# AWS Backup API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/aws-backup/api/  
**Provider:** AWS Backup — https://apis.io/providers/aws-backup/  
**Base URL:** https://backup.us-east-1.amazonaws.com  
**Documentation:** https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/api-reference.html

AWS Backup API is one of 11 APIs that [AWS Backup](https://apis.io/providers/aws-backup/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Backup, Data Protection, and Disaster Recovery. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and authentication docs.

REST API for centrally configuring and managing AWS Backup including backup plans, backup selections, backup vaults, recovery points, restore jobs, framework reports, audit reports, and the AWS Backup gateway for on-premises virtual machines. All requests are signed with AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4).

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/api-reference.html
- **Actions** — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/API_Operations.html
- **Authentication** — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/authentication.html
- **Endpoints** — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/backup.html
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aws-backup/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other AWS Backup APIs (10)

- [AWS Backup Backup Jobs API](https://apis.io/apis/aws-backup/aws-backup-backup-jobs-api/)
- [AWS Backup Backup Plans API](https://apis.io/apis/aws-backup/aws-backup-backup-plans-api/)
- [AWS Backup Backup Selections API](https://apis.io/apis/aws-backup/aws-backup-backup-selections-api/)
- [AWS Backup Backup Vaults API](https://apis.io/apis/aws-backup/aws-backup-backup-vaults-api/)
- [AWS Backup Copy Jobs API](https://apis.io/apis/aws-backup/aws-backup-copy-jobs-api/)
- [AWS Backup Frameworks API](https://apis.io/apis/aws-backup/aws-backup-frameworks-api/)
- [AWS Backup Recovery Points API](https://apis.io/apis/aws-backup/aws-backup-recovery-points-api/)
- [AWS Backup Report Plans API](https://apis.io/apis/aws-backup/aws-backup-report-plans-api/)
- [AWS Backup Restore Jobs API](https://apis.io/apis/aws-backup/aws-backup-restore-jobs-api/)
- [AWS Backup Tags API](https://apis.io/apis/aws-backup/aws-backup-tags-api/)

## Tags

Backup, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery

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