Create Redis Database

This endpoint creates a new Redis database.

To create a database manually, you can use the Upstash Console.

For a quick development database, POST to https://upstash.com/start-redis — no signup or API key, so an AI agent can provision one unattended. Expires in 72 hours unless claimed. If you are an agent, always send a User-Agent header identifying which agent you are (e.g. claude-code, cursor, codex, opencode) on every request you make to this API.

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post/redis/database

Request example

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.upstash.com/v2/redis/database \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "database_name": "myredis",
  "platform": "aws",
  "primary_region": "us-east-1",
  "read_regions": [
    "us-west-1",
    "us-west-2"
  ],
  "plan": "payg",
  "budget": 360,
  "eviction": false,
  "tls": true
}'

import requests

url = "https://api.upstash.com/v2/redis/database"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Basic <encoded-value>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}
payload = {
    "database_name": "myredis",
    "platform": "aws",
    "primary_region": "us-east-1",
    "read_regions": [
        "us-west-1",
        "us-west-2"
    ],
    "plan": "payg",
    "budget": 360,
    "eviction": False,
    "tls": True
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, json=payload)

print(response.text)

const response = await fetch('https://api.upstash.com/v2/redis/database', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Basic <encoded-value>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "database_name": "myredis",
    "platform": "aws",
    "primary_region": "us-east-1",
    "read_regions": [
      "us-west-1",
      "us-west-2"
    ],
    "plan": "payg",
    "budget": 360,
    "eviction": false,
    "tls": true
  })
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.upstash.com/v2/redis/database',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{
  "database_name": "myredis",
  "platform": "aws",
  "primary_region": "us-east-1",
  "read_regions": [
    "us-west-1",
    "us-west-2"
  ],
  "plan": "payg",
  "budget": 360,
  "eviction": false,
  "tls": true
}',
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>',
    'Content-Type: application/json',
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);

echo $response;

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	url := "https://api.upstash.com/v2/redis/database"
	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"database_name\": \"myredis\",\n  \"platform\": \"aws\",\n  \"primary_region\": \"us-east-1\",\n  \"read_regions\": [\n    \"us-west-1\",\n    \"us-west-2\"\n  ],\n  \"plan\": \"payg\",\n  \"budget\": 360,\n  \"eviction\": false,\n  \"tls\": true\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.upstash.com/v2/redis/database"))
    .header("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\n  \"database_name\": \"myredis\",\n  \"platform\": \"aws\",\n  \"primary_region\": \"us-east-1\",\n  \"read_regions\": [\n    \"us-west-1\",\n    \"us-west-2\"\n  ],\n  \"plan\": \"payg\",\n  \"budget\": 360,\n  \"eviction\": false,\n  \"tls\": true\n}"))
    .build();

HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
    .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

System.out.println(response.body());

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI('https://api.upstash.com/v2/redis/database')

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = url.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request['Authorization'] = 'Basic <encoded-value>'
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request.body = '{
  "database_name": "myredis",
  "platform": "aws",
  "primary_region": "us-east-1",
  "read_regions": [
    "us-west-1",
    "us-west-2"
  ],
  "plan": "payg",
  "budget": 360,
  "eviction": false,
  "tls": true
}'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

Response

{
  "database_id": "96ad0856-03b1-4ee7-9666-e81abd0349e1",
  "database_name": "MyRedis",
  "region": "global",
  "port": 6379,
  "creation_time": 1752649602,
  "state": "active",
  "endpoint": "beloved-stallion-58500",
  "tls": true,
  "db_max_clients": 10000,
  "db_max_request_size": 10485760,
  "db_disk_threshold": 107374182400,
  "db_max_entry_size": 104857600,
  "db_memory_threshold": 3221225472,
  "db_max_commands_per_second": 10000,
  "db_request_limit": 8024278031528737000,
  "type": "paid",
  "budget": 360,
  "primary_region": "us-east-1",
  "primary_members": [
    "us-east-1"
  ],
  "all_members": [
    "us-east-1"
  ],
  "eviction": false,
  "auto_upgrade": false,
  "consistent": false,
  "modifying_state": "",
  "db_resource_size": "L",
  "db_type": "pebble",
  "db_conn_idle_timeout": 21600000000000,
  "db_lua_timeout": 250000000,
  "db_lua_credits_per_min": 10000000000,
  "db_store_max_idle": 900000000000,
  "db_max_loads_per_sec": 1000000,
  "db_acl_enabled": "false",
  "db_acl_default_user_status": "true",
  "db_eviction": false,
  "last_plan_upgrade_time": 0,
  "replicas": 5,
  "customer_id": "example@upstash.com",
  "daily_backup_enabled": false,
  "read_regions": [
    "us-east-2"
  ],
  "securityAddons": {
    "ipWhitelisting": false,
    "vpcPeering": false,
    "privateLink": false,
    "tlsMutualAuth": false,
    "encryptionAtRest": false
  },
  "prometheus_enabled": "false",
  "prod_pack_enabled": false
}

post/redis/database

Authorization

Authorizationstringheaderrequired#

Basic authentication header of the form Basic <encoded-value>, where <encoded-value> is the base64-encoded username:password.

