Updated on 2026-02-04 GMT+08:00

Obtaining Instance Backup Statistics

Function

This API is used to obtain instance backup statistics.

Authorization Information

Each account has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the required permissions.
  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see Permissions and Supported Actions for details on the required permissions.
  • If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

Action

Access Level

Resource Type (*: required)

Condition Key

Alias

Dependencies

rds:instance:listAll

read

-

-

rds:instance:list

-

URI

  • URI format

    GET /v3/{project_id}/backups/backup-usage

  • Parameter description
Table 1 Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Description

project_id

Yes

Definition

Project ID of a tenant in a region.

Constraints

The value cannot be empty.

Range

To obtain the value, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Default Value

N/A

Request

Table 2 Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

engine

No

String

Definition

DB engine name.

Constraints

Only RDS for MySQL is supported.

Range

mysql

Default Value

N/A

order_field

No

String

Definition

Field based on which the query results are sorted.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • backup_used_space: The query results are sorted based on the total backup data volume.
  • obs: The query results are sorted based on the log backup usage.

Default Value

N/A

order_rule

No

String

Definition

Sorting rule.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • ASC: ascending order based on the sorting field
  • DESC: descending order based on the sorting field

Default Value

DESC

instance_id

String

No

Definition

Instance ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

You can obtain the value of this parameter from id in Table 4 by calling the API for querying DB instances.

Default Value

N/A

instance_name

String

No

Definition

Instance name. Fuzzy match is supported.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

offset

Integer

No

Definition

Index offset. The query starts from the next piece of data indexed by this parameter.

Constraints

N/A

Range

An integer greater than or equal to 0

Default Value

0

limit

Integer

No

Definition

Number of records returned by a query.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value must be a positive integer ranging from 1 to 50.

Default Value

10

Example Request

Query instance backup statistics.

GET https://{endpoint}/v3/0483b6b16e954cb88930a360d2c4e663/instances/backups/summary?engine=mysql

{
}

Response

  • Normal response
    Table 3 Parameters

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    infos

    Array of Object

    Definition

    Instance backup statistics list. For details, see Table 4.

    total_count

    Integer

    Definition

    Total number of records.

    Range

    N/A

    Table 4 infos field description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    id

    String

    Definition

    Instance ID.

    Range

    N/A

    name

    String

    Definition

    Instance name.

    Range

    N/A

    backup_use_space

    Double

    Definition

    Total usage of backup data (in MB), including log backups and snapshot backups.

    Range

    N/A

    datastore

    Object

    Definition

    DB engine information. For details, see Table 5.

    spaces

    Object

    Definition

    Backup usage details. For details, see Table 6.

    Table 5 datastore field description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    type

    String

    Definition

    DB engine type.

    Range

    N/A

    version

    String

    Definition

    DB engine version.

    Range

    N/A

    Table 6 spaces field description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    obs

    Double

    Definition

    Log backup usage, in MB.

    Range

    N/A

    snapshot

    Double

    Definition

    Space usage of CBR snapshot backups billed by RDS, in MB.

    Range

    N/A

    obs_free

    Double

    Definition

    Free space for log backups, in GB.

    Range

    N/A

    snapshot_free

    Double

    Definition

    Free space for snapshot backups, in GB.

    Range

    N/A

  • Example normal response
    {
        "infos": [
            {
                "instance_id": "3c96029500994cba823e3e9faa557c03in01",
                "name": "rds-test",
                "backup_used_space": 2308.01,
                "space": {
                    "obs": 0.01,
                    "snapshot": 2308.0,
                    "obs_free": 100.0,
                    "snapshot_free": 300.0
                },
                "datastore": {
                    "type": "mysql",
                    "version": "8.0.41"
                }
            }
        ],
        "total": 1
    }

Status Code

Error Code

For details, see Error Codes.