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Data Backup

This module covers all operations related to databackup. Use these APIs to schedule, get status, get history and download the databackup.

Schedule Data Backup

Schedule a data backup for the portal. Use this API to generate a downloadable backup file of portal data. If a backup was already generated within the last 24 hours, the existing export details and download URL will be returned.

POST

/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export

OAuth Scope:

ZohoProjects.portals.READ, ZohoFiles.files.READ

Path Parameters

Param Name
Data Type
Description

Query Parameters

Param Name
Data Type
Description

Request Example

Request Example
  • cURL
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  • Swift

curl -X POST \
'https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa' \
--form-string 'access_code=xxxxxx'

url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export";
params = Map();
params.put("access_code", "xxxxxx");
response = invokeUrl
[
    url: url
    type: POST
    parameters: params
    connection: "projects"
];
info response;
const https = require('https');
const url = new URL('https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export');
url.searchParams.append('access_code', 'xxxxxx');

const options = {
  hostname: url.hostname,
  path: url.pathname + url.search,
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa'
  }
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  res.on('data', (chunk) => { data += chunk; });
  res.on('end', () => { console.log(JSON.parse(data)); });
});

req.on('error', (err) => { console.error(err); });
req.end();
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

url = URI("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export")
params = {
  "access_code" => "xxxxxx"
}
url.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
<?php
$params = [
    'access_code' => 'xxxxxx',
];
$url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export" . "?" . http_build_query($params);

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => $url,
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);

echo $response;
import requests

url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export"

params = {
    "access_code": "xxxxxx"
}

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa",
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, params=params)

print(response.json())
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>

int main(void) {
    CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
    if (curl) {
        char *enc_access_code = curl_easy_escape(curl, "xxxxxx", 0);
        char url[2048];
        snprintf(url, sizeof(url), "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export?access_code=%s", enc_access_code);

        struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");

        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
        if (res != CURLE_OK)
            fprintf(stderr, "curl failed: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));

        curl_free(enc_access_code);
        curl_slist_free_all(headers);
        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    }
    return 0;
}
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;

var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

var query = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);
query["access_code"] = "xxxxxx";
var uriBuilder = new UriBuilder("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export") { Query = query.ToString() };
var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, uriBuilder.Uri);

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(body);
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <curl/curl.h>

static size_t WriteCallback(void* contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, std::string* output) {
    output->append((char*)contents, size * nmemb);
    return size * nmemb;
}

int main() {
    CURL* curl = curl_easy_init();
    if (curl) {
        std::string response;
        char* enc_access_code = curl_easy_escape(curl, "xxxxxx", 0);
        std::string url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export";
        url += "?access_code=" + std::string(enc_access_code);

        struct curl_slist* headers = NULL;
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url.c_str());
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, WriteCallback);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &response);

        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
        if (res == CURLE_OK)
            std::cout << response << std::endl;
        else
            std::cerr << curl_easy_strerror(res) << std::endl;

        curl_free(enc_access_code);
        curl_slist_free_all(headers);
        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    }
    return 0;
}
(require '[clj-http.client :as client])

(let [enc-access_code (java.net.URLEncoder/encode "xxxxxx" "UTF-8")
      url (str "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export" "?access_code=" enc-access_code)]
(def response
  (client/post url
    {:headers {"Authorization" "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"}
     :as :json}))

(println (:body response))
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"
    "net/url"
)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export", nil)
    q := req.URL.Query()
    q.Add("access_code", "xxxxxx")
    req.URL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
    req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa")

    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    defer resp.Body.Close()
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
POST https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export?access_code=xxxxxx HTTP/1.1
Host: https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export?access_code=xxxxxx
Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa
HttpClientBuilder httpClientBuilder = HttpClientBuilder.create();

SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getDefault();
SSLConnectionSocketFactory sslConnectionSocketFactory = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslContext, NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE);
CloseableHttpClient httpclient = httpClientBuilder.setSSLSocketFactory(sslConnectionSocketFactory).build();

URIBuilder uriBuilder = new URIBuilder("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export");
uriBuilder.addParameter("access_code", "xxxxxx");
HttpUriRequest requestObj = new HttpPost(uriBuilder.build());
requestObj.addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(requestObj);

