Pica8 Backup API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Pica8 AmpCon Network Controller Backup API
  version: 1.12.1
  summary: JSON REST API of the customer-deployed Pica8 AmpCon network controller.
  description: Machine-readable transcription of the REST API that Pica8 publishes for its AmpCon Network Controller.
  contact:
    name: Pica8 Support
    url: https://www.pica8.com/support/
  x-provenance:
    method: derived
    derived-by: API Evangelist enrichment pipeline
    derived-on: '2026-08-26'
    derived-from: 'https://pica8-fs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ampcon/pages/753668/AmpCon+API+document (attachment: AmpCon 1.12.0 API document 20230625.docx, AmpCon version 1.12.1, update time 2023/06/25)'
    first-party: false
    verbatim: false
    note: Transcribed from the provider's published prose/Word API reference. Not published by Pica8 as OpenAPI.
  x-documentation-gaps:
  - operation: Upgrade switch (section 4.11)
    gap: The URL in the published document is truncated to `https://<ampcon-server-ip>/api/` and the HTTP method field is blank. Content-Type is multipart/form-data and the input is `[sn, files]`. The path was NOT guessed and the operation is therefore absent from paths[].
  - operation: Group schedule upgrade (section 4.18)
    gap: The URL in the published document is truncated to `https://<ampcon-server-ip>/api/`. Method POST, Content-Type multipart/form-data, input `[name, start_date, end_date, files]`. Path not guessed; operation absent from paths[].
  - operation: Run playbook (section 6.4)
    gap: The URL in the published document is truncated to `https://<ampcon-server-ip>/api/`. Method POST, Content-Type application/json, input includes playbook_name, playbook_dir, switches[], switch_checkall, group_list[], vars and a scheduled object with type DIRECT|ONCE|SCHEDULED. Path not guessed; operation absent from paths[].
  - operation: Get configuration file by name (section 3.4.2)
    gap: The published document gives the same URL (`/api/config_files`) for both the list and the filter-by-name variant, with no name parameter. Only the list form is described here.
  - operation: Delete group (section 4.17)
    gap: The published document assigns `POST /api/switch/groups/update` to BOTH group update and group delete. Modelled as a single overloaded operation.
  - operation: Update AmpCon login user (section 5.3)
    gap: The published document records the method as GET while also specifying a JSON request body. Transcribed as documented.
servers:
- url: https://{ampcon-server-ip}
  description: Customer-deployed AmpCon Network Controller. Written `https://<ampcon-server-ip>/` in the source document.
  variables:
    ampcon-server-ip:
      default: ampcon.example.internal
      description: Address of the operator's own AmpCon server.
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Backup
  description: Configuration backup snapshots and rollback.
paths:
  /api/backup_config/{switch_sn}:
    get:
      operationId: getBackupConfigsBySn
      summary: Get all backup configuration snapshots by serial number
      description: Lists every backup configuration snapshot AmpCon holds for one switch serial number, including snapshot tags.
      tags:
      - Backup
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success. AmpCon returns a message plus a status/status_code field in the body; the HTTP status line is not the primary error signal.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  msg:
                    type: string
                  status_code:
                    type: integer
                  status:
                    type: integer
                  info:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
        '500':
          description: Documented error response. AmpCon reports the failure in the body (`status` / `status_code` of 400 or 500) alongside a human-readable message.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  msg:
                    type: string
                  status_code:
                    type: integer
                  status:
                    type: integer
                  info:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
      parameters:
      - name: switch_sn
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Switch serial number.
    post:
      operationId: backupSwitchConfiguration
      summary: Back up a switch configuration
      description: Takes a fresh configuration backup snapshot of the named switch.
      tags:
      - Backup
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success. AmpCon returns a message plus a status/status_code field in the body; the HTTP status line is not the primary error signal.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  msg:
                    type: string
                  status_code:
                    type: integer
                  status:
                    type: integer
                  info:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
        '500':
          description: Documented error response. AmpCon reports the failure in the body (`status` / `status_code` of 400 or 500) alongside a human-readable message.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  msg:
                    type: string
                  status_code:
                    type: integer
                  status:
                    type: integer
                  info:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
      parameters:
      - name: switch_sn
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Switch serial number.
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
  /api/backup_config/{switch_sn}/{backup_date}:
    get:
      operationId: getBackupConfigByDate
      summary: Get a switch backup configuration by serial number and date
      description: Returns one specific backup configuration snapshot for a switch, selected by snapshot date.
      tags:
      - Backup
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success. AmpCon returns a message plus a status/status_code field in the body; the HTTP status line is not the primary error signal.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  msg:
                    type: string
                  status_code:
                    type: integer
                  status:
                    type: integer
                  info:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
        '500':
          description: Documented error response. AmpCon reports the failure in the body (`status` / `status_code` of 400 or 500) alongside a human-readable message.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  msg:
                    type: string
                  status_code:
                    type: integer
                  status:
                    type: integer
                  info:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
      parameters:
      - name: switch_sn
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Switch serial number.
      - name: backup_date
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Backup snapshot date.
  /api/backup_config/rollback:
    post:
      operationId: rollbackBackupConfiguration
      summary: Roll back to a backup configuration
      description: REVERSAL OPERATION. Restores a switch to a previously captured backup configuration snapshot. The published document does not state a retention window for snapshots, so the window inside which a rollback remains possible is undocumented.
      tags:
      - Backup
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success. AmpCon returns a message plus a status/status_code field in the body; the HTTP status line is not the primary error signal.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  msg:
                    type: string
                  status_code:
                    type: integer
                  status:
                    type: integer
                  info:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
        '500':
          description: Documented error response. AmpCon reports the failure in the body (`status` / `status_code` of 400 or 500) alongside a human-readable message.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  msg:
                    type: string
                  status_code:
                    type: integer
                  status:
                    type: integer
                  info:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: 'JWT minted by POST /token from AmpCon web login credentials. Only `superadmin` level users may mint a token. Sent as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`. An expired or invalid token returns the message `Invalid Token`.'
externalDocs:
  description: Pica8 AmpCon API document (source of this transcription)
  url: https://pica8-fs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ampcon/pages/753668/AmpCon+API+document