Convert Backup to Snapshot

Name
post
Type
/v1/backups/:id
Description
You can convert a snapshot to a backup by sending a post request with specific action.

Request

Attributes

Name
action
Type
string
Description
An action should be a convert.

Example

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.simplystack.com/v1/backups/1" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Token d359ad9cc9422b5ff07aede0cd2707da4ff82be0" \
  -d '{"action": "convert"}'

Response

JSON object with key named backup , the JSON object will contain the following identifiers:

Attributes

See backup model

Example

json

{
  "backup": {
    "id": 1,
    "created_at": "2018-02-13T08:33:25.371494Z",
    "task": {
      "id": 4,
      "name": "convert",
      "description": {
        "progress": "Backup is converting.",
        "completed": "Backup was converted."
    },
    "disk_size": 20,
    "size_gigabytes": 1.2,
    "stacklet": {...}
  }
}

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