canonical: https://jentic.com/apis/upstash.com/upstash

# Upstash Developer API

The Upstash Developer API allows you to create and manage Upstash products and resources programmatically. You can automate everything you can do in the console. Authentication uses HTTP Basic Auth with your email and API key. The API exposes 10 endpoints secured with basic authentication.

## For AI agents

Programmatically create database, list databases. Covers 10 operations with basic authentication.

## Scope

Does not handle payments, crm, or developer tools - use for communications only.

## Capabilities

- Create Database
- List Databases
- Get Database
- Delete Database
- Reset Database Password

## Use cases

### Communications Operations

Use the Upstash Developer API to perform communications operations programmatically. The API provides 10 endpoints covering core functionality including create database, list databases, get database.

Example prompt: Call POST `/redis/databases` to create database

### Automated redis Management

Automate redis operations by combining multiple Upstash Developer API endpoints. Agents can list databases and then get database in a single workflow.

Example prompt: Call GET `/redis/databases` to list databases, then verify the result

### AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call Upstash Developer API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle basic tokens manually.

Example prompt: Search Jentic for 'create database', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

## Key endpoints

| Method | Path | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| POST | `/redis/databases` | Create Database |
| GET | `/redis/databases` | List Databases |
| GET | `/redis/database/{id}` | Get Database |
| DELETE | `/redis/database/{id}` | Delete Database |
| POST | `/redis/database/{id}/reset-password` | Reset Database Password |
| POST | `/vector/namespaces` | Create Vector Namespace |
| GET | `/vector/namespaces` | List Vector Namespaces |
| POST | `/teams` | Create Team |

## Key resources

- **redis** — Manage Redis databases
- **teams** — Manage teams and team members
- **vector** — Manage vector indices
- **search** — Manage search indices
- **qstash** — Manage QStash

## Why Jentic

- **Setup:** Wiring the Upstash Developer API by hand means setting up its basic auth, base64-encoding the credential pair on every request, and managing Redis and vector resources through separate endpoints yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import Upstash from the API Directory, store the credential once, and your agent calls it.
- **Permission scoping:** Upstash puts the database id in the URL path (`/redis/database/{id}/...`), so a rule can pin your agent to one database: it can read that database and reset its password if you allow it. You choose the operations it may call, so destructive ones like database deletion are not included unless you add them.
- **Credential handling:** Your Upstash credential is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
- **Discovery method:** Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'create a Redis database' or 'list vector namespaces', and Jentic returns the matching Upstash operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

## Related APIs

- **Twilio** — Alternative communications API
- **Sendgrid** — Alternative communications API
- **Pusher** — Complementary communications API

## FAQ

### What authentication does the Upstash Developer API use?

The Upstash Developer API uses HTTP Basic authentication with username and password. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

### Can I create database with the Upstash Developer API?

Yes. Use the POST `/redis/databases` endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

### What are the rate limits for the Upstash Developer API?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

### How do I create database through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'create database'. Jentic returns the matching Upstash Developer API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.

### How many endpoints does the Upstash Developer API have?

The Upstash Developer API exposes 10 endpoints covering redis, teams, vector operations.

### Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the Upstash Developer API?

Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which Upstash operations and credentials the agent may use. Since Upstash puts the database id in the URL path, such as `/redis/database/{id}/reset-password`, you can pin the agent to a single database and grant only the calls you want, for example reading that database or resetting its password. Destructive operations like DELETE `/redis/database/{id}` stay off limits unless you explicitly allow them.