# CreateSnapshot
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Creates a snapshot of all databases in a namespace. For more information about snapshots, see [ Working with snapshots and recovery points](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/serverless-snapshots-recovery-points.html).

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "namespaceName": "string",
   "retentionPeriod": number,
   "snapshotName": "string",
   "tags": [ 
      { 
         "key": "string",
         "value": "string"
      }
   ]
}
```

## Request Parameters
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For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [namespaceName](#API_CreateSnapshot_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="redshiftserverless-CreateSnapshot-request-namespaceName"></a>
The namespace to create a snapshot for.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** [retentionPeriod](#API_CreateSnapshot_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="redshiftserverless-CreateSnapshot-request-retentionPeriod"></a>
How long to retain the created snapshot.  
Type: Integer  
Required: No

 ** [snapshotName](#API_CreateSnapshot_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="redshiftserverless-CreateSnapshot-request-snapshotName"></a>
The name of the snapshot.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** [tags](#API_CreateSnapshot_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="redshiftserverless-CreateSnapshot-request-tags"></a>
An array of [Tag objects](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift-serverless/latest/APIReference/API_Tag.html) to associate with the snapshot.  
Type: Array of [Tag](API_Tag.md) objects  
Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 200 items.  
Required: No

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "snapshot": { 
      "accountsWithProvisionedRestoreAccess": [ "string" ],
      "accountsWithRestoreAccess": [ "string" ],
      "actualIncrementalBackupSizeInMegaBytes": number,
      "adminPasswordSecretArn": "string",
      "adminPasswordSecretKmsKeyId": "string",
      "adminUsername": "string",
      "backupProgressInMegaBytes": number,
      "currentBackupRateInMegaBytesPerSecond": number,
      "elapsedTimeInSeconds": number,
      "estimatedSecondsToCompletion": number,
      "kmsKeyId": "string",
      "namespaceArn": "string",
      "namespaceName": "string",
      "ownerAccount": "string",
      "snapshotArn": "string",
      "snapshotCreateTime": "string",
      "snapshotName": "string",
      "snapshotRemainingDays": number,
      "snapshotRetentionPeriod": number,
      "snapshotRetentionStartTime": "string",
      "status": "string",
      "totalBackupSizeInMegaBytes": number
   }
}
```

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

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

 ** [snapshot](#API_CreateSnapshot_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="redshiftserverless-CreateSnapshot-response-snapshot"></a>
The created snapshot object.  
Type: [Snapshot](API_Snapshot.md) object

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** ConflictException **   
The submitted action has conflicts.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InternalServerException **   
The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The resource could not be found.    
 ** resourceName **   
The name of the resource that could not be found.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ServiceQuotaExceededException **   
The service limit was exceeded.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** TooManyTagsException **   
The request exceeded the number of tags allowed for a resource.    
 ** resourceName **   
The name of the resource that exceeded the number of tags allowed for a resource.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ValidationException **   
The input failed to satisfy the constraints specified by an AWS service.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/redshift-serverless-2021-04-21/CreateSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/redshift-serverless-2021-04-21/CreateSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/redshift-serverless-2021-04-21/CreateSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/redshift-serverless-2021-04-21/CreateSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/redshift-serverless-2021-04-21/CreateSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/redshift-serverless-2021-04-21/CreateSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/redshift-serverless-2021-04-21/CreateSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/redshift-serverless-2021-04-21/CreateSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/redshift-serverless-2021-04-21/CreateSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/redshift-serverless-2021-04-21/CreateSnapshot)