      "database_name": "x",
      "organization_name": "x",
      "provider": "planetscale",
      "scheme": "postgres",
      "custom_database_name": "custom_database_name"
    },
    "modified_on": "2017-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "mtls": {
      "ca_certificate_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000000000",
      "mtls_certificate_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000000000",
      "sslmode": "verify-full"
    },
    "origin_connection_limit": 60,
    "restarted_on": "2017-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  },
  "success": true
}