HttpEntity responseEntity = response.getEntity();
Object responseObject = EntityUtils.toString(responseEntity);
String responseString = responseObject.toString();
const url = 'https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export';

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  'access_code': 'xxxxxx'
});

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa'
  }
};

fetch(url + '?' + params.toString(), options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
  .catch(error => console.error(error));
access_code = "xxxxxx"
import java.net.HttpURLConnection
import java.net.URL
import okhttp3.HttpUrl.Companion.toHttpUrl

fun main() {
    val urlBuilder = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export".toHttpUrl().newBuilder()
    urlBuilder.addQueryParameter("access_code", "xxxxxx")
    val url = URL(urlBuilder.build().toString())
    val conn = url.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
    conn.requestMethod = "POST"
    conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa")

    val response = conn.inputStream.bufferedReader().readText()
    println(response)
}
NSString *encodedAccess_code = [@"xxxxxx" stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters:[NSCharacterSet URLQueryAllowedCharacterSet]];
NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export?access_code=%@", encodedAccess_code];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
[request setValue:@"Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization"];

NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *task = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
    completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
        NSString *result = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        NSLog(@"%@", result);
}];
[task resume];
open Lwt
open Cohttp_lwt_unix

let () =
  let enc_access_code = Uri.pct_encode "xxxxxx" in
  let uri = Uri.of_string ("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export" ^ "?access_code=" ^ enc_access_code) in
  let headers = Cohttp.Header.init ()
    |> fun h -> Cohttp.Header.add h "Authorization" "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
  in
  Lwt_main.run (
    Client.post ~headers uri >>= fun (_, body) ->
    Cohttp_lwt.Body.to_string body >|= fun s ->
    print_endline s)
$headers = @{
    "Authorization" = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
}

$params = @{
    access_code = "xxxxxx"
}
$queryString = ($params.GetEnumerator() | ForEach-Object { "$($_.Key)=$([System.Uri]::EscapeDataString($_.Value))" }) -join "&"
$url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export" + "?" + $queryString

$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Method POST -Headers $headers

$response | ConvertTo-Json
library(httr)

url <- "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export"

params <- list(
  access_code = "xxxxxx"
)

response <- POST(
  url,
  add_headers(Authorization = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"),
  query = params
)

content(response, "text")
import Foundation

var components = URLComponents(string: "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export")!
components.queryItems = [
    URLQueryItem(name: "access_code", value: "xxxxxx")
]
let url = components.url!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.setValue("Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")

let semaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
    if let data = data, let result = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
        print(result)
    }
    semaphore.signal()
}
task.resume()
semaphore.wait()

Sample Input

access_code : "xxxxxx"

Sample Response

200{ "status_code" : 200, "details" : { "last_export_time" : "2025-12-16 17:13:25.297 Asia/Kolkata", "export_id" : "5000000009001", "message" : "EXPORT_ONCE_IN_24_HOURS", "link_expires_on" : "2025-12-31 17:13:25.298 Asia/Kolkata" }, "status_check_url" : "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/46220525/portal_export/5000000009001/status", "download_api_url" : "https://download.zoho.com/download?x-service=projects&event-id=projects-5000000009001" }

Get Data Backup Status

Retrieve the status of a portal data backup. Use this API to check whether the backup is in progress or completed. Once completed, the response includes the download URL. Use the export ID returned from the Schedule Data Backup API.

GET

/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status

OAuth Scope:

ZohoProjects.portals.READ, ZohoFiles.files.READ

Path Parameters

Param Name
Data Type
Description

Request Example

Request Example
  • cURL
  • Deluge
  • Node.js
  • Ruby
  • PHP
  • Python
  • C
  • C#
  • C++
  • Clojure
  • Go
  • HTTP
  • Java
  • JS Fetch
  • Kotlin
  • Objective-C
  • OCaml
  • PowerShell
  • R
  • Swift

curl -X GET \
'https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa'

url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status";
response = invokeUrl
[
    url: url
    type: GET
    connection: "projects"
];
info response;
const https = require('https');
const url = new URL('https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status');

const options = {
  hostname: url.hostname,
  path: url.pathname + url.search,
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa'
  }
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  res.on('data', (chunk) => { data += chunk; });
  res.on('end', () => { console.log(JSON.parse(data)); });
});

req.on('error', (err) => { console.error(err); });
req.end();
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

url = URI("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
<?php
$url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status";

