Set storage

Change the provisioned storage of a managed database or bucket without changing its compute plan.

PATCH/api/services/{id}/storageHTTPS

Request & response examples

Request exampleServer-side

curl --fail-with-body --request PATCH \
  'https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/storage' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HELI_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "storageGb": 4
}'

const response = await fetch(
  "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/storage",
  {
    method: "PATCH",
    headers: {
      Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.HELI_API_KEY}`,
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      "storageGb": 4
    })
  }
);
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(
    "PATCH",
    "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/storage",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['HELI_API_KEY']}"
    },
    json={
      "storageGb": 4
    },
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
# Inspect data; avoid logging secret responses.

Response example200

{
  "storageGb": 8,
  "previousGb": 4,
  "applyError": ""
}

Illustrative values · selected fields

Response details OpenAPI

Authorization

An account key with access, or a project/service key with settings:write. The resource must be within the key’s project, service, and environment scope.

Authorization: Bearer <key>Key setup

Path parameters

idstringrequired

Service id (a managed database or bucket).

Request bodyapplication/json

storageGbintegerrequired

New provisioned size in GB.

Response 200

Provisioned storage affects billing. Filesystem growth cannot be undone by reducing the billed size; inspect the storage guide before resizing.

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

storageGbinteger

New provisioned storage size in GB.

previousGbinteger

Provisioned size before the change.

applyErrorstring

Empty on successful application; otherwise describes why the runtime could not apply the change.

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.

409

The current resource state prevents the operation. Inspect it before retrying.

500

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

Error handling and safe retries

ALSO AVAILABLE VIA MCP

`set_storage`

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

Connect your agent

curl --fail-with-body --request PATCH \ 'https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/storage' \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HELI_API_KEY" \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "storageGb": 4 }'

import os import requests response = requests.request( "PATCH", "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/storage", headers={ "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['HELI_API_KEY']}" }, json={ "storageGb": 4 }, timeout=30, ) response.raise_for_status() data = response.json() # Inspect data; avoid logging secret responses.