Sql Resources - Retrieve Continuous Backup Information

Service:

Cosmos DB Resource Provider

API Version:

2025-10-15

Retrieves continuous backup information for a container resource.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/{accountName}/sqlDatabases/{databaseName}/containers/{containerName}/retrieveContinuousBackupInformation?api-version=2025-10-15

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
accountName	path	True	string minLength: 3 maxLength: 50 pattern: ^[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*	Cosmos DB database account name.
containerName	path	True	string	Cosmos DB container name.
databaseName	path	True	string	Cosmos DB database name.
resourceGroupName	path	True	string minLength: 1 maxLength: 90	The name of the resource group. The name is case insensitive.
subscriptionId	path	True	string minLength: 1	The ID of the target subscription.
api-version	query	True	string minLength: 1	The API version to use for this operation.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
location	string	The name of the continuous backup restore location.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	BackupInformation	The Sql container retrieve backup information operation completed successfully.
202 Accepted		The sql container retrieve backup information operation will complete asynchronously.
Other Status Codes	CloudError	Error response describing why the operation failed.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	Impersonate your user account

Examples

CosmosDBSqlContainerBackupInformation

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/subid/resourceGroups/rgName/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/ddb1/sqlDatabases/databaseName/containers/containerName/retrieveContinuousBackupInformation?api-version=2025-10-15

{
  "location": "North Europe"
}

Java

import com.azure.resourcemanager.cosmos.models.ContinuousBackupRestoreLocation;

/**
 * Samples for SqlResources RetrieveContinuousBackupInformation.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/cosmos-db/resource-manager/Microsoft.DocumentDB/DocumentDB/stable/2025-10-15/examples/
     * CosmosDBSqlContainerBackupInformation.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: CosmosDBSqlContainerBackupInformation.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void cosmosDBSqlContainerBackupInformation(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.cosmosDBAccounts().manager().serviceClient().getSqlResources().retrieveContinuousBackupInformation(
            "rgName", "ddb1", "databaseName", "containerName",
            new ContinuousBackupRestoreLocation().withLocation("North Europe"), com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

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Python

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.cosmosdb import CosmosDBManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-cosmosdb
# USAGE
    python cosmos_db_sql_container_backup_information.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = CosmosDBManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="subid",
    )

    response = client.sql_resources.begin_retrieve_continuous_backup_information(
        resource_group_name="rgName",
        account_name="ddb1",
        database_name="databaseName",
        container_name="containerName",
        location={"location": "North Europe"},
    ).result()
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/cosmos-db/resource-manager/Microsoft.DocumentDB/DocumentDB/stable/2025-10-15/examples/CosmosDBSqlContainerBackupInformation.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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Go

package armcosmos_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/cosmos/armcosmos/v3"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/8b53f9cfc1fdb24dbfa28e311d3be4c645169297/specification/cosmos-db/resource-manager/Microsoft.DocumentDB/DocumentDB/stable/2025-10-15/examples/CosmosDBSqlContainerBackupInformation.json
func ExampleSQLResourcesClient_BeginRetrieveContinuousBackupInformation() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armcosmos.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	poller, err := clientFactory.NewSQLResourcesClient().BeginRetrieveContinuousBackupInformation(ctx, "rgName", "ddb1", "databaseName", "containerName", armcosmos.ContinuousBackupRestoreLocation{
		Location: to.Ptr("North Europe"),
	}, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	res, err := poller.PollUntilDone(ctx, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to pull the result: %v", err)
	}
	// You could use response here. We use blank identifier for just demo purposes.
	_ = res
	// If the HTTP response code is 200 as defined in example definition, your response structure would look as follows. Please pay attention that all the values in the output are fake values for just demo purposes.
	// res.BackupInformation = armcosmos.BackupInformation{
	// 	ContinuousBackupInformation: &armcosmos.ContinuousBackupInformation{
	// 		LatestRestorableTimestamp: to.Ptr("2021-02-05T02:40:50Z"),
	// 	},
	// }
}

