CreateBackup

Last updated on 27 Des 2022

Description

This function creates a backup of an existing table.

Each time you create a backup, the entire table data is backed up. You can back up a table as many times you can.

For more information, see CreateBackup.

History

ColdFusion (2021 release): Added this function.

Syntax

serviceHandle.createBackup(requestParameters)

Parameters

See request parameters of CreateBackup.

Example

<cfscript> 
  cred = { 
    "credentialAlias" : "myalias", 
    "vendorName" : "AWS", 
    "region" : "us-east-2", 
    "secretAccessKey" : "xxxxx", 
    "accessKeyId" : "xxxx" 
  } 
 
  conf={ 
    "serviceName"="DYNAMODB" 
  } 
 
  dynamo=getCloudService(cred, conf) 
 
  // create a backup 
  tableName="YearlyProductCatalog" 
  createBackupStruct={ 
    "BackupName": "prodBackup", 
    "TableName": "#tableName#" 
  } 
 
  try{ 
    createBackupResponse=dynamo.createBackup(createBackupStruct) 
    writeOutput("Backup created successfully") 
    writeDump(createBackupResponse) 
  } 
  catch(any e){ 
    writeDump(e) 
  } 
</cfscript>