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => $url,
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);

echo $response;
import requests

url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status"

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa",
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>

int main(void) {
    CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
    if (curl) {
        struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");

        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
        if (res != CURLE_OK)
            fprintf(stderr, "curl failed: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));

        curl_slist_free_all(headers);
        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    }
    return 0;
}
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;

var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status");

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(body);
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <curl/curl.h>

static size_t WriteCallback(void* contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, std::string* output) {
    output->append((char*)contents, size * nmemb);
    return size * nmemb;
}

int main() {
    CURL* curl = curl_easy_init();
    if (curl) {
        std::string response;
        struct curl_slist* headers = NULL;
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, WriteCallback);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &response);

        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
        if (res == CURLE_OK)
            std::cout << response << std::endl;
        else
            std::cerr << curl_easy_strerror(res) << std::endl;

        curl_slist_free_all(headers);
        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    }
    return 0;
}
(require '[clj-http.client :as client])

(def response
  (client/get "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status"
    {:headers {"Authorization" "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"}
     :as :json}))

(println (:body response))
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"
)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status", nil)
    req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa")

    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    defer resp.Body.Close()
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
GET https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status HTTP/1.1
Host: https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status
Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa
HttpClientBuilder httpClientBuilder = HttpClientBuilder.create();

SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getDefault();
SSLConnectionSocketFactory sslConnectionSocketFactory = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslContext, NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE);
CloseableHttpClient httpclient = httpClientBuilder.setSSLSocketFactory(sslConnectionSocketFactory).build();

URIBuilder uriBuilder = new URIBuilder("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status");
HttpUriRequest requestObj = new HttpGet(uriBuilder.build());
requestObj.addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(requestObj);

HttpEntity responseEntity = response.getEntity();
Object responseObject = EntityUtils.toString(responseEntity);
String responseString = responseObject.toString();
const url = 'https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status';

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa'
  }
};

fetch(url, options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
  .catch(error => console.error(error));
import java.net.HttpURLConnection
import java.net.URL
import okhttp3.HttpUrl.Companion.toHttpUrl

fun main() {
    val url = URL("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status")
    val conn = url.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
    conn.requestMethod = "GET"
    conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa")

    val response = conn.inputStream.bufferedReader().readText()
    println(response)
}
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status"];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];
[request setValue:@"Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization"];

NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *task = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
    completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
        NSString *result = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        NSLog(@"%@", result);
}];
[task resume];
open Lwt
open Cohttp_lwt_unix

let () =
  let uri = Uri.of_string "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status" in
  let headers = Cohttp.Header.init ()
    |> fun h -> Cohttp.Header.add h "Authorization" "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
  in
  Lwt_main.run (
    Client.get ~headers uri >>= fun (_, body) ->
    Cohttp_lwt.Body.to_string body >|= fun s ->
    print_endline s)
$headers = @{
    "Authorization" = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
}

$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status" -Method GET -Headers $headers

$response | ConvertTo-Json
library(httr)

url <- "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status"

response <- GET(
  url,
  add_headers(Authorization = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa")
)

content(response, "text")
import Foundation

let url = URL(string: "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/[PORTAL_EXPORT_ID]/status")!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.setValue("Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")

let semaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
    if let data = data, let result = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
        print(result)
    }
    semaphore.signal()
}
task.resume()
semaphore.wait()

Sample Response

200{ "status_code" : 200, "details" : { "message" : "PORTAL_EXPORT_COMPLETED" }, "download_api_url" : "https://download.zoho.com/download?x-service=projects&event-id=projects-<attachment_key>" }

Get Data Backup History

Retrieve the history of portal data backups. Use this API to view previously generated backups along with their status and download links.

