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Instances: export

Requires authorization

Exports data from a Cloud SQL instance to a Google Cloud Storage bucket as a MySQL dump file. Try it now .

To export a MySQL dump file, you need write access to the Google Cloud Storage bucket where the dump file will be stored.

Request

HTTP request

POST https://www.googleapis.com/sql/v1beta3/projects/project/instances/instance/export

Parameters

Parameter name Value Description
Path parameters
instance string Cloud SQL instance ID. This does not include the project ID.
project string Project ID of the project that contains the instance to be exported.

Authorization

This request requires authorization with the following scope ( read more about authentication and authorization ).

Scope
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

Request body

In the request body, supply data with the following structure:

{
  "exportContext": {
    "kind": "sql#exportContext",
    "uri": string,
    "database": [
      string
    ],
    "table": [
      string
    ]
  }
}
Property name Value Description Notes
exportContext nested object Contains details about the export operation.
exportContext. kind string This is always sql#exportContext .
exportContext. uri string The path to the file in Google Cloud Storage where the export will be stored, or where it was already stored. The URI is in the form gs://bucketName/fileName . If the file already exists, the operation fails. If the filename ends with .gz, the contents are compressed.
exportContext. database[] list Databases (for example, guestbook ) from which the export is made. If unspecified, all databases are exported.
exportContext. table[] list Tables to export, or that were exported, from the specified database. If you specify tables, specify one and only one database.

Response

If successful, this method returns a response body with the following structure:

{
  "kind": "sql#instancesExport",
  "operation": string
}
Property name Value Description Notes
kind string This is always sql#instancesExport .
operation string An identifier that uniquely identifies the operation. You can use this identifier to retrieve the Operations resource that has information about the operation.

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