Web Apps - List Backups

Service:: App Service

API Version:: 2025-03-01

Description for Gets existing backups of an app.

GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/{name}/backups?api-version=2025-03-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
name	path	True	string	Name of the app.
resourceGroupName	path	True	string minLength: 1 maxLength: 90	The name of the resource group. The name is case insensitive.
subscriptionId	path	True	string (uuid)	The ID of the target subscription. The value must be an UUID.
api-version	query	True	string minLength: 1	The API version to use for this operation.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	BackupItemCollection	Azure operation completed successfully.
Other Status Codes	DefaultErrorResponse	An unexpected 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

Examples

List web app backups

Sample request

GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/34adfa4f-cedf-4dc0-ba29-b6d1a69ab345/resourceGroups/testrg123/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/sitef6141/backups?api-version=2025-03-01


/**
 * Samples for WebApps ListBackups.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/web/resource-manager/Microsoft.Web/AppService/stable/2025-03-01/examples/ListWebAppBackups.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: List web app backups.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void listWebAppBackups(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.webApps().manager().serviceClient().getWebApps().listBackups("testrg123", "sitef6141",
            com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.web import WebSiteManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-web
# USAGE
    python list_web_app_backups.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = WebSiteManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="34adfa4f-cedf-4dc0-ba29-b6d1a69ab345",
    )

    response = client.web_apps.list_backups(
        resource_group_name="testrg123",
        name="sitef6141",
    )
    for item in response:
        print(item)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/web/resource-manager/Microsoft.Web/AppService/stable/2025-03-01/examples/ListWebAppBackups.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

package armappservice_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/appservice/armappservice/v5"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/9f4cb2884f1948b879ecfb3f410e8cbc8805c213/specification/web/resource-manager/Microsoft.Web/AppService/stable/2025-03-01/examples/ListWebAppBackups.json
func ExampleWebAppsClient_NewListBackupsPager() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armappservice.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	pager := clientFactory.NewWebAppsClient().NewListBackupsPager("testrg123", "sitef6141", nil)
	for pager.More() {
		page, err := pager.NextPage(ctx)
		if err != nil {
			log.Fatalf("failed to advance page: %v", err)
		}
		for _, v := range page.Value {
			// You could use page here. We use blank identifier for just demo purposes.
			_ = v
		}
		// If the HTTP response code is 200 as defined in example definition, your page structure would look as follows. Please pay attention that all the values in the output are fake values for just demo purposes.
		// page.BackupItemCollection = armappservice.BackupItemCollection{
		// 	Value: []*armappservice.BackupItem{
		// 		{
		// 			Name: to.Ptr("sitef6141"),
		// 			Type: to.Ptr("Microsoft.Web/sites"),
		// 			ID: to.Ptr("/subscriptions/34adfa4f-cedf-4dc0-ba29-b6d1a69ab345/resourceGroups/testrg123/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/sitef6141/backups/12345"),
		// 			Properties: &armappservice.BackupItemProperties{
		// 				Name: to.Ptr("sitef6141_2025-03-01"),
		// 				BlobName: to.Ptr("sitef6141_2025-03-01"),
		// 				Created: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2022-09-03T17:33:11.641Z"); return t}()),
		// 				Databases: []*armappservice.DatabaseBackupSetting{
		// 					{
		// 						Name: to.Ptr("backenddb"),
		// 						ConnectionString: to.Ptr("DSN=data-source-name[;SERVER=value] [;PWD=value] [;UID=value] [;<Attribute>=<value>]"),
		// 						ConnectionStringName: to.Ptr("backend"),
		// 						DatabaseType: to.Ptr(armappservice.DatabaseTypeSQLAzure),
		// 					},
		// 					{
		// 						Name: to.Ptr("statsdb"),
		// 						ConnectionString: to.Ptr("DSN=data-source-name[;SERVER=value] [;PWD=value] [;UID=value] [;<Attribute>=<value>]"),
		// 						ConnectionStringName: to.Ptr("stats"),
		// 						DatabaseType: to.Ptr(armappservice.DatabaseTypeSQLAzure),
		// 				}},
		// 				FinishedTimeStamp: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2022-09-05T17:33:11.641Z"); return t}()),
		// 				BackupID: to.Ptr[int32](12345),
		// 				LastRestoreTimeStamp: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2022-09-04T17:33:11.641Z"); return t}()),
		// 				Log: to.Ptr("Succeeded"),
		// 				Scheduled: to.Ptr(true),
		// 				SizeInBytes: to.Ptr[int64](56091883),
		// 				Status: to.Ptr(armappservice.BackupItemStatusInProgress),
		// 				StorageAccountURL: to.Ptr("DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=storagesample;AccountKey=<account-key>"),
		// 				WebsiteSizeInBytes: to.Ptr[int64](56091883),
		// 			},
		// 	}},
		// }
	}
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

const { WebSiteManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-appservice");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");
require("dotenv/config");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Description for Gets existing backups of an app.
 *
 * @summary Description for Gets existing backups of an app.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/web/resource-manager/Microsoft.Web/AppService/stable/2025-03-01/examples/ListWebAppBackups.json
 */
async function listWebAppBackups() {
  const subscriptionId =
    process.env["APPSERVICE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "34adfa4f-cedf-4dc0-ba29-b6d1a69ab345";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["APPSERVICE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "testrg123";
  const name = "sitef6141";
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new WebSiteManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const resArray = new Array();
  for await (const item of client.webApps.listBackups(resourceGroupName, name)) {
    resArray.push(item);
  }
  console.log(resArray);
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "value": [
    {
      "name": "sitef6141",
      "type": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
      "id": "/subscriptions/34adfa4f-cedf-4dc0-ba29-b6d1a69ab345/resourceGroups/testrg123/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/sitef6141/backups/12345",
      "properties": {
        "name": "sitef6141_2024-11-01",
        "blobName": "sitef6141_2024-11-01",
        "created": "2022-09-03T17:33:11.641Z",
        "databases": [
          {
            "name": "backenddb",
            "connectionString": "DSN=data-source-name[;SERVER=value] [;PWD=value] [;UID=value] [;<Attribute>=<value>]",
            "connectionStringName": "backend",
            "databaseType": "SqlAzure"
          },
          {
            "name": "statsdb",
            "connectionString": "DSN=data-source-name[;SERVER=value] [;PWD=value] [;UID=value] [;<Attribute>=<value>]",
            "connectionStringName": "stats",
            "databaseType": "SqlAzure"
          }
        ],
        "finishedTimeStamp": "2022-09-05T17:33:11.641Z",
        "id": 12345,
        "lastRestoreTimeStamp": "2022-09-04T17:33:11.641Z",
        "log": "Succeeded",
        "scheduled": true,
        "sizeInBytes": 56091883,
        "status": "InProgress",
        "storageAccountUrl": "DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=storagesample;AccountKey=<account-key>",
        "websiteSizeInBytes": 56091883
      }
    }
  ]
}

Definitions

Name	Description
BackupItem	Backup description.
BackupItemCollection	Collection of backup items.
BackupItemStatus	Backup status.
createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
DatabaseBackupSetting	Database backup settings.
DatabaseType	Database type (e.g. SqlAzure / MySql).
DefaultErrorResponse	App Service error response.
DefaultErrorResponseError	Error model.
DefaultErrorResponseErrorDetailsItem	Detailed errors.
systemData	Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.

BackupItem

Object

Backup description.

Name	Type	Description
id	string (arm-id)	Fully qualified resource ID for the resource. E.g. "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/{resourceProviderNamespace}/{resourceType}/{resourceName}"
kind	string	Kind of resource.
name	string	The name of the resource
properties.blobName	string	Name of the blob which contains data for this backup.
properties.correlationId	string	Unique correlation identifier. Please use this along with the timestamp while communicating with Azure support.
properties.created	string (date-time)	Timestamp of the backup creation.
properties.databases	DatabaseBackupSetting[]	List of databases included in the backup.
properties.finishedTimeStamp	string (date-time)	Timestamp when this backup finished.
properties.id	integer (int32)	Id of the backup.
properties.lastRestoreTimeStamp	string (date-time)	Timestamp of a last restore operation which used this backup.
properties.log	string	Details regarding this backup. Might contain an error message.
properties.name	string	Name of this backup.
properties.scheduled	boolean	True if this backup has been created due to a schedule being triggered.
properties.sizeInBytes	integer (int64)	Size of the backup in bytes.
properties.status	BackupItemStatus	Backup status.
properties.storageAccountUrl	string	SAS URL for the storage account container which contains this backup.
properties.websiteSizeInBytes	integer (int64)	Size of the original web app which has been backed up.
systemData	systemData	Azure Resource Manager metadata containing createdBy and modifiedBy information.
type	string	The type of the resource. E.g. "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines" or "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts"

BackupItemCollection

Object

Collection of backup items.

Name	Type	Description
nextLink	string (uri)	The link to the next page of items
value	BackupItem[]	The BackupItem items on this page

BackupItemStatus

Enumeration

Backup status.

Value	Description
InProgress
Failed
Succeeded
TimedOut
Created
Skipped
PartiallySucceeded
DeleteInProgress
DeleteFailed
Deleted

createdByType

Enumeration

The type of identity that created the resource.

Value	Description
User
Application
ManagedIdentity
Key

DatabaseBackupSetting

Object

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

Enumeration

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

Value	Description
SqlAzure
MySql
LocalMySql
PostgreSql

DefaultErrorResponse

Object

App Service error response.

Name	Type	Description
error	DefaultErrorResponseError	Error model.

DefaultErrorResponseError

Object

Error model.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	Standardized string to programmatically identify the error.
details	DefaultErrorResponseErrorDetailsItem[]	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.

DefaultErrorResponseErrorDetailsItem

Object

Detailed errors.

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.

systemData

Object

Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.

Name	Type	Description
createdAt	string (date-time)	The timestamp of resource creation (UTC).
createdBy	string	The identity that created the resource.
createdByType	createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
lastModifiedAt	string (date-time)	The timestamp of resource last modification (UTC)
lastModifiedBy	string	The identity that last modified the resource.
lastModifiedByType	createdByType	The type of identity that last modified the resource.

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Web Apps - List Backups

URI Parameters

Responses

Security

azure_auth

Scopes

Examples

List web app backups

Sample request

Sample response

Definitions

BackupItem

BackupItemCollection

BackupItemStatus

createdByType

DatabaseBackupSetting

DatabaseType

DefaultErrorResponse

DefaultErrorResponseError

DefaultErrorResponseErrorDetailsItem

systemData