Understand what a backup API does, common SaaS and cloud data-protection use cases, and why APIs matter in automated backup workflows.
A backup API is an application programming interface that lets software create, manage, restore, monitor, or automate backups programmatically. Instead of requiring a person to perform every task through a dashboard, an API allows another application or workflow to control backup operations directly.
Backup APIs can support SaaS data protection, cloud storage workflows, managed backup services, infrastructure automation, compliance operations, developer integrations, and disaster-recovery tooling. They are especially useful when backup needs to become part of a larger automated platform.
Depending on the product, an API may expose endpoints for creating backup jobs, selecting data sources, setting retention rules, checking job status, listing recovery points, restoring data, managing credentials, or receiving event notifications.
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