---
title: "Add a manual backup to an environment"
method: POST
path: "/sites/environments/{env_id}/manual-backups"
tags: ["Backups"]
---

# Add a manual backup to an environment

`POST /sites/environments/{env_id}/manual-backups`

## Path parameters

- `env_id` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- AddManualBackupRequestBodySchema
  - `tag` string

## Response `202`

Creating manual backup action started. Check MyKinsta for status

- AddManualBackupResponseSchema
  - `operation_id` string
  - `message` string, required
  - `status` number, required

## Other responses

- `400` — One or more of the required parameters were not provided to the request
- `401` — No or invalid API key provided to the request
- `500` — Error occurred while creating manual backup

---

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