Get database connection

Read connection details and credentials for a database you can access. Treat this response as a secret.

GET/api/services/{id}/connectionHTTPS

Request & response examples

Request exampleServer-side

curl --fail-with-body --request GET \
  'https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/connection' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HELI_API_KEY"

const response = await fetch(
  "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/connection",
  {
    method: "GET",
    headers: {
      Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.HELI_API_KEY}`
    }
  }
);
const data = await response.json();
if (!response.ok) {
  throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}: ${data.error}`);
}
// Inspect data; avoid logging secret responses.

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/connection",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['HELI_API_KEY']}"
    },
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
# Inspect data; avoid logging secret responses.

Response example200

{
  "engine": "postgres",
  "host": "YOUR_PRIVATE_DATABASE_HOST",
  "port": 5432,
  "username": "app",
  "password": "REDACTED",
  "database": "app",
  "externalAccess": false,
  "tls": false,
  "allowIps": []
}

Illustrative values · selected fields

Response details OpenAPI

Authorization

An account key with access to the resource. Project and service keys do not authorize this operation.

Authorization: Bearer <key>Key setup

Path parameters

idstringrequired

Database service id.

Response 200

This response can contain database URLs and credentials. Do not log it or commit it to source control. Database connection access is not granted by a service-scoped key.

Examples show selected response fields with illustrative values. Your response can contain additional fields.

enginestring

Database engine key.

hoststring

Private database hostname.

portinteger

Port number for the resource.

usernamestring

Database login name.

passwordstring

Database password. Treat this response as a secret.

databasestring

Database name.

externalAccessboolean

Whether external database access is enabled.

tlsboolean

Whether external database TLS is enabled.

allowIpsarray

Allowed external source CIDRs. An empty list permits any source.

Errors

400

Invalid parameters. Check the required fields, types, and resource configuration.

401

The API key is missing, invalid, or revoked.

403

The caller or key scope does not permit this operation.

500

The operation could not be completed. Check resource state before retrying a write.

Error handling and safe retries

ALSO AVAILABLE VIA MCP

`get_db_connection`

Required MCP arguments: id. Send path, query, and body fields together as tool arguments.

Connect your agent

import os import requests response = requests.request( "GET", "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/connection", headers={ "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['HELI_API_KEY']}" }, timeout=30, ) response.raise_for_status() data = response.json() # Inspect data; avoid logging secret responses.

{ "engine": "postgres", "host": "YOUR_PRIVATE_DATABASE_HOST", "port": 5432, "username": "app", "password": "REDACTED", "database": "app", "externalAccess": false, "tls": false, "allowIps": [] }