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PostgREST - How to create tables?

I want to create a new table using postgREST, but I was not able to find anything about this in the documentation. Is it possible to create tables? If yes, how?

Sorry if this questions was already asked, but unfortunately I always found solutions for postgres (without t :D)

Thx :)

Solution

  • you can create stored function that creates the table for you, then call that function via postgrest

    something like:

    create or replace function create_foo_table() returns void as 
$$
begin

  execute format('create table foo (id int primary key)')

end 
$$ language plpgsql;

    then call /rpc/create_foo_table in Postgrest

    you'd need to reload Postgrest's schema cache after this, in order to read the table: https://postgrest.org/en/v7.0.0/admin.html?highlight=reload#schema-reloading

    This likely has security implications, so be careful, especially if using dynamic SQL to create the table