# Is it possible to create a database via the REST Api?

**URL:** <https://community.nocodb.com/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-database-via-the-rest-api/1241>\
**Category:** APIs\
**Created:** [June 26, 2024, 6:05am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-database-via-the-rest-api/1241 "2024-06-26T06:05:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![elect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e480ec/32.png) [@elect](https://community.nocodb.com/u/elect)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 6:05am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-database-via-the-rest-api/1241/1 "2024-06-26T06:05:52Z")

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Hello,

as titled, I’d like to know if it’s possible to create a database via the REST Api

I didn’t find anything, but maybe I missed it

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![Navi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3be4f8/32.png) [@Navi](https://community.nocodb.com/u/Navi)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 7:27am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-database-via-the-rest-api/1241/2 "2024-06-26T07:27:39Z")

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Please visit [our meta API docs](https://meta-apis-v2.nocodb.com/) 🙂

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/nocodb/original/1X/602d77d127f14686d114729e436d17a96996b6df.png)

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**Author:** ![elect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e480ec/32.png) [@elect](https://community.nocodb.com/u/elect)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-database-via-the-rest-api/1241/3 "2024-07-08T10:42:50Z")

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Thanks, do they call a database as Source?

Also, what’s the difference between the local swagger rest API and the meta API, to list tables, let’s say?

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/nocodb/original/1X/f8d8d09065ca6befa5584eaaf69fda3dd4494725.png)

Why the local has this weird alphanumeric sort of hash in the url?

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**Author:** ![Navi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3be4f8/32.png) [@Navi](https://community.nocodb.com/u/Navi)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-database-via-the-rest-api/1241/4 "2024-07-08T11:02:19Z")

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Hey, from the above I doubt - you are interested in adding a external data source to a base as well ? is that correct.

Local [swagger rest API](https://docs.nocodb.com/bases/actions-on-base/#rest-apis) : is data API for your tables in the current base.

Whereas [meta APIs](https://meta-apis-v2.nocodb.com/) is for listing APIs and other metadata operations.

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**Author:** ![elect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e480ec/32.png) [@elect](https://community.nocodb.com/u/elect)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-database-via-the-rest-api/1241/5 "2024-07-08T11:14:32Z")

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I’m interested into dealing with Tables and databases