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# Initialize

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{% tab title="Commonjs" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
const { Dubnium } = require('dubnium') // const dubnium = require('dubnium') works as well.
const db = new Dubnium('dirPath','ext', useConfig)
```

{% endcode %}

or

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
const db = new (require("dubnium"))("dirPath","ext")
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="ECMAScript" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
import Dubnium from 'dubnium'
const db = new Dubnium('dirPath','ext', useConfig)
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="info" %}
You can initialize as many databases as you want
{% endhint %}

### Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>About</th><th>Type</th><th data-type="checkbox">Required</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>dirPath</td><td>The path to the directory to store Records.</td><td>string</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>ext</td><td>Custom file extension (default: <code>json</code>) </td><td>string</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>useConfig</td><td>Use config file (default: <code>true</code>)</td><td>bool</td><td>false</td></tr></tbody></table>