---
title: "Poll the status of a restore started with restoreDatabase"
method: GET
path: "/databases/{databaseId}/restore/{importId}"
tags: ["Databases"]
---

# Poll the status of a restore started with restoreDatabase

`GET /databases/{databaseId}/restore/{importId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://hostingsurge.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://hostingsurge.com/api/v1/databases/{databaseId}/restore/{importId}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in cookie `__Host-hs_session`

## Path parameters

- `databaseId` string, uuid, required
- `importId` string, required

## Response `200`

Restore status

- object
  - `importId` string, required
  - `state` 'queued' | 'running' | 'success' | 'failed', required
  - `exitCode` integer, nullable, required
  - `output` string, required
  - `finishedAt` string, nullable, required: ISO-8601 timestamp

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request (code invalid_request)
- `401`: Missing or invalid session/token (code unauthorized)
- `403`: Authenticated but not permitted (code forbidden)
- `404`: Not found or not visible to the caller (code not_found)
- `409`: Conflicting state (code conflict)
- `429`: Too many requests (code rate_limited); see Retry-After
- `503`: Hosting engine unavailable (code provider_unavailable)

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