Updated on 2025-10-17 GMT+08:00

Querying Backups

Function

This API is used to query backups based on specified conditions.

URI

GET /v4/{project_id}/backups

Table 1 URI parameter

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Explanation:

Project ID of a tenant in a region. To obtain this value, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints:

N/A

Values:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

Table 2 Query parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

instance_id

No

String

Explanation:

Instance ID. To obtain the value, call the API by following Querying Instances and Details. If you do not have an instance, call the API by following Creating an Instance.

Constraints:

N/A

Values:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

datastore_type

No

String

Explanation:

Database type. The value can be:

Constraints:

N/A

Values:

  • cassandra: GeminiDB Cassandra instance
  • redis: GeminiDB Redis instance
  • mongodb: GeminiDB Mongo instance
  • influxdb: GeminiDB Influx instance

Default value:

N/A

backup_id

No

String

Explanation:

Backup ID

Constraints:

N/A

Values:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

backup_type

No

String

Explanation:

Backup type

Constraints:

The value is case sensitive.

Values:

  • Auto: automated full backup
  • Manual: manual full backup

Default value:

If this parameter is not transferred, all automated and manual backups (including database- and table-level backups) are queried by default.

type

No

String

Explanation:

Backup policy type.

Constraints:

N/A

Values:

  • Instance: An instance backup is queried.
  • DatabaseTable: A database or table backup is queried.

Default value:

Instance

limit

No

Integer

Explanation:

Maximum backup records to be queried.

Constraints:

N/A

Values:

1 to 100

Default value:

If this parameter is not transferred, the first 100 instances are queried by default.

offset

No

Integer

Explanation:

Index position. The query starts from the next backup creation time indexed by this parameter under a specified project. If offset is set to N, the resource query starts from the N+1 piece of data.

Constraints:

N/A

Values:

The value must be greater than or equal to 0.

Default value:

If this parameter is not transferred, the index offset is 0 by default, indicating that the query starts from the latest created instance.

begin_time

No

String

Explanation:

Time when a backup query starts

Constraints:

When end_time is not empty, begin_time is mandatory.

Values:

The value is in the format of yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ. T indicates start time and Z a time zone offset.

Default value:

Null

end_time

No

String

Explanation:

Time when a backup query ends

Constraints:

When begin_time is not empty, end_time is mandatory.

Values:

The value is in the format of yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ. T indicates start time and Z a time zone offset.

Default value:

Null

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameter

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Explanation:

User token

You can obtain the token by calling the IAM API by following Obtaining a User Token Through Password Authentication.

Constraints:

N/A

Values:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

total_count

Integer

Explanation:

Total backups

Values:

N/A

backups

Array of objects

Explanation:

Backup details. For details, see Table 5.

Table 5 Backup

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Explanation:

Backup ID

Values:

N/A

description

String

Explanation:

Backup description

Values:

N/A

instance_id

String

Explanation:

ID of an instance that a backup is created for

Values:

N/A

instance_name

String

Explanation:

Name of an instance that a backup is created for

Values:

N/A

datastore

object

Explanation:

Database version. For details, see Table 6.

name

String

Explanation:

Backup name

Values:

N/A

type

String

Explanation:

Backup type

Values:

  • Auto: automated full backup
  • Manual: manual full backup

size

Double

Explanation:

Backup size, in KB

Values:

N/A

status

String

Explanation:

Backup status.

Values:

  • BUILDING: backup in progress
  • COMPLETED: backup completed
  • FAILED: backup failed

begin_time

String

Explanation:

Backup start time

Constraints:

The value is in the format of yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ. T indicates start time and Z a time zone offset.

end_time

String

Explanation:

Backup end time

Constraints:

The value is in the format of yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ. T indicates start time and Z a time zone offset.

database_tables

Array of objects

Explanation:

Database and table information in a backup. For details, see Table 7.

Constraints:

  • Keep this parameter empty or ignore it when you query an instance backup.
  • Specify this parameter when you query a database or table backup (if any).
Table 6 Datastore

Parameter

Type

Description

type

String

Explanation:

Database type. The value can be:

Values:

N/A

version

String

Explanation:

Database version

Values:

N/A

Table 7 QueryDatabaseTableInfo

Parameter

Type

Description

database_name

String

Explanation:

Database name

Values:

N/A

table_names

Array of strings

Explanation:

Table names

  • If this parameter is empty, database names are queried.
  • If this parameter is not empty, table names are queried.

Example Request

  • URI example
    GET https://gaussdb-nosql.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v4/
    054b61972980d4552f0bc00ac8d3f5cd/backups?instance_id=c0c9f155c7b7423a9d30f0175998b63bin01&offset=2&limit=2&begin_time=2019-05-27T03:38:51+0000&end_time=2019-05-28T03:38:51+0000&type=DatabaseTable
  • Example request body

    None

Example Response

Status code: 200

Successful request

{ 
  "total_count" : 4, 
  "backups" : [ { 
    "id" : "43e4feaab48f11e89039fa163ebaa7e4br01", 
    "name" : "backup-test", 
    "instance_id" : "43e4feaab48f11e89039fa163ebaa7e4br01", 
    "instance_name" : "cluster-test", 
    "datastore" : { 
      "type" : "cassandra", 
      "version" : "3.4" 
    }, 
    "type" : "Auto", 
    "begin_time" : "2019-05-27T03:38:51+0000", 
    "end_time" : "2019-05-27T03:39:51+0000", 
    "status" : "COMPLETED", 
    "size" : 2803, 
    "description" : "backup description", 
    "database_tables" : [ { 
      "database_name" : "DATABASE_X", 
      "table_names" : [ "TABLE_A", "TABLE_B", "TABLE_C" ] 
    }, { 
      "database_name" : "DATABASE_Y", 
      "table_names" : null 
    } ] 
  }, { 
    "id" : "43e4feaab48f11e89039fa163ebaa7e4br02", 
    "name" : "backup-test-2", 
    "instance_id" : "43e4feaab48f11e89039fa163ebaa7e4br02", 
    "instance_name" : "cluster-test", 
    "datastore" : { 
      "type" : "cassandra", 
      "version" : "3.4" 
    }, 
    "type" : "Manual", 
    "begin_time" : "2019-05-27T03:38:51+0000", 
    "end_time" : "2019-05-27T03:39:51+0000", 
    "status" : "COMPLETED", 
    "size" : 2803, 
    "description" : "backup description", 
    "database_tables" : [ { 
      "database_name" : "DATABASE_X", 
      "table_names" : [ "TABLE_A", "TABLE_B", "TABLE_C" ] 
    }, { 
      "database_name" : "DATABASE_Y", 
      "table_names" : null 
    } ] 
  } ] 
}

Status Codes

For details, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.