AWS Backup

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Backup Backup is a unified backup service designed to protect Amazon Web Services services and their associated data. Backup simplifies the creation, migration, restoration, and deletion of backups, while also providing reporting and auditing.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET ListLegalHolds

This action returns metadata about active and previous legal holds.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/legal-holds?NextToken=example&nextToken=example&MaxResults=example&maxResults=1

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/legal-holds/?NextToken=example&nextToken=example&MaxResults=example&maxResults=1"

import requests
params = {
    "NextToken": "example",
    "nextToken": "example",
    "MaxResults": "example",
    "maxResults": "1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/legal-holds/",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/legal-holds/');
url.searchParams.set('NextToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('nextToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('MaxResults', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('maxResults', '1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/legal-holds/")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("NextToken", "example")
	q.Set("nextToken", "example")
	q.Set("MaxResults", "example")
	q.Set("maxResults", "1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/legal-holds/")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "NextToken" => "example",
  "nextToken" => "example",
  "MaxResults" => "example",
  "maxResults" => "1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/legal-holds/?" . http_build_query([
    "NextToken" => "example",
    "nextToken" => "example",
    "MaxResults" => "example",
    "maxResults" => "1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET ListBackupJobs

Returns a list of existing backup jobs for an authenticated account for the last 30 days. For a longer period of time, consider using these monitoring tools .

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/backup-jobs?state=CREATED&NextToken=example&accountId=example&nextToken=example&MaxResults=example&maxResults=1&parentJobId=example&resourceArn=example&createdAfter=example&resourceType=example&completeAfter=example&createdBefore=example&completeBefore=example&backupVaultName=example

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/backup-jobs/?state=CREATED&NextToken=example&accountId=example&nextToken=example&MaxResults=example&maxResults=1&parentJobId=example&resourceArn=example&createdAfter=example&resourceType=example&completeAfter=example&createdBefore=example&completeBefore=example&backupVaultName=example"

import requests
params = {
    "state": "CREATED",
    "NextToken": "example",
    "accountId": "example",
    "nextToken": "example",
    "MaxResults": "example",
    "maxResults": "1",
    "parentJobId": "example",
    "resourceArn": "example",
    "createdAfter": "example",
    "resourceType": "example",
    "completeAfter": "example",
    "createdBefore": "example",
    "completeBefore": "example",
    "backupVaultName": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/backup-jobs/",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/backup-jobs/');
url.searchParams.set('state', 'CREATED');
url.searchParams.set('NextToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('accountId', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('nextToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('MaxResults', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('maxResults', '1');
url.searchParams.set('parentJobId', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('resourceArn', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('createdAfter', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('resourceType', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('completeAfter', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('createdBefore', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('completeBefore', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('backupVaultName', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/backup-jobs/")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("state", "CREATED")
	q.Set("NextToken", "example")
	q.Set("accountId", "example")
	q.Set("nextToken", "example")
	q.Set("MaxResults", "example")
	q.Set("maxResults", "1")
	q.Set("parentJobId", "example")
	q.Set("resourceArn", "example")
	q.Set("createdAfter", "example")
	q.Set("resourceType", "example")
	q.Set("completeAfter", "example")
	q.Set("createdBefore", "example")
	q.Set("completeBefore", "example")
	q.Set("backupVaultName", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/backup-jobs/")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "state" => "CREATED",
  "NextToken" => "example",
  "accountId" => "example",
  "nextToken" => "example",
  "MaxResults" => "example",
  "maxResults" => "1",
  "parentJobId" => "example",
  "resourceArn" => "example",
  "createdAfter" => "example",
  "resourceType" => "example",
  "completeAfter" => "example",
  "createdBefore" => "example",
  "completeBefore" => "example",
  "backupVaultName" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/backup-jobs/?" . http_build_query([
    "state" => "CREATED",
    "NextToken" => "example",
    "accountId" => "example",
    "nextToken" => "example",
    "MaxResults" => "example",
    "maxResults" => "1",
    "parentJobId" => "example",
    "resourceArn" => "example",
    "createdAfter" => "example",
    "resourceType" => "example",
    "completeAfter" => "example",
    "createdBefore" => "example",
    "completeBefore" => "example",
    "backupVaultName" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET ListBackupVaults

Returns a list of recovery point storage containers along with information about them.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/backup-vaults?NextToken=example&nextToken=example&MaxResults=example&maxResults=1

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/backup-vaults/?NextToken=example&nextToken=example&MaxResults=example&maxResults=1"

import requests
params = {
    "NextToken": "example",
    "nextToken": "example",
    "MaxResults": "example",
    "maxResults": "1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/backup-vaults/",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/backup-vaults/');
url.searchParams.set('NextToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('nextToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('MaxResults', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('maxResults', '1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/backup-vaults/")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("NextToken", "example")
	q.Set("nextToken", "example")
	q.Set("MaxResults", "example")
	q.Set("maxResults", "1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/backup-vaults/")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "NextToken" => "example",
  "nextToken" => "example",
  "MaxResults" => "example",
  "maxResults" => "1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/backup/2018-11-15/backup-vaults/?" . http_build_query([
    "NextToken" => "example",
    "nextToken" => "example",
    "MaxResults" => "example",
    "maxResults" => "1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with AWS Backup?

AWS Backup is a Cloud API. Developers commonly use cloud APIs for:

provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure
automating deployments and container orchestration
monitoring uptime and performance metrics
managing storage buckets and databases
setting up auto-scaling and load balancing

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. AWS Backup is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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