Export database

You can export the Optimizely Content Management System (CMS) or Optimizely Customized Commerce database to a bacpac file using the API or using the PaaS portal. See also Export the Database to Bacpac File to use the UI.

When you export a database, it triggers an export job for the requested database. The export job copies the requested database from the requested environment to a new database in the Integration environment to avoid performance issues in the production environment when the export runs. After this, it exports to a bacpac file from the copied database, and stores the bacpac on BLOB storage.

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Note
The Export Database process can take from a few hours to several days (in extreme cases). You can export only one database at a time.

The following sections describe operations to export the database to a .bacpac file using the API.

Export database

Request

POST api/v1.0/projects/{projectId}/environments/{environment}/databases/{databaseName}/exports

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
databaseName	string	The name of the requested database Valid names: epicms, epicommerce
environment	string	The name of the environment of the requested database
projectId	Guid	The identifier of the project of the requested database

Body

{
  retentionHours : 12             
}

Name	Tyoe	Description
retentionHours	int	Total hours that the bacpac is retained in the bacpacs container Default value: 24

Response

{
  Id           : guid,
  projectId    : guid,
  environment  : string,
  databaseName : string,
  status       : string,
  downloadLink : string                                                         
}

Get export database

This API gets the information about the export job that is triggered by an export database operation.

Request

GET api/v1.0/projects/{projectId}/environments/{environment}/databases/{databaseName}/exports/id

Parameter

Name	Type	Description
id	Guid	The identifier of the export job

Response

(Same as a response for Export database operation.)

{
  Id           : guid,
  projectId    : guid,
  environment  : string,
  databaseName : string,
  status       : string,
  downloadLink : string                                                         
}

Test tools

Postman
Epicloud
- Start-EpiDatabaseExport
- Get-EpiDatabaseExport
Swagger
- swagger/ui/index