Couchbase Database Management API

Endpoints for creating, configuring, and managing databases.

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OpenAPI Specification

couchbase-database-management-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Couchbase Analytics Service REST Allowed CIDRs Database Management API
  description: The Couchbase Analytics Service REST API provides access to the Analytics service for running complex analytical queries on operational data without impacting performance of key-value operations. It supports SQL++ queries for analytics, management of links to external data sources, and configuration of user-defined libraries. The service enables real-time analytics on JSON data alongside transactional workloads.
  version: '7.6'
  contact:
    name: Couchbase Support
    url: https://support.couchbase.com
  termsOfService: https://www.couchbase.com/terms-of-use
servers:
- url: https://localhost:8095
  description: Analytics Service (default port)
- url: https://localhost:18095
  description: Analytics Service (SSL)
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Database Management
  description: Endpoints for creating, configuring, and managing databases.
paths:
  /{db}/_config:
    get:
      operationId: getDatabaseConfig
      summary: Get database configuration
      description: Returns the complete configuration of the specified database including sync function, import filter, and security settings.
      tags:
      - Database Management
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/db'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful retrieval of database configuration
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatabaseConfig'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized access
        '404':
          description: Database not found
    put:
      operationId: updateDatabaseConfig
      summary: Update database configuration
      description: Updates the configuration of the specified database.
      tags:
      - Database Management
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/db'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatabaseConfig'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Database configuration updated
        '400':
          description: Invalid configuration
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized access
    post:
      operationId: createDatabase
      summary: Create a database
      description: Creates a new database with the specified configuration. The database name is taken from the URL path.
      tags:
      - Database Management
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/db'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatabaseConfig'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Database created successfully
        '400':
          description: Invalid configuration
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized access
        '412':
          description: Database already exists
    delete:
      operationId: deleteDatabase
      summary: Delete a database
      description: Deletes the specified database configuration from Sync Gateway.
      tags:
      - Database Management
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/db'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Database deleted successfully
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized access
        '404':
          description: Database not found
  /{db}/_config/sync:
    get:
      operationId: getSyncFunction
      summary: Get sync function
      description: Returns the current sync function for the database.
      tags:
      - Database Management
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/db'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful retrieval of sync function
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized access
    put:
      operationId: updateSyncFunction
      summary: Update sync function
      description: Updates the sync function for the database. The sync function controls channel routing and access grants for documents.
      tags:
      - Database Management
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/db'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          text/plain:
            schema:
              type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Sync function updated
        '400':
          description: Invalid sync function
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized access
  /{db}/_offline:
    post:
      operationId: takeDatabaseOffline
      summary: Take database offline
      description: Takes the specified database offline, preventing client access.
      tags:
      - Database Management
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/db'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Database taken offline
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized access
  /{db}/_online:
    post:
      operationId: bringDatabaseOnline
      summary: Bring database online
      description: Brings the specified database back online.
      tags:
      - Database Management
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/db'
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                delay:
                  type: integer
                  description: Delay in seconds before coming online
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Database brought online
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized access
  /{db}/_resync:
    post:
      operationId: resyncDatabase
      summary: Resync database
      description: Reprocesses all documents through the sync function. Required after sync function changes to apply to existing documents.
      tags:
      - Database Management
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/db'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Resync completed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  changes_processed:
                    type: integer
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized access
  /{db}/_compact:
    post:
      operationId: compactDatabase
      summary: Compact database
      description: Removes obsolete revision bodies and attachment data from the database to reclaim storage space.
      tags:
      - Database Management
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/db'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Compaction started
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized access
  /{db}/_purge:
    post:
      operationId: purgeDocuments
      summary: Purge documents
      description: Permanently removes documents from the database. Unlike deletion, purged documents leave no tombstone and are not replicated.
      tags:
      - Database Management
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/db'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              description: Map of document IDs to arrays of revision IDs to purge
              additionalProperties:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Documents purged successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  purged:
                    type: object
                    additionalProperties:
                      type: array
                      items:
                        type: string
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized access
components:
  schemas:
    DatabaseConfig:
      type: object
      description: Database configuration
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Database name
        bucket:
          type: string
          description: Couchbase Server bucket name
        sync:
          type: string
          description: JavaScript sync function
        import_filter:
          type: string
          description: JavaScript import filter function
        enable_shared_bucket_access:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether shared bucket access is enabled
        import_docs:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether to auto-import documents
        num_index_replicas:
          type: integer
          description: Number of GSI index replicas
        delta_sync:
          type: object
          properties:
            enabled:
              type: boolean
            rev_max_age_seconds:
              type: integer
        guest:
          type: object
          properties:
            disabled:
              type: boolean
            admin_channels:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
  parameters:
    db:
      name: db
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The database name
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic Authentication using Couchbase Server credentials.
externalDocs:
  description: Couchbase Analytics Service REST API Documentation
  url: https://docs.couchbase.com/server/current/analytics/rest-analytics.html