cPanel API 2 Functions - MysqlFE::createdb - Knowledgebase

Description

This function creates a database.

Warning:

We strongly recommend that you use the following UAPI function instead of this function:

Mysql::create_database — This function creates a MySQL® database.

Examples

WHM API (JSON)

https://hostname.example.com:2087/cpsess###########/json-api/cpanel?cpanel_jsonapi_user=user&cpanel_jsonapi_apiversion=2&cpanel_jsonapi_module=MysqlFE&cpanel_jsonapi_func=createdb&db=example_database

 LiveAPI PHP Class

$cpanel = new CPANEL(); // Connect to cPanel - only do this once.
  
// Create the database "example_database"
$create_database = $cpanel->api2(
    'MysqlFE', 'createdb', 
    array(
        'db' => 'example_database',
 ) 
);

 LiveAPI Perl Module

my $cpliveapi = Cpanel::LiveAPI->new(); # Connect to cPanel - only do this once.
  
# Create the database "example_database"
my $create_database = $cpliveapi->api2(
    'MysqlFE', 'createdb',
    {
        'db' => 'example_database',
    }
);

cPanel Tag System (deprecated)

Warning:

In cPanel & WHM version 11.30 and later, cPanel tags are deprecated. We strongly recommend that you only use the LiveAPI system to call the cPanel APIs.

cPanel API 2 calls that use cPanel tags vary widely in code syntax and in their output. For more information, read our Deprecated cPanel Tag Usage documentation. Examples are only present in order to help developers move from the old cPanel tag system to our LiveAPI.

 Output (JSON)

{
  "cpanelresult": {
    "apiversion": 2,
    "data": [
      1
    ],
    "func": "createdb",
    "event": {
      "result": 1
    },
    "module": "MysqlFE"
  }
}

Note:

Use cPanel's API Shell interface (Home >> Advanced >> API Shell) to directly test cPanel API calls.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Possible values	Example
db	string	Required The database name.	A valid database name. Warning: The maximum length of the database name is 64 characters. However, due to the method that cPanel & WHM uses to store MySQL database names, each underscore character requires two characters of that limit. Therefore, if you enable database prefixing, the maximum length of the database name is 63 characters, which includes both the database prefix and the underscore character. Each additional underscore requires another two characters of that limit.	example_database

Parameter

Type

Description

Possible values

Example

string

Required

The database name.

A valid database name.

Warning:

The maximum length of the database name is 64 characters. However, due to the method that cPanel & WHM uses to store MySQL database names, each underscore character requires two characters of that limit. Therefore, if you enable database prefixing, the maximum length of the database name is 63 characters, which includes both the database prefix and the underscore character. Each additional underscore requires another two characters of that limit.

example_database

Returns

Return	Type	Description	Possible values	Example
reason	string	A reason for failure. Note: This function only returns a reasonvalue if it failed.	A string that describes the error.	This is an error message.
result	boolean	Whether the function succeeded.	1 — The function succeeded. 0 — The function failed.	1

Return

Type

Description

Possible values

Example

reason

string

A reason for failure.

Note:

This function only returns a reasonvalue if it failed.

A string that describes the error.

This is an error message.

result

boolean

Whether the function succeeded.

1 — The function succeeded.
0 — The function failed.

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