/cloud/db/add


POST https://api.sitehost.nz/1.0/cloud/db/add.json

Creates a new database.

Form Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
client_idintegerYesThe ID for the client that the database will belong to.Example: 1
server_namestringYesThe server to create the database on.Example: ch-servername
databasestringYesThe name for the new database.Example: dbname
containerstringYesThe name of the container to link this database to.Example: example.nz

Code Samples

JavaScript PHP Rails Python
var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.open("POST", "https://api.sitehost.nz/1.0/cloud/db/add.json", false);

var data = new FormData();
data.append("apikey", "your_key_here");
data.append("client_id", "1");
data.append("server_name", "ch-servername");
data.append("database", "dbname");
data.append("container", "example.nz");

xmlHttp.send(data);

var response = xmlHttp.responseText;
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.sitehost.nz/1.0/cloud/db/add.json");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
$body = array(
'apikey' => 'your_key_here',
'client_id' => 1,
'server_name' => 'ch-servername',
'database' => 'dbname',
'container' => 'example.nz',
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $body);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$status = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://api.sitehost.nz/1.0/cloud/db/add.json")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)

body = {"apikey" => "your_key_here",
"client_id" => 1,
"server_name" => "ch-servername",
"database" => "dbname",
"container" => "example.nz",
}
request.set_form_data(body)

response = http.request(request)
import requests
from collections import OrderedDict

uri = 'https://api.sitehost.nz/1.0/cloud/db/add.json'

# We need ordered dictionary because parameters have to be in the right order.
# Refer to Developer Notes for more information.
body = OrderedDict()

body['apikey'] = 'your_key_here'
body['client_id'] = 1
body['server_name'] = 'ch-servername'
body['database'] = 'dbname'
body['container'] = 'example.nz'

response = requests.post(uri, data=body)

Response

200:

application/json
{
  "return": {
    "job_id": "3433562"
  },
  "msg": "Successful",
  "status": true,
  "time": 29.92
}