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# Setup website database

Creates a new MySQL database for the website and writes its connection details into the website's environment variables, then restarts the application.

{% openapi src="<https://developers.hostinger.com/openapi/openapi.json>" path="/api/hosting/v1/accounts/{username}/websites/{domain}/databases/setup" method="post" %}
<https://developers.hostinger.com/openapi/openapi.json>
{% endopenapi %}