Working with databases¶

The Snowflake REST Database API provides the following endpoints to manage Snowflake databases:

Snowflake REST Database API endpoints¶
Endpoint	Description
`GET /api/v2/databases`	Lists accessible databases.
`POST /api/v2/databases`	Creates a database.
`POST /api/v2/databases/from_share`	Creates a database from a specified share.
`POST /api/v2/databases/name/clone`	Clones an existing database.
`GET /api/v2/databases/name`	Fetches a named database.
`PUT /api/v2/databases/name`	Creates a new, or alters an existing, database.
`DELETE /api/v2/databases/name`	Deletes a named database.
`POST /api/v2/databases/name/replication:enable`	Enables database replication.
`POST /api/v2/databases/name/replication:disable`	Disables replication for a named database.
`POST /api/v2/databases/name/replication:refresh`	Refreshes database replications.
`POST /api/v2/databases/name/failover:enable`	Enables failover for a named database.
`POST /api/v2/databases/name/failover:disable`	Disables failover for a named database.
`POST /api/v2/databases/name/failover:primary`	Sets a named database as the primary database.

For reference documentation, see Snowflake Database API reference.