---
title: "List Backups for a Database Cluster"
method: GET
path: "/v2/databases/{database_cluster_uuid}/backups"
tags: ["DigitalOcean-public.v2-new_Databases"]
---

# List Backups for a Database Cluster

`GET /v2/databases/{database_cluster_uuid}/backups`

To list all of the available backups of a PostgreSQL or MySQL database cluster, send a GET request to `/v2/databases/$DATABASE_ID/backups`.
**Note**: Backups are not supported for Caching or Valkey clusters.
The result will be a JSON object with a `backups key`. This will be set to an array of backup objects, each of which will contain the size of the backup and the timestamp at which it was created.

## Path parameters

- `database_cluster_uuid` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

A JSON object with a key of `database_backups`.

- object
  - `backups` Backup[], required
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required — A time value given in ISO8601 combined date and time format at which the backup was created.
    - `size_gigabytes` number, required — The size of the database backup in GBs.
  - `scheduled_backup_time` object
    - `backup_hour` integer — The hour of the day when the backup is scheduled (in UTC).
    - `backup_minute` integer — The minute of the hour when the backup is scheduled.
    - `backup_interval_hours` integer — The frequency, in hours, at which backups are taken.
  - `backup_progress` string — If a backup is currently in progress, this attribute shows the percentage of completion. If no backup is in progress, this attribute will be hidden.

## Other responses

- `401` — Authentication failed due to invalid credentials.
- `404` — The resource was not found.
- `429` — The API rate limit has been exceeded.
- `500` — There was a server error.
- `default` — There was an unexpected error.

## Changes

- **2025-10-16** `cb3bf9b21459` — 4 info
  - api tag `DigitalOcean-public.v2-new_Databases` added
  - api tag `Databases` removed
  - added the optional property `backup_progress` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `scheduled_backup_time` to the response with the `200` status
- **2025-07-18** `f8e8c290636c` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-07-17** `5fc9af728e82` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2025-07-17** `f8e8c290636c` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/digitalocean/apis/digitalocean-api/changes/v2/databases/:database_cluster_uuid/backups/get.md)

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