Update Expiration Date for One Cloud Backup
Changes the expiration date for one cloud backup snapshot for one cluster in the specified project, the requesting Service Account or API Key must have the Project Backup Manager role.
Path parameters
-
Unique 24-hexadecimal digit string that identifies your project. Use the /groups endpoint to retrieve all projects to which the authenticated user has access.
NOTE: Groups and projects are synonymous terms. Your group id is the same as your project id. For existing groups, your group/project id remains the same. The resource and corresponding endpoints use the term groups.
Format should match the following pattern:
^([a-f0-9]{24})$
. -
Human-readable label that identifies the cluster.
Format should match the following pattern:
^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]*$
. -
Unique 24-hexadecimal digit string that identifies the desired snapshot.
Format should match the following pattern:
^([a-f0-9]{24})$
.
Query parameters
-
Flag that indicates whether Application wraps the response in an
envelope
JSON object. Some API clients cannot access the HTTP response headers or status code. To remediate this, set envelope=true in the query. Endpoints that return a list of results use the results object as an envelope. Application adds the status parameter to the response body.Default value is
false
. -
Flag that indicates whether the response body should be in the prettyprint format.
Default value is
false
.Prettyprint
Body
Required
Changes the expiration date for one cloud backup snapshot for one cluster in the specified project.
-
Quantity of time in which MongoDB Cloud measures snapshot retention.
Values are
DAYS
,WEEKS
,MONTHS
, orYEARS
. -
Number that indicates the amount of days, weeks, months, or years that MongoDB Cloud retains the snapshot. For less frequent policy items, MongoDB Cloud requires that you specify a value greater than or equal to the value specified for more frequent policy items. If the hourly policy item specifies a retention of two days, specify two days or greater for the retention of the weekly policy item.
curl \
--request PATCH 'https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v2/groups/32b6e34b3d91647abb20e7b8/clusters/{clusterName}/backup/snapshots/{snapshotId}' \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
--header "Content-Type: application/vnd.atlas.2023-01-01+json"
{
"retentionUnit": "DAYS",
"retentionValue": 5
}
{
"cloudProvider": "AWS",
"copyRegions": [
"string"
],
"createdAt": "2025-05-04T09:42:00Z",
"description": "string",
"expiresAt": "2025-05-04T09:42:00Z",
"frequencyType": "hourly",
"id": "32b6e34b3d91647abb20e7b8",
"links": [
{
"href": "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas",
"rel": "self"
}
],
"masterKeyUUID": "string",
"mongodVersion": "string",
"policyItems": [
"32b6e34b3d91647abb20e7b8"
],
"replicaSetName": "string",
"snapshotType": "onDemand",
"status": "queued",
"storageSizeBytes": 42,
"type": "replicaSet"
}
{
"error": 400,
"detail": "(This is just an example, the exception may not be related to this endpoint) No provider AWS exists.",
"reason": "Bad Request",
"errorCode": "VALIDATION_ERROR"
}
{
"error": 401,
"detail": "(This is just an example, the exception may not be related to this endpoint)",
"reason": "Unauthorized",
"errorCode": "NOT_ORG_GROUP_CREATOR"
}
{
"error": 403,
"detail": "(This is just an example, the exception may not be related to this endpoint)",
"reason": "Forbidden",
"errorCode": "CANNOT_CHANGE_GROUP_NAME"
}
{
"error": 404,
"detail": "(This is just an example, the exception may not be related to this endpoint) Cannot find resource AWS",
"reason": "Not Found",
"errorCode": "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND"
}
{
"error": 500,
"detail": "(This is just an example, the exception may not be related to this endpoint)",
"reason": "Internal Server Error",
"errorCode": "UNEXPECTED_ERROR"
}