Turso Quickstart (HTTP)

In this HTTP quickstart we will learn how to:

Obtain HTTP URL for a Turso database
Create a database auth token
Connect to a remote Turso database
Execute a SQL using the libSQL remote protocol

Create HTTP Database URL

Using the Turso CLI or Platform API, fetch your database URL:

turso db show <database-name> --http-url

Append /v2/pipeline to the URL and continue.

Create Database Auth Token

Using the Turso CLI or Platform API, create a new auth token for your database:

turso db tokens create <database-name>

Create JSON Request Payload

We’ll be sending the query using JSON, so let’s create a JSON payload that executes a SQL statement and closes the connection immediately:

{
  "requests": [
    { "type": "execute", "stmt": { "sql": "SELECT * FROM users" } },
    { "type": "close" }
  ]
}

Make sure to update the stmt.sql to select from a table you already have.

Bound parameter examples included on the Reference Page,

Execute HTTP Request

Depending on your language, you can use a HTTP client library to send the request to the URL you created as well as the Authorization header set to the token you created, and the request body as JSON with your SQL statement.

You must append to the Base URL the actual pipeline URL that accepts requests — /v2/pipeline.

The response will be a JSON object with a results array containing the results of your query that looks something like this:

{
  "baton": null,
  "base_url": null,
  "results": [
    {
      "type": "ok",
      "response": {
        "type": "execute",
        "result": {
          "cols": [],
          "rows": [],
          "affected_row_count": 0,
          "last_insert_rowid": null,
          "replication_index": "1"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "ok",
      "response": {
        "type": "close"
      }
    }
  ]
}

If you need to use placeholders for values, you can do that:

The type field within each arg corresponds to the column datatype and can be one of the following: null, integer, float, text, or blob.

In JSON, the value is a String to avoid losing precision, because some JSON implementations treat all numbers as 64-bit floats.

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Turso Quickstart (HTTP)