Create a Namespace

kv.namespaces.create() -> 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

ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: str

Identifier.

maxLength32

title: str

A human-readable string name for a Namespace.

maxLength512

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class Namespace: …

id: str

Namespace identifier tag.

maxLength32

title: str

A human-readable string name for a Namespace.

maxLength512

supports_url_encoding: Optional[bool]

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

import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
namespace = client.kv.namespaces.create(
    account_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    title="My Own Namespace",
)
print(namespace.id)

{
  "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
  }
}