Basesnap API

Name: Basesnap API API
Brand: Basesnap API
Availability: InStock

★ Only Publicly Available OpenAPI DocumentStorageBackup RecoveryapiKey3 EndpointsREST

For Agents

Create database snapshots, list existing snapshots, and trigger restores from a chosen snapshot ID. Useful for agents running pre-deploy backups or recovery flows.

Quickstart

Get started with Basesnap API in minutes using your preferred integration method.

# Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf)
{
  "jentic": {
    "url": "https://api.jentic.com/mcp",
    "auth": "oauth"
  }
}

# Then ask your agent:
"create a database snapshot"

# → Jentic returns the GET /events tool with parameter schema, agent executes.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with Basesnap API API.

Capture a point-in-time database snapshot before risky migrations or deploys

List all available snapshots with their creation timestamps and identifiers

Restore a database to a chosen snapshot using its snapshot ID

Automate pre-release backup checkpoints from CI/CD pipelines

Trigger disaster-recovery rollbacks from incident-response runbooks

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View OpenAPI Document

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI document for Basesnap API, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for Basesnap API, keeping it validated and agent-ready. Basesnap is a database snapshot and backup service that lets teams capture point-in-time copies of their databases and roll back to any prior snapshot on demand. The API exposes three core operations covering snapshot listing, snapshot creation, and snapshot restoration, all secured by an API key passed in the Authorization header. It is suitable for ops teams that want programmatic disaster-recovery automation rather than relying on manual database tooling.

Use Cases

Patterns agents use Basesnap API API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Pre-Deploy Database Checkpoint

Capture a database snapshot immediately before a release or schema migration so the team can roll back in seconds if something breaks. The Basesnap API exposes a single POST /snapshots call that returns a snapshot identifier, which the deployment pipeline can store and reference. Snapshot creation runs asynchronously and is suitable for production-sized databases.

Call POST /snapshots to create a snapshot named pre-deploy-2026-06-10 and store the returned snapshot ID for rollback

Incident Recovery Rollback

When a deploy or data corruption incident occurs, an on-call engineer or runbook agent needs to identify the most recent good snapshot and restore the database. Basesnap's GET /snapshots returns the snapshot list and POST /snapshots/{id}/restore triggers the restore. End-to-end rollback typically completes within minutes for moderate database sizes.

List snapshots via GET /snapshots, pick the latest snapshot before the incident timestamp, then call POST /snapshots/{id}/restore

Scheduled Backup Audit

Compliance and SRE teams need to verify that scheduled snapshots are actually being created and retained. The GET /snapshots endpoint returns the full snapshot list with timestamps, so an agent can audit retention policies and alert if expected snapshots are missing.

Call GET /snapshots and verify a snapshot exists for each of the last 7 daily backup windows

Agent-Driven Recovery via Jentic

AI agents handling on-call escalation can use Basesnap through Jentic to perform a full identify-and-restore loop without operator intervention. Jentic isolates the Basesnap API key in its vault and exposes the three snapshot operations as discoverable tools, so the agent can search for restore intent, load the schema, and execute.

Search Jentic for 'restore a database snapshot', load the POST /snapshots/{id}/restore schema, and execute with the chosen snapshot ID

Key Endpoints

3 endpoints — jentic publishes the only available openapi specification for basesnap api, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/snapshots

List all database snapshots

POST

/snapshots

Create a new database snapshot

POST

/snapshots/{id}/restore

Restore the database from a snapshot

GET

/snapshots

List all database snapshots

POST

/snapshots

Create a new database snapshot

POST

/snapshots/{id}/restore

Restore the database from a snapshot

Why though Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

The Basesnap API key (Authorization header) is stored encrypted in the Jentic vault. Agents receive scoped access tokens — the raw key never enters the agent's context, even when calling POST /snapshots/{id}/restore.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search by intent (e.g. 'create a database snapshot' or 'restore a database') and Jentic returns matching Basesnap operations with their input schemas, so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing docs.

Time to first call

Direct Basesnap integration: half a day for auth setup, error handling, and rollback logic. Through Jentic: under 30 minutes — search, load schema, execute.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Complementary

Baseten API

ML model deployment platform — pair with Basesnap to snapshot the database backing a deployed model service

Choose Baseten when the task is deploying or invoking an ML model; Basesnap covers the data layer behind it.

Complementary

Illumina BaseSpace API

Genomics data platform — different domain, but useful when snapshotting databases that hold sequencing metadata

Use BaseSpace for genomics workflows; Basesnap if the agent needs to back up the database storing the analysis state.

Alternative

Battle.net API

Different domain entirely — listed because no direct Basesnap competitor exists in the corpus

Not a real alternative; included only because the corpus does not currently contain a competing snapshot-API.

FAQs

Specific to using Basesnap API API through Jentic.

Why is there no official OpenAPI spec for Basesnap API?

Basesnap does not publish an OpenAPI specification. Jentic generates and maintains this spec so that AI agents and developers can call Basesnap API via structured tooling. It is validated against the live API and kept up to date. Get started at https://app.jentic.com/sign-up.

What authentication does the Basesnap API use?

Basesnap uses an API key passed in the Authorization header. Through Jentic, the key is stored encrypted in the vault and never enters the agent's context — the agent receives a scoped token to call POST /snapshots and the other two endpoints.

Can I create a database snapshot with the Basesnap API?

Yes. Call POST /snapshots to create a new snapshot. The response returns a snapshot identifier you can later pass to POST /snapshots/{id}/restore to roll the database back to that point in time.

How do I restore a database from a snapshot through Jentic?

Search Jentic for 'restore a database snapshot', which surfaces the POST /snapshots/{id}/restore operation. Load the schema, supply the target snapshot ID, and execute. The full search-load-execute loop runs from a single Jentic SDK session.

What are the rate limits for the Basesnap API?

The OpenAPI spec does not declare explicit rate limits. Treat snapshot creation as a heavyweight operation and avoid running concurrent POST /snapshots calls against the same database — check Basesnap's account dashboard for current quotas.

Is the Basesnap API free?

Basesnap is a commercial service and pricing is set per account. The API itself does not expose billing endpoints, so check your Basesnap account for current plan limits before automating high-frequency snapshot creation.