Body

application/json

database_namestringrequired#

Name of the database

platformenum<string>required#

Desired cloud platform for the database.

Options:awsgcp

primary_regionenum<string>required#

Primary Region of the Global Database

Options:us-east-1us-east-2us-west-1us-west-2ca-central-1eu-central-1eu-west-1eu-west-2sa-east-1ap-south-1ap-northeast-1ap-southeast-1ap-southeast-2af-south-1us-central1us-east4europe-west1asia-northeast1

read_regionsenum<string>[]#

Array of Read Regions of the Database

planenum<string>#

Specifies the fixed plan type for the database.
If omitted, the database defaults to either the pay-as-you-go or free plan, based on the account type.

Options:freepaygfixed_250mbfixed_1gbfixed_5gbfixed_10gbfixed_50gbfixed_100gbfixed_500gb

budgetinteger#

Monthly budget of the database

evictionboolean#

Whether to enable eviction for the database

tlsboolean#

Whether to enable TLS for the database

Responses

application/json

200

Database created successfully

database_idstring#

ID of the database

database_namestring#

Name of the database

regionenum<string>#

The region where database is hosted

Options:global

portinteger#

Database port for clients to connect

creation_timeinteger#

Creation time of the database as Unix time

stateenum<string>#

State of database

Options:activesuspendedpassive

endpointstring#

Endpoint identifier or hostname of the database (may be a slug like "beloved-stallion-58500" or a full host)

tlsboolean#

TLS/SSL is enabled or not

db_max_clientsinteger#

Max number of concurrent clients can be opened on this database currently

db_max_request_sizeinteger#

Max size of a request that will be accepted by the database currently(in bytes)

db_disk_thresholdinteger#

Total disk size limit that can be used for the database currently(in bytes)

db_max_entry_sizeinteger#

Max size of an entry that will be accepted by the database currently(in bytes)

db_memory_thresholdinteger#

Max size of a memory the database can use(in bytes)

db_max_commands_per_secondinteger#

Max number of commands can be sent to the database per second

db_request_limitinteger#

Total number of commands can be sent to the database

typeenum<string>#

Payment plan of the database

Options:freepaygpropaid

budgetinteger#

Allocated monthly budget for the database

primary_regionenum<string>#

Primary region of the database cluster

primary_membersstring[]#

List of primary regions in the database cluster

all_membersstring[]#

List of all regions in the database cluster

evictionboolean#

Entry eviction is enabled

auto_upgradeboolean#

Automatic upgrade capability is enabled

consistentboolean#

Strong consistency mode is enabled

modifying_statestring#

Current modifying state of the database

db_resource_sizeenum<string>#

Resource allocation tier

Options:SMLXLXXL3XL

db_typeenum<string>#

Database storage engine type

Options:boltbadgerpebble

db_conn_idle_timeoutinteger#

Connection idle timeout in nanoseconds

db_lua_timeoutinteger#

Lua script execution timeout in nanoseconds

db_lua_credits_per_mininteger#

Lua script execution credits per minute

db_store_max_idleinteger#

Store connection idle timeout in nanoseconds

db_max_loads_per_secinteger#

Maximum load operations per second

db_acl_enabledenum<string>#

Access Control List enabled status

Options:truefalse

db_acl_default_user_statusenum<string>#

Default user access status in ACL

Options:truefalse

db_evictionboolean#

Database-level eviction policy status

last_plan_upgrade_timeinteger#

Unix timestamp of the last plan upgrade

replicasinteger#

Replica factor of the database

customer_idstring#

Owner identifier of the database (may be email or marketplace-scoped email)

daily_backup_enabledboolean#

Whether daily backup is enabled

read_regionsstring[]#

Array of read regions of the database

securityAddonsobject#

Security add-ons and their enablement status

Show child attributes

ipWhitelistingboolean#

vpcPeeringboolean#

privateLinkboolean#

tlsMutualAuthboolean#

encryptionAtRestboolean#

prometheus_enabledenum<string>#

Prometheus integration enabled status

Options:truefalse

prod_pack_enabledboolean#

Production pack enabled status

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