Creating a Snapshot

Function

This API is used to create snapshots for a specified cluster.

URI

  • URI format

    POST /v1.0/{project_id}/snapshots
    
  • Parameter description

    Table 1 URI parameters

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    project_id

    Yes

    String

    Project ID. For details about how to obtain the ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request Message

  • Request example

    POST /v1.0/89cd04f168b84af6be287f71730fdb4b/snapshots
    {
        "snapshot": {
           "name": "snapshot-3",
           "cluster_id": "44b277eb-39be-4921-be31-3d61b43651d7",
           "description": "Snapshot-3 description"
         }
    }
    
  • Parameter description

    Table 2 Request parameters

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    snapshot

    Yes

    Snapshot object

    Snapshot object.

    Table 3 Snapshot

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    name

    Yes

    String

    Snapshot name, which must be unique and start with a letter. It consists of 4 to 64 characters, which are case-insensitive and contain letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_) only.

    cluster_id

    Yes

    String

    ID of the cluster for which you want to create a snapshot. For details about how to obtain the ID, see Obtaining the Cluster ID.

    description

    No

    String

    Snapshot description. If no value is specified, the description is empty. Enter a maximum of 256 characters. The following special characters are not allowed: !<>'=&"

Response Message

  • Example response

    status CODE 200
    {
        "snapshot": {
            "id": "2a4d0f86-67cd-408a-8b66-017454fb7793"
        }
    }
    
  • Parameter description

    Table 4 Response parameter description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    snapshot

    SnapshotResp object

    Snapshot object

    Table 5 SnapshotResp

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    id

    String

    Snapshot ID

Status Code

  • Normal

    200

  • Exception

    Table 6 Returned values

    Returned Value

    Description

    400 Bad Request

    Request error.

    401 Unauthorized

    Authorization failed.

    403 Forbidden

    No operation permission.

    404 Not Found

    No resources found.

    500 Internal Server Error

    Internal service error.

    503 Service Unavailable

    The service is unavailable.