Web Apps - Discover Backup

Service:

App Service

API Version:

2024-04-01

Description for Discovers an existing app backup that can be restored from a blob in Azure storage. Use this to get information about the databases stored in a backup.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/{name}/discoverbackup?api-version=2024-04-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
name	path	True	string	Name of the app.
resourceGroupName	path	True	string	Name of the resource group to which the resource belongs. Regex pattern: ^[-\w\._\(\)]+[^\.]$
subscriptionId	path	True	string	Your Azure subscription ID. This is a GUID-formatted string (e.g. 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).
api-version	query	True	string	API Version

Request Body

Name	Required	Type	Description
properties.overwrite	True	boolean	true if the restore operation can overwrite target app; otherwise, false. true is needed if trying to restore over an existing app.
properties.storageAccountUrl	True	string	SAS URL to the container.
kind		string	Kind of resource.
properties.adjustConnectionStrings		boolean	true if SiteConfig.ConnectionStrings should be set in new app; otherwise, false.
properties.appServicePlan		string	Specify app service plan that will own restored site.
properties.blobName		string	Name of a blob which contains the backup.
properties.databases		DatabaseBackupSetting[]	Collection of databases which should be restored. This list has to match the list of databases included in the backup.
properties.hostingEnvironment		string	App Service Environment name, if needed (only when restoring an app to an App Service Environment).
properties.ignoreConflictingHostNames		boolean	Changes a logic when restoring an app with custom domains. true to remove custom domains automatically. If false, custom domains are added to the app's object when it is being restored, but that might fail due to conflicts during the operation.
properties.ignoreDatabases		boolean	Ignore the databases and only restore the site content
properties.operationType		BackupRestoreOperationType	Operation type.
properties.siteName		string	Name of an app.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	RestoreRequest	OK
Other Status Codes	DefaultErrorResponse	App Service error response.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Definitions

Name	Description
BackupRestoreOperationType	Operation type.
DatabaseBackupSetting	Database backup settings.
DatabaseType	Database type (e.g. SqlAzure / MySql).
DefaultErrorResponse	App Service error response.
Details
Error	Error model.
RestoreRequest	Description of a restore request.

BackupRestoreOperationType

Operation type.

Name	Type	Description
Clone	string
CloudFS	string
Default	string
Relocation	string
Snapshot	string

DatabaseBackupSetting

Database backup settings.

Name	Type	Description
connectionString	string	Contains a connection string to a database which is being backed up or restored. If the restore should happen to a new database, the database name inside is the new one.
connectionStringName	string	Contains a connection string name that is linked to the SiteConfig.ConnectionStrings. This is used during restore with overwrite connection strings options.
databaseType	DatabaseType	Database type (e.g. SqlAzure / MySql).
name	string

DatabaseType

Database type (e.g. SqlAzure / MySql).

Name	Type	Description
LocalMySql	string
MySql	string
PostgreSql	string
SqlAzure	string

DefaultErrorResponse

App Service error response.

Name	Type	Description
error	Error	Error model.

Details

Name	Type	Description
code	string	Standardized string to programmatically identify the error.
message	string	Detailed error description and debugging information.
target	string	Detailed error description and debugging information.

Error

Error model.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	Standardized string to programmatically identify the error.
details	Details[]	Detailed errors.
innererror	string	More information to debug error.
message	string	Detailed error description and debugging information.
target	string	Detailed error description and debugging information.

RestoreRequest

Description of a restore request.

Name	Type	Default value	Description
id	string		Resource Id.
kind	string		Kind of resource.
name	string		Resource Name.
properties.adjustConnectionStrings	boolean		true if SiteConfig.ConnectionStrings should be set in new app; otherwise, false.
properties.appServicePlan	string		Specify app service plan that will own restored site.
properties.blobName	string		Name of a blob which contains the backup.
properties.databases	DatabaseBackupSetting[]		Collection of databases which should be restored. This list has to match the list of databases included in the backup.
properties.hostingEnvironment	string		App Service Environment name, if needed (only when restoring an app to an App Service Environment).
properties.ignoreConflictingHostNames	boolean	False	Changes a logic when restoring an app with custom domains. true to remove custom domains automatically. If false, custom domains are added to the app's object when it is being restored, but that might fail due to conflicts during the operation.
properties.ignoreDatabases	boolean	False	Ignore the databases and only restore the site content
properties.operationType	BackupRestoreOperationType	Default	Operation type.
properties.overwrite	boolean		true if the restore operation can overwrite target app; otherwise, false. true is needed if trying to restore over an existing app.
properties.siteName	string		Name of an app.
properties.storageAccountUrl	string		SAS URL to the container.
type	string		Resource type.