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MongoDB Flex Snapshots API

Returns and requests to download flex database deployment snapshots.

MongoDB Flex Snapshots API is one of 53 APIs that MongoDB publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Flex Snapshots. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, and a changelog.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 8 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.

3 operations 3 paths 8 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v2
Authentication
HTTP Digest, OAuth 2.0
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

MongoDB Flex Snapshots 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 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Flex Snapshots 3

Returns and requests to download flex database deployment snapshots.

POST
/api/atlas/v2/groups/{groupId}/flexClusters/{name}/backup/download
Download One Flex Cluster Snapshot
downloadGroupFlexClusterBackup 4 params body → 200400401403404409429500
GET
/api/atlas/v2/groups/{groupId}/flexClusters/{name}/backup/snapshots
Return All Snapshots for One Flex Cluster
listGroupFlexClusterBackupSnapshots 7 params → 200400401403404429500
GET
/api/atlas/v2/groups/{groupId}/flexClusters/{name}/backup/snapshots/{snapshotId}
Return One Snapshot for One Flex Cluster
getGroupFlexClusterBackupSnapshot 4 params → 200400401403404429500

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are FlexBackupRestoreJob20241113 (14 properties), FlexBackupSnapshot20241113 (8 properties), ApiError (6 properties), PaginatedApiAtlasFlexBackupSnapshot20241113View (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

FlexBackupSnapshotDownloadCreate20241113
object
Details for one backup snapshot download of a flex cluster.
2 properties 1 required
ApiError
object
6 properties 2 required
Link
object
2 properties
PaginatedApiAtlasFlexBackupSnapshot20241113View
object
3 properties 1 required
FieldViolation
object
2 properties 2 required
FlexBackupRestoreJob20241113
object
Details for one restore job of a flex cluster.
14 properties
FlexBackupSnapshot20241113
object
Details for one snapshot of a flex cluster.
8 properties
BadRequestDetail
object
Bad request detail.
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

mongodb-flex-snapshots-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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