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Last updated: 2026-03-19 19:09:29

1. API Description

Domain name for API request: bi.intl.tencentcloudapi.com.

This API is used to create a data source.

A maximum of 100 requests can be initiated per second for this API.

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2. Input Parameters

The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters and some common parameters. For the complete common parameter list, see Common Request Parameters.

Parameter Name	Required	Type	Description
Action	Yes	String	Common Params. The value used for this API: CreateDatasource.
Version	Yes	String	Common Params. The value used for this API: 2022-01-05.
Region	No	String	Common Params. This parameter is not required.
DbHost	Yes	String	HOST
DbPort	Yes	Integer	Port.
ServiceType	Yes	String	The backend provides dictionaries: domain type. 1. Tencent Cloud, 2. local.
DbType	Yes	String	Drive. Value range:. MYSQL: MYSQL database. PRESTO: presto database. POSTGRE: PostgreSQL database. DLC: dlc database. MSSQL: microsoft SQL Server database.
Charset	Yes	String	Database encoding.
DbUser	Yes	String	Username.
DbPwd	Yes	String	Password.
DbName	Yes	String	Database name.
SourceName	Yes	String	Database alias.
ProjectId	Yes	Integer	Project ID.
Catalog	No	String	Catalog value.
DataOrigin	No	String	Third-party data source identifier.
DataOriginProjectId	No	String	Third-party project ID.
DataOriginDatasourceId	No	String	Third-party data source ID.
ExtraParam	No	String	Extension parameter.
UniqVpcId	No	String	Unified identifier of the Tencent Cloud VPC.
Vip	No	String	VPC IP address.
Vport	No	String	VPC port.
VpcId	No	String	Tencent Cloud VPC identifier.
OperationAuthLimit.N	No	Array of String	Operation permission limitation.
UseVPC	No	Boolean	Enables VPC.
RegionId	No	String	Region.
Schema	No	String	Database schema.
DbVersion	No	String	Database version.

3. Output Parameters

Parameter Name	Type	Description
ErrorInfo	ErrorInfo	Custom error information object. Note: This field may return null, indicating that no valid values can be obtained.
Data	IdDTO	Data source ID. Note: This field may return null, indicating that no valid values can be obtained.
Extra	String	Additional information. Note: This field may return null, indicating that no valid values can be obtained.
Msg	String	Prompt. Note: This field may return null, indicating that no valid values can be obtained.
RequestId	String	The unique request ID, generated by the server, will be returned for every request (if the request fails to reach the server for other reasons, the request will not obtain a RequestId). RequestId is required for locating a problem.

4. Example

Example1 Creating a Data Source

This example shows you how to create a data source.

Input Example

POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: bi.intl.tencentcloudapi.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-TC-Action: CreateDatasource
<Common request parameters>

{
    "DbHost": "DbHost",
    "DbPort": 1982493789748932,
    "ServiceType": "ServiceType",
    "DbType": "DbType",
    "Charset": "Charset",
    "DbUser": "DbUser",
    "DbPwd": "DbPwd",
    "DbName": "DbName",
    "SourceName": "SourceName",
    "ProjectId": 1982493789748932,
    "Catalog": "Catalog",
    "DataOrigin": "DataOrigin",
    "DataOriginProjectId": "DataOriginProjectId",
    "DataOriginDatasourceId": "DataOriginDatasourceId",
    "ExtraParam": "ExtraParam",
    "UniqVpcId": "UniqVpcId",
    "Vip": "Vip",
    "Vport": "Vport",
    "VpcId": "VpcId",
    "OperationAuthLimit": [
        "OperationAuthLimit"
    ],
    "UseVPC": false,
    "RegionId": "RegionId"
}

Output Example

{
    "Response": {
        "Msg": "Internal server error",
        "RequestId": "xxx-xx-x",
        "Extra": "",
        "Data": null,
        "ErrorInfo": {
            "ErrorTip": "Internal server error",
            "ErrorMessage": "Internal server error",
            "ErrorLevel": "ERROR"
        }
    }
}

5. Developer Resources

SDK

TencentCloud API 3.0 integrates SDKs that support various programming languages to make it easier for you to call APIs.

Command Line Interface

Tencent Cloud CLI 3.0

6. Error Code

The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see Common Error Codes.

Error Code	Description
AuthFailure	CAM signature/authentication error.
FailedOperation	Operation failed.
InternalError	Internal error.
InternalError.Internal	Internal error.
InvalidParameter	Parameter error.
InvalidParameterValue	Parameter value error.
LimitExceeded	The quota limit is exceeded.
MissingParameter	Parameters are missing.
MissingParameter.MissingParam	The required parameter is missing.
OperationDenied	Operation denied.
RequestLimitExceeded	Too many and frequent requests.
UnauthorizedOperation	Unauthorized operation.
UnauthorizedOperation.Authorize	Permission error.
UnknownParameter	Unknown parameter error.
UnsupportedOperation	The operation is not supported.
UnsupportedOperation.BIError	Default business exception.

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