Querying an Automated Backup Policy

Function

This API is used to query an automated backup policy.

Constraints

This API supports GeminiDB Cassandra instances.

URI

GET https://{Endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/backups/policy

Table 1 Path parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

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

instance_id

Yes

String

Instance ID.

Table 2 Query parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

type

No

String

Backup policy type. This parameter is available only to GeminiDB Cassandra. The value can be:

  • Instance, indicating that an instance backup is queried.

  • DatabaseTable, indicating that a database or table backup is queried.

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token.

Response Parameters

Status code: 202

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

backup_policy

object

Backup policy objects, including backup retention period (days) and start time For details, see Table 5.

database_tables

Array of objects

Database and table information in the backup. This parameter is available only to GeminiDB Cassandra. For details, see Table 6.

  • Keep this parameter empty or ignore it when you query an instance backup.

  • Remember to specify this parameter when you query a database or table backup (if any).

Table 5 ShowBackupPolicyResult

Parameter

Type

Description

keep_days

Integer

Backup retention days.

differential_period

String

Differential backup interval. Interval for automatic differential backup. Its value can be 30, 60, 180, 360, 720, or 1440. The unit is minute. If the value is 0, differential backup is disabled. Differential backup works based on incremental backup, and differential backup interval must be longer than incremental backup interval.

incremental_period

String

Incremental backup interval, in minutes. If the value is 0, incremental backup is disabled.

start_time

String

Backup time window. Automated backup will be triggered during the backup time window.

period

String

Backup period. After a backup period is specified, data will be automatically backed up on the selected days every week.

Table 6 QueryDatabaseTableInfo

Parameter

Type

Description

database_name

String

Database name.

table_names

Array of strings

Table names.

  • If this parameter is empty, database names are queried.

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

Example Requests

URI example

GET https://{Endpoint}/v3/375d8d8fad1f43039e23d3b6c0f60a19/instances/9136fd2a9fcd405ea4674276ce36dae8in02/backups/policy?type=Instance

Example Responses

Status code: 202

Success

Response when an automated backup policy is enabled

{
  "backup_policy" : {
    "keep_days" : 7,
    "start_time" : "19:00-20:00",
    "period" : "1,2,4,5,6",
    "incremental_period": "0",
    "differential_period": "0"
  },
   "database_tables" : [ {
     "database_name" : "databaseNameA",
     "table_names" : [ "table_A", "table_B" ]
   }, {
     "database_name" : "databaseNameB",
     "table_names" : null
   } ]
}

Response when an automated backup policy is disabled


Status Codes

For details, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.