GET
/#Action=CreateDBSnapshot
http://rds.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=CreateDBSnapshotCreates a snapshot of a DB instance. The source DB instance must be in the <code>available</code> or <code>storage-optimization</code> state.
Access Token Required: API Key
Query Params
DBSnapshotIdentifierstringrequired
<p>The identifier for the DB snapshot.</p> <p>Constraints:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Can't be null, empty, or blank</p> </li> <li> <p>Must contain from 1 to 255 letters, numbers, or hyphens</p> </li> <li> <p>First character must be a letter</p> </li> <li> <p>Can't end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens</p> </li> </ul> <p>Example: <code>my-snapshot-id</code> </p>
DBInstanceIdentifierstringrequired
<p>The identifier of the DB instance that you want to create the snapshot of.</p> <p>Constraints:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Must match the identifier of an existing DBInstance.</p> </li> </ul>
Tagsarray
Actionstringrequired
Allowed:
Versionstringrequired
Allowed:
Responses
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "abc123",
"created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}Language
CredentialsAPI KEY
API Key
Enter token below to save for later
cURL Request
1curl --request GET \2 --url 'http://rds.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=CreateDBSnapshot' \3 --header 'accept: application/json' \4 --header 'content-type: application/json'Response
1{2 "success": true,3 "data": {4 "id": "abc123",5 "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"6 }7}