Backups
An index and topic collection covering backup, disaster recovery, and data protection APIs. Backup APIs enable applications and platforms to schedule, orchestrate, and verify the copying of data from production systems to durable storage targets, manage retention and immutability policies, and recover workloads after incidents ranging from accidental deletion to ransomware. This collection spans enterprise backup platforms like Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik, and Cohesity, SaaS data backup providers like Rewind, OwnBackup, Spanning, and Backupify, endpoint and cloud backup services like Acronis, Druva, and Carbonite, cloud-native backup services from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, open-source tools like Restic, BorgBackup, and Duplicati, and storage targets used as backup destinations such as Backblaze B2 and Wasabi.
Backups is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Backup, Disaster Recovery, Data Protection, Snapshot, and Archives.
The Backups catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.
Backups’ developer surface includes developer portal and 1 more developer resources.
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Features 7
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Backup Job Orchestration
Backup APIs schedule, trigger, and monitor backup jobs across servers, virtual machines, databases, SaaS tenants, and endpoints, with policy-driven recurrence and dependency man...
Recovery Point Management
APIs enumerate and inspect recovery points (snapshots, restore points, incremental chains) so that operators and automation can pick the right point in time for granular or full...
Retention and Lifecycle Policies
Backup platforms expose retention rules, GFS (grandfather-father-son) schedules, and lifecycle transitions that move data between hot, cold, and archive tiers like S3 Glacier or...
Immutability and Ransomware Protection
Modern backup APIs configure object lock, WORM storage, air-gapped copies, and anomaly detection to defend recovery data against ransomware and insider tampering.
SaaS Data Backup
SaaS-focused providers like Rewind, OwnBackup, Spanning, and Backupify back up Salesforce, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, GitHub, Shopify, and other tenant data through vendor...
Disaster Recovery Orchestration
DR APIs from AWS, Azure, VMware, and Veeam coordinate failover, failback, runbook execution, and recovery validation across primary and secondary sites or cloud regions.
Cross-Cloud and Hybrid Targets
Backup APIs write to a mix of on-prem appliances, object storage (Backblaze B2, Wasabi, S3, Azure Blob), and cloud-native services, enabling 3-2-1 strategies across providers.
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Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Backups Context
JSON-LDJSON Schema 2
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
BackupJob
JSON SCHEMARecoveryPoint
JSON SCHEMAJSON Structure 2
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Backups Backup Job Structure
JSON STRUCTUREBackups Recovery Point Structure
JSON STRUCTUREExamples 2
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Backups Backup Job Example
EXAMPLEUse Cases 6
What developers build with this provider.
Ransomware Recovery
Organizations use backup APIs to identify the most recent clean recovery point after a ransomware event and orchestrate restore of affected VMs, files, and databases at scale.
SaaS Tenant Protection
SMBs and enterprises run SaaS backup APIs to protect Microsoft 365 mailboxes, SharePoint sites, Google Workspace drives, and Salesforce records against accidental deletion and m...
Cross-Region Disaster Recovery
Operators use APIs like AWS Backup, Azure Site Recovery, and Veeam to replicate workloads across regions and execute scheduled DR drills with measurable RPO and RTO.
Long-Term Archival and Compliance
Regulated industries push immutable backup copies to archive tiers (S3 Glacier, Azure Archive, B2) via backup APIs to satisfy retention mandates under HIPAA, SOX, GDPR, and FINRA.
Endpoint and Remote Worker Backup
Endpoint backup APIs from Druva, Acronis, and Carbonite protect laptops and remote devices and let IT centrally restore files after device loss or compromise.
Database and VM Snapshot Automation
Platform engineers script database, VM, and volume snapshots via cloud-native APIs (Amazon DLM, Azure Backup, NetApp) and integrate them into CI/CD and pre-change checkpoints.
Integrations 8
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Veeam
Backup, replication, and disaster recovery platform for VMs, physical servers, cloud workloads, and Microsoft 365 with a comprehensive REST API.
Commvault
Enterprise data protection and backup platform with REST APIs for jobs, clients, storage policies, and disaster recovery orchestration.
Rubrik
Cloud data management and backup platform with REST APIs covering SLA domains, snapshots, recovery, and ransomware investigation.
Cohesity
Hyperconverged data protection and backup platform with REST APIs for protection jobs, sources, views, and recovery operations.
AWS Backup
Centralized, policy-based AWS service that automates backup of EBS, RDS, DynamoDB, EFS, S3, and other AWS resources via API and IaC.
Microsoft Azure Backup
Azure-native backup service that protects VMs, files, SQL, and SAP HANA workloads, with REST APIs for vaults, policies, and recovery points.
Druva
SaaS-delivered data protection for endpoints, data centers, and cloud workloads with APIs for backups, restores, and compliance reporting.
Backblaze B2
Low-cost cloud object storage commonly used as a backup target via S3-compatible APIs, supporting object lock and lifecycle rules.
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Resources
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Source (apis.yml)
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