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Create website backup available since version 4.0.0 / 3.7.316 On-Premises

Reference:

  • Request example (when storing locally)
  • Response on success (when storing locally) example
  • Response on success (when downloading) example
  • Response on error example
  • Troubleshooting

Creates site source file backup and stores locally on builder server or returns as downloadable file.

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HTTP Basic
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POST
application/json
application/json

JSON Object Properties:

  • String - domain name used to identify website witch will be backed up (required).
  • String - absolute folder path inside builder server where to store backup file (optional, if not set backup file will be returned in response for downloading). When backup file is stored locally in provided folder it will have file name: "[domain]_project.sitebuilder".

On success you get empty response (in case of local storage) or response with a file for downloading. HTTP response code should be 200.
On error you will get JSON encoded object as response. HTTP response code should be something other than 200.

Response on Error JSON Object Properties:

  • Object - error description object (only on error). Error object structure:
    • Number - error code
    • String - text describing the error

Request example (when storing locally)

POST /api/create-site-backup HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Authorization: Basic W0FQSSBVc2VybmFtZSB3aWxsIGFwcGVhciBhZnRlciB5b3UgPGEgaHJlZj0iamF2YXNjcmlwdDp2b2lkKDApIiBjbGFzcz0iYnRuLWxvZ2luLXRyaWdnZXIiPmxvZyBpbjwvYT4gb3IgPGEgaHJlZj0iamF2YXNjcmlwdDp2b2lkKDApIiBjbGFzcz0iYnRuLXJlZ2lzdGVyLXRyaWdnZXIiPnNpZ24gdXA8L2E+XTpbQVBJIFBhc3N3b3JkIHdpbGwgYXBwZWFyIGFmdGVyIHlvdSA8YSBocmVmPSJqYXZhc2NyaXB0OnZvaWQoMCkiIGNsYXNzPSJidG4tbG9naW4tdHJpZ2dlciI+bG9nIGluPC9hPiBvciA8YSBocmVmPSJqYXZhc2NyaXB0OnZvaWQoMCkiIGNsYXNzPSJidG4tcmVnaXN0ZXItdHJpZ2dlciI+c2lnbiB1cDwvYT5d
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "domain": "site-to-backup.com",
    "dir": "/mnt/backup_storage"
}

Response on success (when storing locally) example

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Response on success (when downloading) example

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-disposition: attachment; filename="site-to-backup.com_project.sitebuilder"

[some binary data]

Response on error example

HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Error
Content-Type: application/json

{"error": {"code": 1, "message": "some kind of error message"}}
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