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NetApp Snapshots API

Operations for managing volume snapshots

NetApp Snapshots API is one of 18 APIs that NetApp publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Snapshots. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, an API reference, release notes, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 9.15.1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{clusterMgmtIp}/api.

2 operations 1 paths 6 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
9.15.1
Base URL
https://cloudmanager.cloud.netapp.com
Authentication
HTTP Basic, HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

NetApp Snapshots API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP basic authentication using ONTAP user credentials. Provide the cluster or SVM administrator username and password.
  • bearerAuth — OAuth 2.0 bearer token authentication. Supported in ONTAP 9.8 and later.

Paths & Operations 2

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

Snapshots 2

Operations for managing volume snapshots

GET
/storage/volumes/{volume.uuid}/snapshots
Netapp List Snapshots for a Volume
listSnapshots 4 params → 200default
POST
/storage/volumes/{volume.uuid}/snapshots
Netapp Create a Volume Snapshot
createSnapshot 1 param body → 201202default

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Snapshot (10 properties), VolumeReference (3 properties), JobLink (2 properties), CollectionLinks (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CollectionLinks
object
Pagination links for collection responses
2 properties
ErrorResponse
object
ONTAP REST API error response
1 property
SelfLink
object
HAL self link
1 property
JobLink
object
Reference to an asynchronous job
2 properties
VolumeReference
object
Reference to a volume
3 properties
Snapshot
object
A point-in-time copy of a volume
10 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

netapp-snapshots-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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