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Application A P I

Create server database

Creates a database for a server on a configured database host.

POST/api/application/servers/{server_id}/databases
AuthorizationBearer <token>

Application API requests require an application API token, or a client API token, that belongs to a root administrator. Admin API requests require a client API token that belongs to a root administrator, and reject application API tokens. Client API requests require a client API token.

In: header

Path Parameters

server_id*integer

The server ID.

Request Body

application/json

TypeScript Definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X POST "https://example.com/api/application/servers/1/databases" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "database": "example",    "remote": "127.0.0.1",    "host": 1  }'
{  "object": "server_database",  "attributes": {    "id": 1253,    "server": 8114,    "host": 1544,    "database": "1E8CdMJTdo",    "username": "eEAKifNuaL",    "remote": "%",    "max_connections": 0,    "created_at": "2026-09-22T14:45:23+00:00",    "updated_at": "2026-09-22T14:45:23+00:00"  },  "meta": {    "resource": "https://panel.example.test/api/application/servers/1/databases/1"  }}