MongoDB Cloud Backups API is one of 53 APIs that MongoDB publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Cloud Backups. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, and a changelog.
This API exposes
35 operations
across 18 paths,
and defines 49 schemas.
It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://cloud.mongodb.com.
35 operations18 paths49 schemas7 DELETE18 GET3 PATCH6 POST1 PUT
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
MongoDB Cloud Backups API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It uses HTTP digest authentication (DigestAuth).
It supports OAuth 2.0 (ServiceAccounts) using the clientCredentials flow.
By default, every request must be authenticated.
ServiceAccounts — Learn more about [Service Accounts](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/api/service-accounts-overview).
Paths & Operations 35
Across 18 paths, the API surfaces 35 operations — 7 DELETE, 18 GET, 3 PATCH, 6 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Cloud Backups 35
Manages Cloud Backup snapshots, snapshot export buckets, restore jobs, and schedules. This resource applies only to clusters that use Cloud Backups.
The contract defines 49 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DiskBackupSnapshotSchedule20240805 (20 properties), DiskBackupSnapshotRestoreJob (19 properties), ServerlessBackupRestoreJob (17 properties), DiskBackupShardedClusterSnapshot (16 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
DiskBackupCopyPolicyItem
object
Specifications for one copy policy item.
2 properties1 required
PaginatedBackupSnapshotExportBucketsView
object
3 properties1 required
DiskBackupShardedClusterSnapshotMember
object
3 properties3 required
DiskBackupCopySetting20240805
object
Copy setting item in the desired backup policy.
7 properties1 required
ApiError
object
6 properties2 required
Link
object
2 properties
ExportStatus
object
State of the Export Job.
2 properties
DiskBackupSnapshotRestoreJob
object
19 properties1 required
DiskBackupExportMember
object
2 properties
BackupLabel
object
Collection of key-value pairs that represent custom data to add to the metadata file that MongoDB Cloud uploads to the bucket when the export job finishes.
2 properties
BackupComplianceScheduledPolicyItem
object
Specifications for scheduled policy.
5 properties4 required
FieldViolation
object
2 properties2 required
DiskBackupOnDemandSnapshotRequest
object
3 properties
DiskBackupTimeBasedCopyPolicyItem
object
Specifications for one time-based copy policy item.
3 required
DiskBackupExportJob
object
12 properties1 required
PaginatedCloudBackupRestoreJobView
object
3 properties1 required
ObjectStoragePrivateEndpointResponse
object
6 properties
DiskBackupSnapshot
object
13 properties
DataProtectionSettings20231001
object
14 properties3 required
PaginatedApiAtlasServerlessBackupSnapshotView
object
3 properties1 required
DiskBackupApiPolicyItem
object
Specifications for one policy.
5 properties4 required
DiskBackupOnDemandCopyPolicyItem
object
Specifications for one on-demand copy policy item.
1 required
AutoExportPolicyView
object
Policy for automatically exporting Cloud Backup Snapshots.
2 properties
ApiBSONTimestampView
object
BSON timestamp that indicates when the checkpoint token entry in the oplog occurred.
2 properties
PaginatedCloudBackupReplicaSetView
object
3 properties1 required
DiskBackupExportJobRequest
object
4 properties2 required
BackupSnapshotRetention
object
3 properties2 required
ExtraRetentionSetting
object
Extra retention setting item in the desired backup policy.
2 properties
DiskBackupSnapshotAWSExportBucketResponse
object
7 properties4 required
PaginatedCloudBackupShardedClusterSnapshotView
object
3 properties1 required
ApiPrivateDownloadDeliveryUrl
object
One Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that points to the compressed snapshot files for manual download and the corresponding private endpoint.
2 properties
AdvancedDiskBackupSnapshotSchedulePolicy
object
List that contains a document for each backup policy item in the desired backup policy.
2 properties1 required
StateReason
object
State reason of the Job. This is set when the job state is "Failed".
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