POST

/#Action=StartExportTask

http://rds.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=StartExportTask

Starts an export of DB snapshot or DB cluster data to Amazon S3. The provided IAM role must have access to the S3 bucket. You can't export snapshot data from RDS Custom DB instances. You can't export cluster data from Multi-AZ DB clusters. For more information on exporting DB snapshot data, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_ExportSnapshot.html">Exporting DB snapshot data to Amazon S3</a> in the Amazon RDS User Guide or <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/aurora-export-snapshot.html">Exporting DB cluster snapshot data to Amazon S3</a> in the Amazon Aurora User Guide. For more information on exporting DB cluster data, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/export-cluster-data.html">Exporting DB cluster data to Amazon S3</a> in the Amazon Aurora User Guide.

Access Token Required: API Key

Query Params

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 POST \
2     --url 'http://rds.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=StartExportTask' \
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}