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JavaScript

const { CosmosDBManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-cosmosdb");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");
require("dotenv/config");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Retrieves continuous backup information for a container resource.
 *
 * @summary Retrieves continuous backup information for a container resource.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/cosmos-db/resource-manager/Microsoft.DocumentDB/DocumentDB/stable/2025-10-15/examples/CosmosDBSqlContainerBackupInformation.json
 */
async function cosmosDbSqlContainerBackupInformation() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["COSMOSDB_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "subid";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["COSMOSDB_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "rgName";
  const accountName = "ddb1";
  const databaseName = "databaseName";
  const containerName = "containerName";
  const location = {
    location: "North Europe",
  };
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new CosmosDBManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.sqlResources.beginRetrieveContinuousBackupInformationAndWait(
    resourceGroupName,
    accountName,
    databaseName,
    containerName,
    location,
  );
  console.log(result);
}

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dotnet

using Azure;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager.CosmosDB.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.CosmosDB;

// Generated from example definition: specification/cosmos-db/resource-manager/Microsoft.DocumentDB/DocumentDB/stable/2025-10-15/examples/CosmosDBSqlContainerBackupInformation.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "SqlResources_RetrieveContinuousBackupInformation" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

// get your azure access token, for more details of how Azure SDK get your access token, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/sdk/authentication?tabs=command-line
TokenCredential cred = new DefaultAzureCredential();
// authenticate your client
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(cred);

// this example assumes you already have this CosmosDBSqlContainerResource created on azure
// for more information of creating CosmosDBSqlContainerResource, please refer to the document of CosmosDBSqlContainerResource
string subscriptionId = "subid";
string resourceGroupName = "rgName";
string accountName = "ddb1";
string databaseName = "databaseName";
string containerName = "containerName";
ResourceIdentifier cosmosDBSqlContainerResourceId = CosmosDBSqlContainerResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, accountName, databaseName, containerName);
CosmosDBSqlContainerResource cosmosDBSqlContainer = client.GetCosmosDBSqlContainerResource(cosmosDBSqlContainerResourceId);

// invoke the operation
ContinuousBackupRestoreLocation location = new ContinuousBackupRestoreLocation
{
    Location = new AzureLocation("North Europe"),
};
ArmOperation<CosmosDBBackupInformation> lro = await cosmosDBSqlContainer.RetrieveContinuousBackupInformationAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, location);
CosmosDBBackupInformation result = lro.Value;

Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded: {result}");

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Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "continuousBackupInformation": {
    "latestRestorableTimestamp": "2021-02-05T02:40:50Z"
  }
}

Status code:

202

Location: https://centraluseuap.management.azure.com/subscriptions/d1eb41bc-1b7f-4404-bd2a-8568c222852d/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDB/locations/centraluseuap/operationsStatus/fdd04b7b-86d5-460f-b19e-386230348bcc?api-version=2025-10-15
Azure-AsyncOperation: https://centraluseuap.management.azure.com/subscriptions/d1eb41bc-1b7f-4404-bd2a-8568c222852d/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDB/locations/centraluseuap/operationsStatus/fdd04b7b-86d5-460f-b19e-386230348bcc?api-version=2025-10-15

Definitions

Name	Description
BackupInformation	Backup information of a resource.
CloudError	An error response from the service.
ContinuousBackupInformation	Information about the status of continuous backups.
ContinuousBackupRestoreLocation	Properties of the regional restorable account.
ErrorResponse	Error Response.

BackupInformation

Object

Backup information of a resource.

Name	Type	Description
continuousBackupInformation	ContinuousBackupInformation	Information about the status of continuous backups.

CloudError

Object

An error response from the service.

Name	Type	Description
error	ErrorResponse	Error Response.

ContinuousBackupInformation

Object

Information about the status of continuous backups.

Name	Type	Description
latestRestorableTimestamp	string	The latest restorable timestamp for a resource.

ContinuousBackupRestoreLocation

Object

Properties of the regional restorable account.

Name	Type	Description
location	string	The name of the continuous backup restore location.

ErrorResponse

Object

Error Response.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	Error code.
message	string	Error message indicating why the operation failed.