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ListSearchJobs

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ListSearchJobs - AWS Backup

This operation returns a list of search jobs belonging to an account.

Request Syntax

GET /search-jobs?MaxResults=MaxResults&NextToken=NextToken&Status=ByStatus HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

ByStatus

Include this parameter to filter list by search job status.

Valid Values: RUNNING | COMPLETED | STOPPING | STOPPED | FAILED

MaxResults

The maximum number of resource list items to be returned.

Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 1000.

NextToken

The next item following a partial list of returned search jobs.

For example, if a request is made to return MaxResults number of backups, NextToken allows you to return more items in your list starting at the location pointed to by the next token.

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-type: application/json { "NextToken": "string", "SearchJobs": [ { "CompletionTime": number, "CreationTime": number, "Name": "string", "SearchJobArn": "string", "SearchJobIdentifier": "string", "SearchScopeSummary": { "TotalItemsToScanCount": number, "TotalRecoveryPointsToScanCount": number }, "Status": "string", "StatusMessage": "string" } ] }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

NextToken

The next item following a partial list of returned backups included in a search job.

For example, if a request is made to return MaxResults number of backups, NextToken allows you to return more items in your list starting at the location pointed to by the next token.

Type: String

SearchJobs

The search jobs among the list, with details of the returned search jobs.

Type: Array of SearchJobSummary objects

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.

HTTP Status Code: 403

InternalServerException

An internal server error occurred. Retry your request.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ThrottlingException

The request was denied due to request throttling.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by a service.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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