# Initialize

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```javascript
const Dubnium = require('dubnium')
const db = new Dubnium('dirPath', 'ext', options)
```

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{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

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

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

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

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

### Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="197">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>options</td><td>Options</td><td>Object</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>options.name</td><td>Database name</td><td>String</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>options.force</td><td>Enable force overwriting of a preexisting Record.</td><td>Boolean</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>options.preserveConfig</td><td>Set to <code>false</code> to not overwrite the config file</td><td>Boolean</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>options.versioning</td><td>Read more in <a href="versioning">Versioning</a>.</td><td>Object</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>options.requireRoot</td><td>Functions to require root access to run</td><td>Array</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>options.template</td><td>Require all new JSON Records to follow a template, or Dubnium will throw an error</td><td><a href="../templates/json">Template</a></td><td>false</td></tr></tbody></table>