---
title: "Take a snapshot of the current live topology + entity state for a network.
Acquires the discovery snapshot lock, creates the snapshots row, runs
close-and-clone to stamp every Snapshotable entity row with `snapshot_id`
and close them. The topology subscriber inserts the snapshot's topology
row off the back of the `Snapshot::Created` event."
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/snapshots"
tags: ["Snapshots"]
---

# Take a snapshot of the current live topology + entity state for a network.
Acquires the discovery snapshot lock, creates the snapshots row, runs
close-and-clone to stamp every Snapshotable entity row with `snapshot_id`
and close them. The topology subscriber inserts the snapshot's topology
row off the back of the `Snapshot::Created` event.

`POST /api/v1/snapshots`

## Request body

- CreateSnapshotRequest
  - `network_id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

Snapshot created

- ApiResponseSnapshot
  - `data` object
    - `created_by_user_id` string, uuid, nullable
    - `network_id` string, uuid, required
    - `taken_at` string, date-time, required
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
  - `error` string, nullable
  - `meta` ApiMeta, required — API metadata included in all responses
    - `api_version` integer, required — API version (integer, increments on breaking changes)
    - `server_version` string, required — Server version (semver)
  - `success` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `402` — Snapshots not available on plan
- `409` — Network is busy with discovery; retry shortly

## Changes

- **2026-05-03** `d38c20597ec1` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-04-20** `f04499e2280f` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/scanopy/apis/scanopy-api/changes/api/v1/snapshots/post.md)

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