---
title: "List databases"
method: GET
path: "/organizations/{organization}/databases"
tags: ["Databases"]
---

# List databases

`GET /organizations/{organization}/databases`

### Authorization
A service token or OAuth token must have at least one of the following access or scopes in order to use this API endpoint:

**Service Token Accesses**
 `read_database`, `delete_database`, `write_database`, `read_branch`, `delete_branch`, `create_branch`, `delete_production_branch`, `connect_branch`, `connect_production_branch`, `connect_production_read_only_branch`, `delete_branch_password`, `delete_production_branch_password`, `delete_production_read_only_branch_password`, `read_deploy_request`, `create_deploy_request`, `approve_deploy_request`, `read_comment`, `create_comment`, `restore_backup`, `restore_production_branch_backup`, `read_backups`, `write_backups`, `delete_backups`, `delete_production_branch_backups`, `write_branch_vschema`, `write_production_branch_vschema`

**OAuth Scopes**

 | Resource | Scopes |
| :------- | :---------- |
| Organization | `read_databases` |

## Path parameters

- `organization` string, required

## Query parameters

- `q` string
- `page` integer
- `per_page` integer

## Response `200`

Retrieves the databases for an organization

- object
  - `current_page` integer, required — The current page number
  - `next_page` integer, required — The next page number
  - `next_page_url` string, required — The next page of results
  - `prev_page` integer, required — The previous page number
  - `prev_page_url` string, required — The previous page of results
  - `data` object[], required
    - `id` string, required — The ID of the database
    - `url` string, required — The URL to the database API endpoint
    - `branches_url` string, required — The URL to retrieve this database's branches via the API
    - `branches_count` integer, required — The total number of database branches
    - `open_schema_recommendations_count` integer, required — The total number of schema recommendations
    - `development_branches_count` integer, required — The total number of database development branches
    - `production_branches_count` integer, required — The total number of database production branches
    - `issues_count` integer, required — The total number of ongoing issues within a database
    - `multiple_admins_required_for_deletion` boolean, required — If the database requires multiple admins for deletion
    - `ready` boolean, required — If the database is ready to be used
    - `at_backup_restore_branches_limit` boolean, required — If the database has reached its backup restored branch limit
    - `at_development_branch_usage_limit` boolean, required — If the database has reached its development branch limit
    - `data_import` object, required
      - `state` string, required — State of the data import
      - `import_check_errors` string, required — Errors encountered during the import check
      - `started_at` string, required — When the import started
      - `finished_at` string, required — When the import finished
      - `data_source` object, required
        - `hostname` string, required — Hostname of the data source
        - `port` integer, required — Port of the data source
        - `database` string, required — Database name of the data source
    - `region` object, required
      - `id` string, required — The ID of the region
      - `provider` string, required — Provider for the region (ex. AWS)
      - `enabled` boolean, required — Whether or not the region is currently active
      - `public_ip_addresses` string[], required — Public IP addresses for the region
      - `display_name` string, required — Name of the region
      - `location` string, required — Location of the region
      - `slug` string, required — The slug of the region
      - `current_default` boolean, required — True if the region is the default for new branch creation
    - `html_url` string, required — The URL to see this database's branches in the web UI
    - `name` string, required — Name of the database
    - `state` 'pending' | 'importing' | 'sleep_in_progress' | 'sleeping' | 'awakening' | 'import_ready' | 'ready', required — State of the database
    - `sharded` boolean, required — If the database is sharded
    - `default_branch_shard_count` integer, required — Number of shards in the default branch
    - `default_branch_read_only_regions_count` integer, required — Number of read only regions in the default branch
    - `default_branch_table_count` integer, required — Number of tables in the default branch schema
    - `default_branch` string, required — The default branch for the database
    - `require_approval_for_deploy` boolean, required — Whether an approval is required to deploy schema changes to this database
    - `resizing` boolean, required — True if a branch is currently resizing
    - `resize_queued` boolean, required — True if a branch has a queued resize request
    - `allow_data_branching` boolean, required — Whether seeding branches with data is enabled for all branches
    - `foreign_keys_enabled` boolean, required — Whether foreign key constraints are enabled
    - `automatic_migrations` boolean, required — Whether to automatically manage Rails migrations during deploy requests
    - `restrict_branch_region` boolean, required — Whether to restrict branch creation to one region
    - `insights_raw_queries` boolean, required — Whether raw SQL queries are collected
    - `plan` string, required — The database plan
    - `insights_enabled` boolean, required — True if query insights is enabled for the database
    - `production_branch_web_console` boolean, required — Whether web console is enabled for production branches
    - `migration_table_name` string, required — Table name to use for copying schema migration data
    - `migration_framework` string, required — Framework used for applying migrations
    - `created_at` string, required — When the database was created
    - `updated_at` string, required — When the database was last updated
    - `schema_last_updated_at` string, required — When the default branch schema was last changed.
    - `kind` 'mysql' | 'postgresql', required — The kind of database

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `500` — Internal Server Error

## Changes

- **2025-12-09** `d710019068fb` — 2 breaking
  - for the `query` request parameter `page`, the type/format was changed from `number`/`` to `integer`/``
  - for the `query` request parameter `per_page`, the type/format was changed from `number`/`` to `integer`/``

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/planetscale/apis/planetscale-api/changes/organizations/:organization/databases/get.md)

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