Create a new namespace

Create new namespace id.

During the creation process, the implementation may modify user-provided properties, such as adding additional properties like created_at to user-provided properties, omitting any specific property, or performing actions based on any property value.

POST /v1/namespace/{id}/create

Error

A valid request URL is required to generate request examples

200

{
  "transaction_id": "<string>",
  "properties": {}
}

Authorizations

OAuth2BearerAuthApiKeyAuth

Authorization · string · header · required

The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.

Path Parameters

id · string · required

string identifier of an object in a namespace, following the Lance Namespace spec. When the value is equal to the delimiter, it represents the root namespace. For example, v1/namespace/$/list performs a ListNamespace on the root namespace.

Query Parameters

delimiter · string

An optional delimiter of the string identifier, following the Lance Namespace spec. When not specified, the $ delimiter must be used.

Body

application/json

identity · object

Identity information of a request.

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context · object

Arbitrary context for a request as key-value pairs. How to use the context is custom to the specific implementation.

REST NAMESPACE ONLY Context entries are passed via HTTP headers using the naming convention x-lance-ctx-<key>: <value>. For example, a context entry {"trace_id": "abc123"} would be sent as the header x-lance-ctx-trace_id: abc123.

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id · string[]

mode · string

There are three modes when trying to create a namespace, to differentiate the behavior when a namespace of the same name already exists. Case insensitive, supports both PascalCase and snake_case. Valid values are:

• Create: the operation fails with 409.
• ExistOk: the operation succeeds and the existing namespace is kept.
• Overwrite: the existing namespace is dropped and a new empty namespace with this name is created.

properties · object

Properties stored on the namespace, if supported by the implementation.

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Response

200

application/json

Result of creating a namespace

transaction_id · string

Optional transaction identifier

properties · object

Properties after the namespace is created.

If the server does not support namespace properties, it should return null for this field. If namespace properties are supported, but none are set, it should return an empty object.

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