Create snapshot
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.rafftechnologies.com/api/v1/snapshots \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
--header 'X-Project-ID: <x-project-id>' \
--data '
{
"name": "pre-upgrade",
"resource_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"volume_id": 123
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.rafftechnologies.com/api/v1/snapshots"
payload = {
"name": "pre-upgrade",
"resource_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"volume_id": 123
}
headers = {
"X-Project-ID": "<x-project-id>",
"X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'X-Project-ID': '<x-project-id>',
'X-API-Key': '<api-key>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: 'pre-upgrade',
resource_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
volume_id: 123
})
};
fetch('https://api.rafftechnologies.com/api/v1/snapshots', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.rafftechnologies.com/api/v1/snapshots",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'pre-upgrade',
'resource_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
'volume_id' => 123
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-Key: <api-key>",
"X-Project-ID: <x-project-id>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.rafftechnologies.com/api/v1/snapshots"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"pre-upgrade\",\n \"resource_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"volume_id\": 123\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-Project-ID", "<x-project-id>")
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.rafftechnologies.com/api/v1/snapshots")
.header("X-Project-ID", "<x-project-id>")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"pre-upgrade\",\n \"resource_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"volume_id\": 123\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.rafftechnologies.com/api/v1/snapshots")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-Project-ID"] = '<x-project-id>'
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"pre-upgrade\",\n \"resource_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"volume_id\": 123\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": 123,
"name": "<string>",
"account_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"project_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"created_by": "<string>",
"size": "<string>",
"target_size": "<string>",
"status": "active",
"product_vm": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"price_per_hour": "<string>",
"created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}{
"error": "<string>",
"message": "<string>"
}{
"error": "<string>",
"message": "<string>"
}{
"error": "Payment Required",
"message": "Insufficient balance for subscription"
}{
"error": "Billing validation failed",
"message": "Payment failed. Please update your payment method."
}Snapshots
Create Snapshot
Create a snapshot of a VM or a volume.
- For a VM snapshot, set
resource_typetovmand pass the VM UUID asresource_id. - For a volume snapshot, set
resource_typetovolumeand pass the integervolume_id.
POST
/
api
/
v1
/
snapshots
Create snapshot
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.rafftechnologies.com/api/v1/snapshots \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
--header 'X-Project-ID: <x-project-id>' \
--data '
{
"name": "pre-upgrade",
"resource_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"volume_id": 123
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.rafftechnologies.com/api/v1/snapshots"
payload = {
"name": "pre-upgrade",
"resource_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"volume_id": 123
}
headers = {
"X-Project-ID": "<x-project-id>",
"X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'X-Project-ID': '<x-project-id>',
'X-API-Key': '<api-key>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: 'pre-upgrade',
resource_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
volume_id: 123
})
};
fetch('https://api.rafftechnologies.com/api/v1/snapshots', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.rafftechnologies.com/api/v1/snapshots",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'pre-upgrade',
'resource_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
'volume_id' => 123
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-Key: <api-key>",
"X-Project-ID: <x-project-id>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.rafftechnologies.com/api/v1/snapshots"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"pre-upgrade\",\n \"resource_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"volume_id\": 123\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-Project-ID", "<x-project-id>")
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.rafftechnologies.com/api/v1/snapshots")
.header("X-Project-ID", "<x-project-id>")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"pre-upgrade\",\n \"resource_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"volume_id\": 123\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.rafftechnologies.com/api/v1/snapshots")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-Project-ID"] = '<x-project-id>'
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"pre-upgrade\",\n \"resource_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"volume_id\": 123\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": 123,
"name": "<string>",
"account_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"project_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"created_by": "<string>",
"size": "<string>",
"target_size": "<string>",
"status": "active",
"product_vm": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"price_per_hour": "<string>",
"created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}{
"error": "<string>",
"message": "<string>"
}{
"error": "<string>",
"message": "<string>"
}{
"error": "Payment Required",
"message": "Insufficient balance for subscription"
}{
"error": "Billing validation failed",
"message": "Payment failed. Please update your payment method."
}Updated May 8, 2026
Authorizations
API key for authentication. Each key is bound to a specific account.
Headers
Project ID. Required for all mutating operations (create, delete, power actions, resize).
Body
application/json
Source type for the snapshot
Available options:
vm, volume Snapshot display name
Required string length:
1 - 128Example:
"pre-upgrade"
Source VM UUID. Required when resource_type is vm.
Source volume ID. Required when resource_type is volume.
Last modified on May 8, 2026
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