Update Postgres service state

This endpoint is in beta. API contract is stable, and no breaking changes are expected in the future.

Initiate a process for a Postgres service:

• restart: Initiates a service restart
• promote: Promotes a read replica to primary
• switchover: Switch a primary over to a standby

PATCH /v1/organizations/{organizationId}/postgres/{postgresId}/state

Update Postgres service state

cURL

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.clickhouse.cloud/v1/organizations/{organizationId}/postgres/{postgresId}/state \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{}'

import requests

url = "https://api.clickhouse.cloud/v1/organizations/{organizationId}/postgres/{postgresId}/state"

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Basic <encoded-value>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Basic <encoded-value>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({})
};

fetch('https://api.clickhouse.cloud/v1/organizations/{organizationId}/postgres/{postgresId}/state', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.clickhouse.cloud/v1/organizations/{organizationId}/postgres/{postgresId}/state",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.clickhouse.cloud/v1/organizations/{organizationId}/postgres/{postgresId}/state"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://api.clickhouse.cloud/v1/organizations/{organizationId}/postgres/{postgresId}/state")
  .header("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.clickhouse.cloud/v1/organizations/{organizationId}/postgres/{postgresId}/state")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Basic <encoded-value>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "status": 200,
  "requestId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "result": {
    "name": "<string>",
    "provider": "aws",
    "region": "<string>",
    "tags": [
      {
        "key": "Environment",
        "value": "staging"
      }
    ],
    "id": "f71df78e-ddad-82d0-8dfa-abbec741b82e",
    "storageSize": 123,
    "createdAt": "2026-03-26T20:51:16.384Z",
    "isPrimary": false,
    "connectionString": "<string>",
    "username": "<string>",
    "password": "<string>",
    "hostname": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "status": 400,
  "error": "<string>",
  "requestId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
}

{
  "status": 500,
  "error": "<string>",
  "requestId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
}

Beta

This endpoint is in beta. API contract is stable, and no breaking changes are expected in the future.

Initiate a process for a Postgres service:

• restart: Initiates a service restart
• promote: Promotes a read replica to primary
• switchover: Switch a primary over to a standby

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Use key ID and key secret obtained in ClickHouse Cloud console: https://clickhouse.com/docs/cloud/manage/openapi

Path Parameters

organizationId · string<uuid> · required

ID of the organization that owns the Postgres service.

postgresId · string<uuid> · required

ID of the requested Postgres service.

Body

application/json

command · enum<string>

Postgres status, which initiates a process.

Available options: restart, promote, switchover

Response

200

application/json

Successful response

status · number

HTTP status code.

Example:

200

requestId · string<uuid>

Unique id assigned to every request. UUIDv4

result · object

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