AWS Backup

AWS Backup Backup Resources API

The Backup Resources API from AWS Backup — 3 operation(s) for backup resources.

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Operations 3

GET /resources/{ResourceArn} Describe Protected Resource #
GET /resources List Protected Resources #
GET /backup-vaults/{BackupVaultName}/resources List Protected Resources By Backup Vault #

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https://artifacts.apis.io/aws-backup/openapi/aws-backup-resources-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

aws-backup-resources-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: AWS Backup Resources API
  version: '2018-11-15'
  description: Generated from AWS's published Smithy model for AWS Backup. 3 operation(s).
  contact:
    name: Amazon Web Services
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    identifier: Apache-2.0
    url: https://github.com/aws/api-models-aws/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://backup.{region}.amazonaws.com
  variables:
    region:
      default: us-east-1
security:
- sigv4: []
tags:
- name: Resources
paths:
  /resources/{ResourceArn}:
    get:
      operationId: DescribeProtectedResource
      summary: Describe Protected Resource
      description: Returns information about a saved resource, including the last time it was backed up, its Amazon Resource Name (ARN), and the Amazon Web Services service type of the saved resource.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeProtectedResourceOutput'
        '400':
          description: InvalidParameterValueException; MissingParameterValueException; ResourceNotFoundException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterValueException'
        '500':
          description: ServiceUnavailableException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableException'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeProtectedResourceInput'
      tags:
      - Resources
  /resources:
    get:
      operationId: ListProtectedResources
      summary: List Protected Resources
      description: Returns an array of resources with recovery points created by Backup (regardless of the recovery point's status), including the time the resource was saved, an Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the resource, and a resource type.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListProtectedResourcesOutput'
        '400':
          description: InvalidParameterValueException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterValueException'
        '500':
          description: ServiceUnavailableException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableException'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListProtectedResourcesInput'
      tags:
      - Resources
  /backup-vaults/{BackupVaultName}/resources:
    get:
      operationId: ListProtectedResourcesByBackupVault
      summary: List Protected Resources By Backup Vault
      description: This request lists the protected resources corresponding to each backup vault.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListProtectedResourcesByBackupVaultOutput'
        '400':
          description: InvalidParameterValueException; ResourceNotFoundException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterValueException'
        '500':
          description: ServiceUnavailableException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableException'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListProtectedResourcesByBackupVaultInput'
      tags:
      - Resources
components:
  schemas:
    ListProtectedResourcesByBackupVaultInput:
      type: object
      properties:
        BackupVaultName:
          type: string
          description: The list of protected resources by backup vault within the vault(s) you specify by name.
        BackupVaultAccountId:
          type: string
          description: The list of protected resources by backup vault within the vault(s) you specify by account ID.
        NextToken:
          type: string
          description: The next item following a partial list of returned items. For example, if a request is made to return MaxResults number of items, NextToken allows you to return more items in your list starting at the location pointed to by the next token.
        MaxResults:
          type: integer
          description: The maximum number of items to be returned.
      required:
      - BackupVaultName
    ServiceUnavailableException:
      type: object
      properties:
        Code:
          type: string
        Message:
          type: string
        Type:
          type: string
        Context:
          type: string
    DescribeProtectedResourceInput:
      type: object
      properties:
        ResourceArn:
          type: string
          description: An Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that uniquely identifies a resource. The format of the ARN depends on the resource type.
      required:
      - ResourceArn
    InvalidParameterValueException:
      type: object
      properties:
        Code:
          type: string
        Message:
          type: string
        Type:
          type: string
        Context:
          type: string
    ListProtectedResourcesInput:
      type: object
      properties:
        NextToken:
          type: string
          description: The next item following a partial list of returned items. For example, if a request is made to return MaxResults number of items, NextToken allows you to return more items in your list starting at the location pointed to by the next token.
        MaxResults:
          type: integer
          description: The maximum number of items to be returned.
    ListProtectedResourcesByBackupVaultOutput:
      type: object
      properties:
        Results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProtectedResource'
          description: These are the results returned for the request ListProtectedResourcesByBackupVault.
        NextToken:
          type: string
          description: The next item following a partial list of returned items. For example, if a request is made to return MaxResults number of items, NextToken allows you to return more items in your list starting at the location pointed to by the next token.
    ListProtectedResourcesOutput:
      type: object
      properties:
        Results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProtectedResource'
          description: An array of resources successfully backed up by Backup including the time the resource was saved, an Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the resource, and a resource type.
        NextToken:
          type: string
          description: The next item following a partial list of returned items. For example, if a request is made to return MaxResults number of items, NextToken allows you to return more items in your list starting at the location pointed to by the next token.
    DescribeProtectedResourceOutput:
      type: object
      properties:
        ResourceArn:
          type: string
          description: An ARN that uniquely identifies a resource. The format of the ARN depends on the resource type.
        ResourceType:
          type: string
          description: The type of Amazon Web Services resource saved as a recovery point; for example, an Amazon EBS volume or an Amazon RDS database.
        LastBackupTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The date and time that a resource was last backed up, in Unix format and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The value of LastBackupTime is accurate to milliseconds. For example, the value 1516925490.087 represents Friday, January 26, 2018 12:11:30.087 AM.
        ResourceName:
          type: string
          description: The name of the resource that belongs to the specified backup.
        LastBackupVaultArn:
          type: string
          description: The ARN (Amazon Resource Name) of the backup vault that contains the most recent backup recovery point.
        LastRecoveryPointArn:
          type: string
          description: The ARN (Amazon Resource Name) of the most recent recovery point.
        LatestRestoreExecutionTimeMinutes:
          type: integer
          description: The time, in minutes, that the most recent restore job took to complete.
        LatestRestoreJobCreationDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The creation date of the most recent restore job.
        LatestRestoreRecoveryPointCreationDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The date the most recent recovery point was created.
    ProtectedResource:
      type: object
      properties:
        ResourceArn:
          type: string
          description: An Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that uniquely identifies a resource. The format of the ARN depends on the resource type.
        ResourceType:
          type: string
          description: The type of Amazon Web Services resource; for example, an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume or an Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) database. For Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) backups, the only supported resource type is Amazon EC2.
        LastBackupTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The date and time a resource was last backed up, in Unix format and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The value of LastBackupTime is accurate to milliseconds. For example, the value 1516925490.087 represents Friday, January 26, 2018 12:11:30.087 AM.
        ResourceName:
          type: string
          description: The non-unique name of the resource that belongs to the specified backup.
        LastBackupVaultArn:
          type: string
          description: The ARN (Amazon Resource Name) of the backup vault that contains the most recent backup recovery point.
        LastRecoveryPointArn:
          type: string
          description: The ARN (Amazon Resource Name) of the most recent recovery point.
  securitySchemes:
    sigv4:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: AWS Signature Version 4. The Authorization header carries an AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 signature over the canonical request, with X-Amz-Date (and X-Amz-Security-Token for temporary credentials). Not a bearer token.
      x-aws-sigv4:
        signingName: backup
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Amazon Web Services
  source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws/api-models-aws/582e55931c45b944739742a2c1620b6026dd2d13/models/backup/service/2018-11-15/backup-2018-11-15.json
  note: converted by smithy-to-openapi.py from AWS's Smithy model (roadmap#1001)