Backup Files

This resource lets you access the database backup files. The user account that performs the operation must have Low-level Read Administration permissions.

Resource	/api/admin/databaseBackup/backups
Returned entity	BackupFile. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.
Supported methods	`GET`: Read a List of BackupFiles.

BackupFile attributes

Represents the backup file.

This table describes attributes of the BackupFile entity.

To receive an attribute in the response from server, specify it explicitly in the request parameter fields.
To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

Field	Type	Description
name	String	Name of the backup file. `Read-only`.
size	Long	Size of the file. `Read-only`.
creationDate	Long	The timestamp when the backup file was created. `Read-only`.
link	String	The link to the backup file. `Read-only`.

Read a List of BackupFiles

Get the list of all available backup files.

Required permissions

Requires Low-level Admin Read permission.

Request syntax

GET /api/admin/databaseBackup/backups?{fields}&{$top}&{$skip}

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of BackupFile attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified,only the `entityID` is returned
$skip	Int	Optional. Lets you set a number of returned entities to skip before returning the first one.
$top	Int	Optional. Lets you specify the maximum number of entries that are returned in the response.

Sample

Sample request URI

https://example.com/youtrack/api/admin/databaseBackup/backups?fields=creationDate,file,error,link,name,size,id&$top=3
            

Sample response body

[
  {
    "name": "2019-05-22-13-14-07.tar.gz",
    "size": 8056029,
    "creationDate": 1558523648000,
    "link": "backupFile/2019-05-22-13-14-07.tar.gz",
    "error": null,
    "id": "2019-05-22-13-14-07.tar.gz",
    "$type": "BackupFile"
  },
  {
    "name": "2019-05-21-09-00-00.tar.gz",
    "size": 8055995,
    "creationDate": 1558422000000,
    "link": "backupFile/2019-05-21-09-00-00.tar.gz",
    "error": null,
    "id": "2019-05-21-09-00-00.tar.gz",
    "$type": "BackupFile"
  },
  {
    "name": "2019-05-20-09-00-00.tar.gz",
    "size": 8055809,
    "creationDate": 1558335600000,
    "link": "backupFile/2019-05-20-09-00-00.tar.gz",
    "error": null,
    "id": "2019-05-20-09-00-00.tar.gz",
    "$type": "BackupFile"
  }
]
            

Last modified: 1 July 2020