Method: backups.createBackup

• HTTP request
• Path parameters
• Request body
• Response body
• Authorization scopes
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Creates a backup for a Cloud SQL instance. This API can be used only to create on-demand backups.

HTTP request

POST https://sqladmin.googleapis.com/sql/v1beta4/{parent=projects/*}/backups

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
parent	string Required. The parent resource where this backup is created. Format: projects/{project}

Request body

The request body contains an instance of Backup.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of Operation.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/sqlservice.admin

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.