Amazon Backup

Amazon Backup Backup Jobs API

Operations for starting and monitoring backup jobs

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Amazon Backup Backup Jobs API
  description: AWS Backup is a fully managed backup service that makes it easy to centralize and automate the back up of data across AWS services. Using the AWS Backup API, you can create backup plans, manage backup vaults, start and monitor backup and restore jobs, and manage recovery points.
  version: '2018-11-15'
  contact:
    name: Amazon Web Services
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  termsOfService: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
servers:
- url: https://backup.{region}.amazonaws.com
  description: Amazon Backup Regional Endpoint
  variables:
    region:
      default: us-east-1
      description: AWS Region
tags:
- name: Backup Jobs
  description: Operations for starting and monitoring backup jobs
paths:
  /backup-jobs:
    get:
      operationId: ListBackupJobs
      summary: Amazon Backup List backup jobs
      description: Returns a list of existing backup jobs for an authenticated account.
      tags:
      - Backup Jobs
      parameters:
      - name: maxResults
        in: query
        description: Maximum number of results to return.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 1000
      - name: nextToken
        in: query
        description: Token for pagination.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: byState
        in: query
        description: Filter by job state.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - CREATED
          - PENDING
          - RUNNING
          - ABORTING
          - ABORTED
          - COMPLETED
          - FAILED
          - EXPIRED
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListBackupJobsResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterValueException'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableException'
components:
  schemas:
    InvalidParameterValueException:
      type: object
      properties:
        Code:
          type: string
        Message:
          type: string
    ListBackupJobsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        backupJobs:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              backupJobId:
                type: string
              backupVaultName:
                type: string
              backupVaultArn:
                type: string
              resourceArn:
                type: string
              state:
                type: string
              creationDate:
                type: string
                format: date-time
              completionDate:
                type: string
                format: date-time
        nextToken:
          type: string
    ServiceUnavailableException:
      type: object
      properties:
        Code:
          type: string
        Message:
          type: string
externalDocs:
  description: Amazon Backup API Reference
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/API_Reference.html

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