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Amazon RDS DB Snapshots API

Operations for creating and managing database snapshots

Amazon RDS DB Snapshots API is one of 4 APIs that Amazon RDS publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include DB Snapshots. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, pricing, a getting-started guide, an API reference, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2014-10-31.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://rds.{region}.amazonaws.com.

3 operations 3 paths 4 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2014-10-31
Base URL
https://rds.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon RDS DB Snapshots API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (sigv4Auth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • sigv4Auth — AWS Signature Version 4 authentication

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

DB Snapshots 3

Operations for creating and managing database snapshots

GET
/?Action=CreateDBSnapshot
Amazon RDS Create a DB snapshot
createDBSnapshot 2 params → 200400401
GET
/?Action=DescribeDBSnapshots
Amazon RDS Describe DB snapshots
describeDBSnapshots 5 params → 200400401
GET
/?Action=DeleteDBSnapshot
Amazon RDS Delete a DB snapshot
deleteDBSnapshot 1 param → 200400401

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DBSnapshot (17 properties), Tag (2 properties), DescribeDBSnapshotsResponse (2 properties), CreateDBSnapshotResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DescribeDBSnapshotsResponse
object
Response from the DescribeDBSnapshots action
2 properties
CreateDBSnapshotResponse
object
Response from the CreateDBSnapshot action
1 property
DBSnapshot
object
Describes an Amazon RDS DB snapshot
17 properties
Tag
object
Describes a resource tag
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-rds-db-snapshots-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon RDS publishes across the network.

Amazon RDS DB Clusters API
Amazon RDS DB Engine Versions API
Amazon RDS DB Instances API
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