GET

/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history

OAuth Scope:

ZohoProjects.portals.READ, ZohoFiles.files.READ

Path Parameters

Param Name
Data Type
Description

Request Example

Request Example
  • cURL
  • Deluge
  • Node.js
  • Ruby
  • PHP
  • Python
  • C
  • C#
  • C++
  • Clojure
  • Go
  • HTTP
  • Java
  • JS Fetch
  • Kotlin
  • Objective-C
  • OCaml
  • PowerShell
  • R
  • Swift

curl -X GET \
'https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa'

url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history";
response = invokeUrl
[
    url: url
    type: GET
    connection: "projects"
];
info response;
const https = require('https');
const url = new URL('https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history');

const options = {
  hostname: url.hostname,
  path: url.pathname + url.search,
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa'
  }
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  res.on('data', (chunk) => { data += chunk; });
  res.on('end', () => { console.log(JSON.parse(data)); });
});

req.on('error', (err) => { console.error(err); });
req.end();
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

url = URI("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
<?php
$url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history";

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => $url,
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);

echo $response;
import requests

url = "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history"

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa",
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>

int main(void) {
    CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
    if (curl) {
        struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");

        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
        if (res != CURLE_OK)
            fprintf(stderr, "curl failed: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));

        curl_slist_free_all(headers);
        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    }
    return 0;
}
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;

var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history");

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(body);
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <curl/curl.h>

static size_t WriteCallback(void* contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, std::string* output) {
    output->append((char*)contents, size * nmemb);
    return size * nmemb;
}

int main() {
    CURL* curl = curl_easy_init();
    if (curl) {
        std::string response;
        struct curl_slist* headers = NULL;
        headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, WriteCallback);
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &response);

        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
        if (res == CURLE_OK)
            std::cout << response << std::endl;
        else
            std::cerr << curl_easy_strerror(res) << std::endl;

        curl_slist_free_all(headers);
        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    }
    return 0;
}
(require '[clj-http.client :as client])

(def response
  (client/get "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history"
    {:headers {"Authorization" "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"}
     :as :json}))

(println (:body response))
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"
)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history", nil)
    req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa")

    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    defer resp.Body.Close()
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
GET https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history HTTP/1.1
Host: https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history
Authorization: Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa
HttpClientBuilder httpClientBuilder = HttpClientBuilder.create();

SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getDefault();
SSLConnectionSocketFactory sslConnectionSocketFactory = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslContext, NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE);
CloseableHttpClient httpclient = httpClientBuilder.setSSLSocketFactory(sslConnectionSocketFactory).build();

URIBuilder uriBuilder = new URIBuilder("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history");
HttpUriRequest requestObj = new HttpGet(uriBuilder.build());
requestObj.addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa");

HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(requestObj);

HttpEntity responseEntity = response.getEntity();
Object responseObject = EntityUtils.toString(responseEntity);
String responseString = responseObject.toString();
const url = 'https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history';

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa'
  }
};

fetch(url, options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
  .catch(error => console.error(error));
import java.net.HttpURLConnection
import java.net.URL
import okhttp3.HttpUrl.Companion.toHttpUrl

fun main() {
    val url = URL("https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history")
    val conn = url.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
    conn.requestMethod = "GET"
    conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa")

    val response = conn.inputStream.bufferedReader().readText()
    println(response)
}
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history"];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];
[request setValue:@"Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization"];

NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *task = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
    completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
        NSString *result = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        NSLog(@"%@", result);
}];
[task resume];
open Lwt
open Cohttp_lwt_unix

let () =
  let uri = Uri.of_string "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history" in
  let headers = Cohttp.Header.init ()
    |> fun h -> Cohttp.Header.add h "Authorization" "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
  in
  Lwt_main.run (
    Client.get ~headers uri >>= fun (_, body) ->
    Cohttp_lwt.Body.to_string body >|= fun s ->
    print_endline s)
$headers = @{
    "Authorization" = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa"
}

$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history" -Method GET -Headers $headers

$response | ConvertTo-Json
library(httr)

url <- "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history"

response <- GET(
  url,
  add_headers(Authorization = "Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa")
)

content(response, "text")
import Foundation

let url = URL(string: "https://projects.zoho.com/api/v3/portal/[PORTAL_ID]/portal_export/history")!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.setValue("Bearer 1000.03xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa5317.dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfa", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")

let semaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
    if let data = data, let result = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
        print(result)
    }
    semaphore.signal()
}
task.resume()
semaphore.wait()

Sample Response

200{ "portal_export_history" : [ { "requested_via" : "api", "export_id" : "5000000009001", "filesize" : "-", "scheduled_on" : "2025-12-16T11:43:25.040Z", "download_api_url" : "https://download.zoho.com/download?x-service=projects&event-id=projects-<attachment_key>", "status" : "completed", "link_expires_on" : "2025-12-31T11:43:25.040Z" } ] }
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