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id: download-a-backup
title: "Download a backup"
description: "Download backup file"
sidebar_label: "Download a backup"
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import MethodEndpoint from "@theme/ApiExplorer/MethodEndpoint";
import ParamsDetails from "@theme/ParamsDetails";
import RequestSchema from "@theme/RequestSchema";
import StatusCodes from "@theme/StatusCodes";
import OperationTabs from "@theme/OperationTabs";
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<Heading
  as={"h1"}
  className={"openapi__heading"}
  children={"Download a backup"}
>
</Heading>

<MethodEndpoint
  method={"get"}
  path={"/backups/{backupId}/download"}
  context={"endpoint"}
>
  
</MethodEndpoint>



Download backup file

<Heading
  id={"request"}
  as={"h2"}
  className={"openapi-tabs__heading"}
  children={"Request"}
>
</Heading>

<ParamsDetails
  parameters={[{"schema":{"type":"string","example":"ieidlxygmwj87oxz5hxttoc8","title":"BackupId"},"required":true,"name":"backupId","in":"path"}]}
>
  
</ParamsDetails>

<RequestSchema
  title={"Body"}
  body={undefined}
>
  
</RequestSchema>

<StatusCodes
  id={undefined}
  label={undefined}
  responses={{"200":{"description":"Backup file (zip archive)","content":{"application/zip":{"schema":{}}}},"404":{"description":"Backup not found","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"code":{"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string"}},"required":["code","message"]}}}}}}
>
  
</StatusCodes>