# Fetch a specific Backup of a MariaDB Cluster

You can retrieve a specific backup of a MariaDB cluster using its `ID`. You can find the `ID` when you [<mark style="color:blue;">retrieve</mark>](/cloud/databases/mariadb/api-howtos/list-mariadb-cluster-backups.md) the list of all MariaDB cluster backups. You can specify an integer for `limit` to return the maximum number of elements and define the pagination using `offset`.

## Request

```bash
curl -X 'GET' \
  'https://mariadb.de-txl.ionos.com/backups/{backupId}' \
  -H 'accept: application/json'
```

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** Remember to replace the `backupId` with a valid `ID`.
{% endhint %}

## Response

**200 Successful operation**

```json
{
  "id": "498ae72f-411f-11eb-9d07-046c59cc737e",
  "properties": {
    "clusterId": "498ae72f-411f-11eb-9d07-046c59cc737e",
    "earliestRecoveryTargetTime": "2021-10-23T01:21:10Z",
    "size": 2052,
    "baseBackups": [
      {
        "created": "2020-12-10T13:37:50+01:00",
        "size": 543
      }
    ]
  }
}
```


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