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DigitalOcean-public.v2-new_Droplets

List Supported Droplet Backup Policies

To retrieve a list of all supported Droplet backup policies, send a GET request to /v2/droplets/backups/supported_policies.

get/v2/droplets/backups/supported_policies

Response

A JSON object with an supported_policies key set to an array of objects describing each supported backup policy.

Example response

{
  "supported_policies": [
    {
      "name": "daily",
      "possible_window_starts": [
        0,
        4,
        8,
        12,
        16,
        20
      ],
      "window_length_hours": 4,
      "retention_period_days": 7,
      "possible_days": [
        "SUN",
        "MON",
        "TUE",
        "WED",
        "THU",
        "FRI",
        "SAT"
      ]
    }
  ]
}