Creates a metadatabase in Data Lake Formation (DLF).

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Request headers

This operation uses only common request headers. For more information, see Common request parameters.

Request syntax

POST /api/metastore/catalogs/databases

Request parameters

Parameter Type Position Required Example Description
Object Body No

The HTTP request body, in the JSON format.
CatalogId String Body No 1344371

Default value: the user ID of your Alibaba Cloud account.
DatabaseInput Common data structures Body No

The details about the metadatabase.
RegionId String Host No cn-hangzhou

The ID of the region where DLF is activated.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
Code String OK

The description of the status code.
Message String .

The error message that is returned.
RequestId String B7F4B621-E41E-4C84-B97F-42B5380A32BB

The ID of the request.
Success Boolean true

Indicates whether the call was successful.

Error codes

InvalidObject: The specified name, partition, column, or skewed field failed the verification.

AlreadyExists: The specified metadatabase already exists.

InternalError: An internal error has occurred. Troubleshoot the error based on the error message that is returned.

Examples

Sample requests

POST /api/metastore/catalogs/databases HTTP/1.1 
{
        "CatalogId":"1344371",
        "DatabaseInput":{
            "Name":"database_test",
            "Description":"this is a hive database",
            "LocationUri":"/hdfs/hivedb/data",
            "OwnerName":"zhangsan",
            "OwnerType":"USER",
            "Parameters":{
                "k1":"v1"
            }
        }
}

Sample success responses

JSON format 

{
  "Success": true,
  "Code": "OK",
  "Message": "",
  "HttpStatusCode": 200,
  "RequestId": "B7F4B621-E41E-4C84-B97F-42B5380A32BB"
}

Error codes

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