Create backup

Start an on-demand backup of a managed database.

POST /api/services/{id}/backups HTTPS

Request & response examples

Request example Server-side

curl --fail-with-body --request POST \
  'https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/backups' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HELI_API_KEY"

const response = await fetch(
  "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/backups",
  {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.HELI_API_KEY}`
    }
  }
);
const data = await response.json();
if (!response.ok) {
  throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}: ${data.error}`);
}
// Inspect data; avoid logging secret responses.

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "POST",
    "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/backups",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['HELI_API_KEY']}"
    },
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
# Inspect data; avoid logging secret responses.

Response example 202

{
  "backupId": "bak_example",
  "status": "running"
}

Illustrative values · selected fields

Response details ↓ OpenAPI ↗

Authorization

An account key with access to the resource. Project and service keys do not authorize this operation.

Authorization: Bearer <key> Key setup ↗

Path parameters

id string required

Database service id.

Response 202

Returns the backup identifier with running status. Backup creation is asynchronous; list backups to check completion.

Examples show selected response fields with illustrative values. Your response can contain additional fields.

backupId string

Identifier of the asynchronous backup.

status string

Current state of the resource or operation.

Errors

401

The API key is missing, invalid, or revoked.

403

The caller or key scope does not permit this operation.

500

The operation could not be completed. Check resource state before retrying a write.

Error handling and safe retries

ALSO AVAILABLE VIA MCP

`create_backup`

Required MCP arguments: id. Send path, query, and body fields together as tool arguments.

Connect your agent ↗

import os import requests response = requests.request( "POST", "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID/backups", headers={ "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['HELI_API_KEY']}" }, timeout=30, ) response.raise_for_status() data = response.json() # Inspect data; avoid logging secret responses.