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POST
/
databases
/
{id}
/
backups
Create database backup
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.sevalla.com/v3/databases/{id}/backups \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "display_name": "Pre-migration backup"
}
'
{
  "message": "Database backup creation started"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

API key authentication. Pass your API key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Path Parameters

​
id
string<uuid>
required

Database identifier

Pattern: ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
Example:

"fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657"

Body

application/json
​
display_name
string
required

Human-readable name for the manual backup

Minimum string length: 1
Example:

"Pre-migration backup"

Response

Default Response

​
message
string
required

Confirmation message

Example:

"Database backup creation started"