createRepository()

Security Requirements and Controls

Change connections for a view permission
Create repository permission

API Stability	`Short-Term`

The createRepository() GraphQL mutation may be used to create a new repository in LogScale.

For more information on creating a repository, see the Creating a Repository or View documentation page. You may also want to look at the Repositories & Views and Repositories pages for related information.

Syntax

Below is the syntax for the createRepository() mutation field:

graphql

createRepository(
     name: string!
     description: string
     retentionInMillis: long
     retentionInIngestSizeBytes: long
     retentionInStorageSizeBytes: long
     organizationId: string, 
     type: RepositoryType, 
     repositoryId: string, 
     dataType: RepositoryDataType,
     limitId: string
   ): CreateRepositoryMutation!

Below is an example of how this mutation field might be used:

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graphql

mutation {
  createRepository(
        name: "my-repository",
        description: "My Repository",
        type: PERSONAL,
        dataType: ANYDATA
      )
  { repository { id } }
}

shell

curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "mutation {
  createRepository(
        name: \"my-repository\",
        description: \"My Repository\",
        type: PERSONAL,
        dataType: ANYDATA
      )
  { repository { id } }
}"
}
EOF

shell

curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "mutation {
  createRepository(
        name: \"my-repository\",
        description: \"My Repository\",
        type: PERSONAL,
        dataType: ANYDATA
      )
  { repository { id } }
}"
}
EOF

shell

curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql ^
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" ^
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" ^
    -d @'{"query" : "mutation { ^
  createRepository( ^
        name: \"my-repository\", ^
        description: \"My Repository\", ^
        type: PERSONAL, ^
        dataType: ANYDATA ^
      ) ^
  { repository { id } } ^
}" ^
} '

powershell

curl.exe -X POST 
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -d '{"query" : "mutation {
  createRepository(
        name: \"my-repository\",
        description: \"My Repository\",
        type: PERSONAL,
        dataType: ANYDATA
      )
  { repository { id } }
}"
}'
    "$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql"

perl

#!/usr/bin/perl

use HTTP::Request;
use LWP;

my $INGEST_TOKEN = "TOKEN";

my $uri = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql';

my $json = '{"query" : "mutation {
  createRepository(
        name: \"my-repository\",
        description: \"My Repository\",
        type: PERSONAL,
        dataType: ANYDATA
      )
  { repository { id } }
}"
}';
my $req = HTTP::Request->new("POST", $uri );

$req->header("Authorization" => "Bearer $TOKEN");
$req->header("Content-Type" => "application/json");

$req->content( $json );

my $lwp = LWP::UserAgent->new;

my $result = $lwp->request( $req );

print $result->{"_content"},"\n";

python

#! /usr/local/bin/python3

import requests

url = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql'
mydata = r'''{"query" : "mutation {
  createRepository(
        name: \"my-repository\",
        description: \"My Repository\",
        type: PERSONAL,
        dataType: ANYDATA
      )
  { repository { id } }
}"
}'''

resp = requests.post(url,
                     data = mydata,
                     headers = {
   "Authorization" : "Bearer $TOKEN",
   "Content-Type" : "application/json"
}
)

print(resp.text)

javascript

const https = require('https');

const data = JSON.stringify(
    {"query" : "mutation {
  createRepository(
        name: \"my-repository\",
        description: \"My Repository\",
        type: PERSONAL,
        dataType: ANYDATA
      )
  { repository { id } }
}"
}
);


const options = {
  hostname: '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql',
  path: '/graphql',
  port: 443,
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Content-Length': data.length,
    Authorization: 'BEARER ' + process.env.TOKEN,
    'User-Agent': 'Node',
  },
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  console.log(`statusCode: ${res.statusCode}`);

  res.on('data', (d) => {
    data += d;
  });
  res.on('end', () => {
    console.log(JSON.parse(data).data);
  });
});

req.on('error', (error) => {
  console.error(error);
});

req.write(data);
req.end();

Example Responses

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json

{
  "data": {
    "createRepository": {
      "repository": {
        "id": "my-repository"
      }
    }
  }
}

Regarding limitId, it's the limit to which the repository should be attached, only a cloud feature. If not specified, a default will be found and used.

Given Datatypes

RepositoryType, is an enumerated list of repository types. They're listed below:

Table: RepositoryType

Parameter	Type	Stability	Description
Some arguments may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For some fields, this column indicates that a result will always be returned for this column.
Table last updated: Mar 14, 2025
`DEFAULT`	boolean	`Long-Term`	Whether repository type is a default one.
`MANAGED`	boolean	`Long-Term`	Whether repository type is managed.
`PERSONAL`	boolean	`Long-Term`	Whether repository type is personal.
`SYSTEM`	boolean	`Long-Term`	Whether repository type is a system repository.
`TRIAL`	boolean	`Long-Term`	Whether repository type is for a trial account.

RepositoryDataType, is an enumerated list of repository data types. They're listed below:

Table: RepositoryDataType

Parameter	Type	Stability	Description
Some arguments may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For some fields, this column indicates that a result will always be returned for this column.
Table last updated: Sep 16, 2024
`ANYDATA`	boolean	`Short-Term`	Whether repository data is unrestricted to a particular type.
`FALCON`	boolean	`Short-Term`	Whether repository data is restricted to Falcon.

Returned Datatypes

The returned datatype CreateRepositoryMutation has a few parameters. Below is a list of them along with a description of each:

Table: CreateRepositoryMutation

Parameter	Type	Required	Stability	Description
Some arguments may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For some fields, this column indicates that a result will always be returned for this column.
Table last updated: Sep 24, 2024
`repository`	`Repository`	yes	`Long-Term`	The repository to create. See `Repository`.

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