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# Show site backup

GET https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups/{siteBackup}

One backup by its exact id, as a JSON:API document of type `site-backups`: everything the listing shows plus the detail fields, answered by default unless `fields[site-backups]` narrows them: `content` (the areas included and the exclusions), `restoration_allowed` (whether the website could take a restoration from it - a restoration is started from the dashboard only) and `has_restoration_in_progress`.

`include=items` adds the parts of the copy as `site-backup-items` resources (`type`: database, core, plugins, themes, mu_plugins, content, uploads; `status`, `phase`, `size`, `total_items`), one row per part, to explain a failure part by part.

Path variable `siteBackup` is the exact backup id from the listing. A backup of another organization answers 404. A read-only token is enough. The MCP twin is the `site-backups-show` tool.

Reference: https://api.docs.modulards.com/modular-ds-public-api/site-backups/show-site-backup

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Personal access token created in the Modular DS dashboard; read-only tokens can only call GET endpoints.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `siteBackup` (string, required)

### Query parameters

- `include` (string, optional) — items - the parts of the copy; site - the website
- `fields[site-backups]` (string, optional) — Sparse fieldset; omit it to get every attribute plus the three detail fields

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups/siteBackup"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups/siteBackup';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

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 := "https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups/siteBackup"

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	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("https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups/siteBackup")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

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("https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups/siteBackup")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups/siteBackup', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups/siteBackup");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups/siteBackup")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

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()
```