PgBeam Docs
Databases

Add a database

Registers a new upstream PostgreSQL database for the project.

At a glance

ItemValue
MethodPOST
Path/v1/projects/{project_id}/databases
AuthAuthorization: Bearer <token-or-api-key>

Quick request

Use this as a starting point. Replace the placeholder IDs, set PGBEAM_TOKEN, and create body.json from the schema below.

curl -X POST \
  "$PGBEAM_API_URL/v1/projects/<project_id>/databases" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PGBEAM_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data @body.json
POST
/v1/projects/{project_id}/databases
AuthorizationBearer <token>

JWT issued by Better Auth. Verified via JWKS.

In: header

Path Parameters

project_id*string

Unique project identifier (prefixed, e.g. prj_xxx).

Match^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$

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://api.pgbeam.com/v1/projects/string/databases" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "host": "string",    "port": 1,    "name": "string",    "username": "string",    "password": "pa$$word"  }'
{
  "id": "db_01h455vb4pex5vsknk084sn02q",
  "project_id": "string",
  "connection_string": "postgresql://myuser:YOUR_PASSWORD@myproject.aws.pgbeam.app:5432/mydb",
  "host": "db.example.com",
  "port": 5432,
  "name": "string",
  "username": "string",
  "ssl_mode": "disable",
  "role": "primary",
  "pool_region": "us-east-1",
  "cache_config": {
    "enabled": true,
    "ttl_seconds": 60,
    "max_entries": 10000,
    "swr_seconds": 30
  },
  "pool_config": {
    "pool_size": 10,
    "min_pool_size": 1,
    "pool_mode": "session",
    "max_active": 200
  },
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}