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# Get device backup

GET http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/backups/{id}

Retrieves single backup document by ID.

Reference: https://docs.itential.com/itential-platform/6/api-reference/configuration-manager/get-device-backup-by-id

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — Basic authentication of the form `Basic <base64(username:password)>`.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `id` (string, required) — Backup's id

## Response

### 200

JSON object that contains the backed up configuration

- `id` (string, optional)
- `name` (string, optional)
- `provider` (string, optional)
- `type` (enum, optional)
  - Allowed values: `native`, `xml`, `json`
- `date` (string, optional)
- `rawConfig` (string, optional)
- `description` (string, optional)
- `notes` (string, optional)
- `gbac` (object, optional) — Sets of group Ids that are allowd to access this automation.
  - `write` (list of map from string to any or string, required) — Group ids that have write access to the automation document.
  - `read` (list of map from string to any or string, required) — Group ids that have read access to the automation document.

## Errors

### 500 Internal Server Error

Error response from API

- `any`

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "5c35355dbebaa82eaf8113f0",
  "name": "xr9kv-atl",
  "provider": "string",
  "type": "native",
  "date": "2019-04-12T14:42:47.958Z",
  "rawConfig": "hostname ios0\nno service password-encryption\n...",
  "description": "description of backup",
  "notes": "notes about backup",
  "gbac": {
    "write": [
      {}
    ],
    "read": [
      {}
    ]
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/backups/id"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/backups/id';
const options = {method: 'GET'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/backups/id"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/backups/id")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/backups/id")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/backups/id');

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/backups/id");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/backups/id")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```