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# Operations with Specific BackupFile﻿

Last modified: 19 March 2025

This resource lets you access the database backup files. The user account that performs the operation must have Low-level Read Administration permissions.

| Resource | ``` /api/admin/databaseBackup/backups/{fileID} ``` |
| --- | --- |
| Returned entity | BackupFile. For the description of the entity attributes, see [Supported Fields](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-admin-databaseBackup-backups.html#BackupFile-supported-fields) section. |
| Supported methods | - `GET`: [Read a Specific BackupFile](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-admin-databaseBackup-backups.html#get-BackupFile-method). |

## BackupFile attributes﻿

Represents the backup file.

### Related Resources﻿

Below you can find the list of resources that let you work with this entity.

- Backup Files

### Attributes﻿

This table describes attributes of the `BackupFile` entity.

- To receive an attribute in the response from the server, specify it explicitly in the `fields` request parameter.
- To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| id | String | The ID of the backup file. `Read-only`. |
| name | String | Name of the backup file. `Read-only`. |
| size | Long | Size of the file. `Read-only`. |
| creationDate | Long | The timestamp in milliseconds indicating the moment when the backup file was created. Stored as a unix timestamp at UTC. `Read-only`. |
| link | String | The link to the backup file. `Read-only`. |

## Read a Specific BackupFile﻿

Get data on the specific backup file.

### Required permissions﻿

Requires permissions: Low-level Admin Read

### Request syntax﻿

```
GET /api/admin/databaseBackup/backups/{fileID}?{fields}
```

| {fileID} | Name of the file. |
| --- | --- |

### Request parameters﻿

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| fields | String | A list of BackupFile attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned. |

### Sample﻿

#### Sample request﻿

```
https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/admin/databaseBackup/backups/2019-02-09-19-03-45.tar.gz?fields=creationDate,file,error,link,name,size,id
```

#### Sample response body﻿

```
{
  "name": "2019-02-09-19-03-45.tar.gz",
  "size": 26696777,
  "creationDate": 1549728231000,
  "link": "backupFile/2019-02-09-19-03-45.tar.gz",
  "error": null,
  "id": "2019-02-09-19-03-45.tar.gz",
  "$type": "BackupFile"
}
```

- [Operations with Specific BackupFile](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-admin-databaseBackup-backups.html)
- [BackupFile attributes](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-admin-databaseBackup-backups.html#BackupFile-supported-fields)
- [Read a Specific BackupFile](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-admin-databaseBackup-backups.html#get-BackupFile-method)

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