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title: "Trigger a new backup"
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<MethodEndpoint
  method={"post"}
  path={"/backups"}
  context={"endpoint"}
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</MethodEndpoint>



Trigger a new backup

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>
  
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  responses={{"201":{"description":"Backup created successfully","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string"},"userId":{"type":"string"},"assetId":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"createdAt":{"type":"string"},"size":{"type":"number"},"bookmarkCount":{"type":"number"},"status":{"type":"string","enum":["pending","success","failure"]},"errorMessage":{"type":"string","nullable":true}},"required":["id","userId","assetId","createdAt","size","bookmarkCount","status"]}}}}}}
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