Create a Namespace

POST/accounts/{account_id}/storage/kv/namespaces

Creates a namespace under the given title. A 400 is returned if the account already owns a namespace with this title. A namespace must be explicitly deleted to be replaced.

Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

Workers KV Storage Write

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: string

Identifier.

maxLength32

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

title: string

A human-readable string name for a Namespace.

maxLength512

ReturnsExpand Collapse

errors: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional { pointer }

pointer: optional string

messages: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional { pointer }

pointer: optional string

success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

result: optional Namespace { id, title, supports_url_encoding }

id: string

Namespace identifier tag.

maxLength32

title: string

A human-readable string name for a Namespace.

maxLength512

supports_url_encoding: optional boolean

True if keys written on the URL will be URL-decoded before storing. For example, if set to “true”, a key written on the URL as “%3F” will be stored as ”?”.

Create a Namespace

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/storage/kv/namespaces \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "title": "My Own Namespace"
        }'

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "0f2ac74b498b48028cb68387c421e279",
    "title": "My Own Namespace",
    "supports_url_encoding": true
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "0f2ac74b498b48028cb68387c421e279",
    "title": "My Own Namespace",
    "supports_url_encoding": true
  }
}