# SnapshotsApi ## SnapshotsApi All URIs are relative to ** | Method | HTTP request | Description | | ---------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | -------------------------- | | [**snapshots\_delete**](#snapshots_delete) | **DELETE** /snapshots/{snapshotId} | Delete snapshots | | [**snapshots\_find\_by\_id**](#snapshots_find_by_id) | **GET** /snapshots/{snapshotId} | Retrieve snapshots by ID | | [**snapshots\_get**](#snapshots_get) | **GET** /snapshots | List snapshots | | [**snapshots\_patch**](#snapshots_patch) | **PATCH** /snapshots/{snapshotId} | Partially modify snapshots | | [**snapshots\_put**](#snapshots_put) | **PUT** /snapshots/{snapshotId} | Modify a Snapshot by ID | ## **snapshots\_delete** > snapshots\_delete(snapshot\_id, pretty=pretty, depth=depth, x\_contract\_number=x\_contract\_number) Delete snapshots Deletes the specified snapshot. #### Example ```python from __future__ import print_function import time import ionoscloud from ionoscloud.rest import ApiException # Defining the host is optional and defaults to https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6 configuration = ionoscloud.Configuration( host = 'https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6', ) # Example of configuring HTTP Basic Authorization configuration.username = 'YOUR_USERNAME' configuration.password = 'YOUR_PASSWORD' with ionoscloud.ApiClient(configuration) as api_client: # Create an instance of the API class api_instance = ionoscloud.SnapshotsApi(api_client) snapshot_id = 'snapshot_id_example' # str | The unique ID of the snapshot. try: # Delete snapshots api_instance.snapshots_delete(snapshot_id) except ApiException as e: print('Exception when calling SnapshotsApi.snapshots_delete: %s\n' % e) ``` #### Parameters | Name | Type | Description | Notes | | ----------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | | **snapshot\_id** | **str** | The unique ID of the snapshot. | | | **pretty** | **bool** | Controls whether the response is pretty-printed (with indentations and new lines). | \[optional] \[default to True] | | **depth** | **int** | Controls the detail depth of the response objects. GET /datacenters/\[ID] - depth=0: Only direct properties are included; children (servers and other elements) are not included. - depth=1: Direct properties and children references are included. - depth=2: Direct properties and children properties are included. - depth=3: Direct properties and children properties and children's children are included. - depth=... and so on | \[optional] \[default to 0] | | **x\_contract\_number** | **int** | Users with multiple contracts must provide the contract number, for which all API requests are to be executed. | \[optional] | #### Return type void (empty response body) #### Authorization Basic Authentication, Token Authentication #### HTTP request headers * **Content-Type**: Not defined * **Accept**: application/json ## **snapshots\_find\_by\_id** > Snapshot snapshots\_find\_by\_id(snapshot\_id, pretty=pretty, depth=depth, x\_contract\_number=x\_contract\_number) Retrieve snapshots by ID Retrieve the properties of the specified snapshot. #### Example ```python from __future__ import print_function import time import ionoscloud from ionoscloud.rest import ApiException # Defining the host is optional and defaults to https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6 configuration = ionoscloud.Configuration( host = 'https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6', ) # Example of configuring HTTP Basic Authorization configuration.username = 'YOUR_USERNAME' configuration.password = 'YOUR_PASSWORD' with ionoscloud.ApiClient(configuration) as api_client: # Create an instance of the API class api_instance = ionoscloud.SnapshotsApi(api_client) snapshot_id = 'snapshot_id_example' # str | The unique ID of the snapshot. try: # Retrieve snapshots by ID api_response = api_instance.snapshots_find_by_id(snapshot_id) print(api_response) except ApiException as e: print('Exception when calling SnapshotsApi.snapshots_find_by_id: %s\n' % e) ``` #### Parameters | Name | Type | Description | Notes | | ----------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | | **snapshot\_id** | **str** | The unique ID of the snapshot. | | | **pretty** | **bool** | Controls whether the response is pretty-printed (with indentations and new lines). | \[optional] \[default to True] | | **depth** | **int** | Controls the detail depth of the response objects. GET /datacenters/\[ID] - depth=0: Only direct properties are included; children (servers and other elements) are not included. - depth=1: Direct properties and children references are included. - depth=2: Direct properties and children properties are included. - depth=3: Direct properties and children properties and children's children are included. - depth=... and so on | \[optional] \[default to 0] | | **x\_contract\_number** | **int** | Users with multiple contracts must provide the contract number, for which all API requests are to be executed. | \[optional] | #### Return type [**Snapshot**](/python-sdk/models/snapshot.md) #### Authorization Basic Authentication, Token Authentication #### HTTP request headers * **Content-Type**: Not defined * **Accept**: application/json ## **snapshots\_get** > Snapshots snapshots\_get(pretty=pretty, depth=depth, x\_contract\_number=x\_contract\_number) List snapshots List all available snapshots. #### Example ```python from __future__ import print_function import time import ionoscloud from ionoscloud.rest import ApiException # Defining the host is optional and defaults to https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6 configuration = ionoscloud.Configuration( host = 'https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6', ) # Example of configuring HTTP Basic Authorization configuration.username = 'YOUR_USERNAME' configuration.password = 'YOUR_PASSWORD' with ionoscloud.ApiClient(configuration) as api_client: # Create an instance of the API class api_instance = ionoscloud.SnapshotsApi(api_client) try: # List snapshots api_response = api_instance.snapshots_get() print(api_response) except ApiException as e: print('Exception when calling SnapshotsApi.snapshots_get: %s\n' % e) ``` #### Parameters | Name | Type | Description | Notes | | ----------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | | **pretty** | **bool** | Controls whether the response is pretty-printed (with indentations and new lines). | \[optional] \[default to True] | | **depth** | **int** | Controls the detail depth of the response objects. GET /datacenters/\[ID] - depth=0: Only direct properties are included; children (servers and other elements) are not included. - depth=1: Direct properties and children references are included. - depth=2: Direct properties and children properties are included. - depth=3: Direct properties and children properties and children's children are included. - depth=... and so on | \[optional] \[default to 0] | | **x\_contract\_number** | **int** | Users with multiple contracts must provide the contract number, for which all API requests are to be executed. | \[optional] | #### Return type [**Snapshots**](/python-sdk/models/snapshots.md) #### Authorization Basic Authentication, Token Authentication #### HTTP request headers * **Content-Type**: Not defined * **Accept**: application/json ## **snapshots\_patch** > Snapshot snapshots\_patch(snapshot\_id, snapshot, pretty=pretty, depth=depth, x\_contract\_number=x\_contract\_number) Partially modify snapshots Update the properties of the specified snapshot. #### Example ```python from __future__ import print_function import time import ionoscloud from ionoscloud.rest import ApiException # Defining the host is optional and defaults to https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6 configuration = ionoscloud.Configuration( host = 'https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6', ) # Example of configuring HTTP Basic Authorization configuration.username = 'YOUR_USERNAME' configuration.password = 'YOUR_PASSWORD' with ionoscloud.ApiClient(configuration) as api_client: # Create an instance of the API class api_instance = ionoscloud.SnapshotsApi(api_client) snapshot_id = 'snapshot_id_example' # str | The unique ID of the snapshot. snapshot = ionoscloud.SnapshotProperties() # SnapshotProperties | The properties of the snapshot to be updated. try: # Partially modify snapshots api_response = api_instance.snapshots_patch(snapshot_id, snapshot) print(api_response) except ApiException as e: print('Exception when calling SnapshotsApi.snapshots_patch: %s\n' % e) ``` #### Parameters | Name | Type | Description | Notes | | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | | **snapshot\_id** | **str** | The unique ID of the snapshot. | | | **snapshot** | [**SnapshotProperties**](/python-sdk/models/snapshotproperties.md) | The properties of the snapshot to be updated. | | | **pretty** | **bool** | Controls whether the response is pretty-printed (with indentations and new lines). | \[optional] \[default to True] | | **depth** | **int** | Controls the detail depth of the response objects. GET /datacenters/\[ID] - depth=0: Only direct properties are included; children (servers and other elements) are not included. - depth=1: Direct properties and children references are included. - depth=2: Direct properties and children properties are included. - depth=3: Direct properties and children properties and children's children are included. - depth=... and so on | \[optional] \[default to 0] | | **x\_contract\_number** | **int** | Users with multiple contracts must provide the contract number, for which all API requests are to be executed. | \[optional] | #### Return type [**Snapshot**](/python-sdk/models/snapshot.md) #### Authorization Basic Authentication, Token Authentication #### HTTP request headers * **Content-Type**: application/json * **Accept**: application/json ## **snapshots\_put** > Snapshot snapshots\_put(snapshot\_id, snapshot, pretty=pretty, depth=depth, x\_contract\_number=x\_contract\_number) Modify a Snapshot by ID Modifies the properties of the specified snapshot. #### Example ```python from __future__ import print_function import time import ionoscloud from ionoscloud.rest import ApiException # Defining the host is optional and defaults to https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6 configuration = ionoscloud.Configuration( host = 'https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6', ) # Example of configuring HTTP Basic Authorization configuration.username = 'YOUR_USERNAME' configuration.password = 'YOUR_PASSWORD' with ionoscloud.ApiClient(configuration) as api_client: # Create an instance of the API class api_instance = ionoscloud.SnapshotsApi(api_client) snapshot_id = 'snapshot_id_example' # str | The unique ID of the snapshot. snapshot = ionoscloud.Snapshot() # Snapshot | The modified snapshot try: # Modify a Snapshot by ID api_response = api_instance.snapshots_put(snapshot_id, snapshot) print(api_response) except ApiException as e: print('Exception when calling SnapshotsApi.snapshots_put: %s\n' % e) ``` #### Parameters | Name | Type | Description | Notes | | ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | | **snapshot\_id** | **str** | The unique ID of the snapshot. | | | **snapshot** | [**Snapshot**](/python-sdk/models/snapshot.md) | The modified snapshot | | | **pretty** | **bool** | Controls whether the response is pretty-printed (with indentations and new lines). | \[optional] \[default to True] | | **depth** | **int** | Controls the detail depth of the response objects. 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