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(POST) /RestoreSessions/{restoreSessionId}/Organization/Sites/{siteId}/Action

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Restores backed up SharePoint site with a specified ID.

Request

To restore the backed up site from the SharePoint backup, send the POST HTTPS request to the URL of the /RestoreSessions/{restoreSessionId}/Organization/Sites/{siteId}/Action resource.

HTTPS Request

POST https://<Backup-Office365>:4443/v3/RestoreSessions/{restoreSessionId}/Organization/Sites/{siteId}/Action

Request Headers

The request header must contain the authorization token for the current logon session.

Request Body

Restore

To restore backed up organization's SharePoint site to the destination server, the request body must contain the restoreTo action properties:

Property	Type	Description
UserName	string	Specifies the user name you want to use for authenticating with the SharePoint organization. For example, "userName": "jsmith@westsupport.onmicrosoft.com".
UserPassword	string	Specifies the user password you want to use for authenticating with the SharePoint organization. For example, "userPassword": "paSSw0rd".
Alias	string	Specifies an alias for the restore destination.
RestoreListViews	bool	If set to True, indicates that the SharePoint lists will be restored with all list views. For example, "restoreListViews": "true".
ChangedItems	bool	If set to True, indicates that the SharePoint site will be restored with all changed items. For example, "changedItems": "true".
DeletedItems	bool	If set to True, indicates that the SharePoint site will be restored with all deleted items. For example, "deletedItems": "true".
RestoreSubsites	bool	If set to True, indicates that the SharePoint site will be restored with all subsites. For example, "restoreSubsites": "true".
RestoreMasterPages	bool	If set to True, indicates that the SharePoint site will be restored with all master pages. For example, "restoreMasterPages": "true".
RestorePermissions	bool	If set to True, indicates that the SharePoint site will be restored with all permissions. For example, "restorePermissions": "true".
DocumentVersion	DocumentVersion	Specifies, which of the following versions of the SharePoint documents will be restored: all last
SendSharedLinksNotification	bool	If set to True, indicates that shared links notifications will be sent. For example, "sendSharedLinksNotification": "true"
DocumentLastVersionAction	DocumentLastVersionAction	Specifies, which one of the following actions will be performed with the last version of the restored SharePoint document on the destination list: overwrite merge

For example:

{

"restoreTo" :

{

"username" : "admin",

"userpassword" : "password",

"RestorePermissions" : true,

"DocumentVersion" : "last",

"DocumentLastVersionAction" : "Merge"

}

Response

The server returns the following response to the client.

Response Codes

A successfully completed operation returns response code 200 OK.

Response Headers

The response to this request contains the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTPS headers.

Header

Description

Content-length

The length of the response body.

Content-type

The media type and syntax of the request body message for the requests with the export action: application/octet-stream.

The media type and syntax of the request body message for the requests with the restore actions: null.

Response Body

None.

Example

The following request restores backed up SharePoint site with a specified ID

Request:

POST https://support.east.local:4443/v3/RestoreSessions/6a50c1ce-07e1-4ee9-9158-9150acb5c2eb/Organization/Sites/b3184e77-b95b-45f7-96cc-180a20b61cbd8507931c-4561-4ddf-bc90-411aba44bb39/Action

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

Request Body:

{