---
title: "Get backup"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/backups/{id}"
tags: ["Backups"]
---

# Get backup

`GET /api/v1/backups/{id}`

Get details of a specific backup.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Headers

- `X-Project-ID` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

Backup details

- object
  - `success` boolean
  - `data` Backup
    - `id` string, uuid, required — Backup ID
    - `account_id` string, uuid — Account that owns the backup
    - `project_id` string, uuid — Project the backup belongs to
    - `created_by` string — User ID that created the backup
    - `region` 'us-east' — Region the backup is stored in
    - `product_vm` string, uuid — Source VM UUID
    - `name` string, required — Backup display name
    - `storage_size` integer, required — Backup size in **MB**. For incremental restore points this is the per-increment delta; for legacy standalone backups it is the full image size. Display in MB up to 1024, else convert to GB (`storage_size / 1024`). Pricing math: `(storage_size / 1024) * price_per_gb`.
    - `status` string, required — Backup lifecycle status. Common values: - `pending` — creation queued - `creating` — backup being captured - `ready` — available for restore - `restoring` — currently restoring to a VM - `failed` — creation or restore failed
    - `price_per_hour` string — Hourly storage cost in USD
    - `expire_date` string, date-time — When the backup will be auto-pruned (only set when retention applies)
    - `increment_id` integer, nullable — Restore-point position within an incremental backup series. - `null` — legacy standalone backup (no series). - `0` — first restore point of a series. - `1`, `2`, … — subsequent restore points in the same series. Backups that share the same series are deleted together. Deleting a single restore point that has older points in its series triggers a series-wide delete. Use [Delete backup series](/api-reference/virtual-machines/delete-backup-series) to remove a whole series explicitly, or [Reset backup series](/api-reference/virtual-machines/reset-backup-series) to start a fresh baseline on the next backup.
    - `created_at` string, date-time

## Other responses

- `404` — Resource not found

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