Set storage

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

PATCH /api/services/{id}/storage HTTPS

Request & response examples

Request example Server-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 example 200

{
  "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

id string required

Service id (a managed database or bucket).

Request body application/json

storageGb integer required

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.

storageGb integer

New provisioned storage size in GB.

previousGb integer

Provisioned size before the change.

applyError string

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.