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Create schema from code
The Xata CLI allows you to create a database schema programatically by using xata init
with the --schema
parameter and a properly formatted JSON file. For example. Given the JSON file below, we could create Posts
, Users
and Teams
tables into a new database.
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xata init --schema /path/to/json_file.json
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{ "tables": [ { "name": "Posts", "columns": [ { "name": "title", "type": "string" }, { "name": "labels", "type": "multiple" }, { "name": "slug", "type": "string" }, { "name": "text", "type": "text" }, { "name": "author", "type": "link", "link": { "table": "Users" } }, { "name": "createdAt", "type": "datetime" }, { "name": "views", "type": "int" } ] }, { "name": "Users", "columns": [ { "name": "name", "type": "string" }, { "name": "email", "type": "email" }, { "name": "bio", "type": "text" }, { "name": "address", "type": "object", "columns": [ { "name": "street", "type": "string" }, { "name": "city", "type": "string" }, { "name": "zipcode", "type": "int" } ] }, { "name": "team", "type": "link", "link": { "table": "Teams" } } ] }, { "name": "Teams", "columns": [ { "name": "name", "type": "string" }, { "name": "createdAt", "type": "datetime" }, { "name": "owner", "type": "link", "link": { "table": "Users" } } ] } ] }