Restoring SharePoint Documents by Restore Operator
You can restore backed-up SharePoint documents using Restore Portal. For more information about Restore Portal, see the Data Restore Using Restore Portal section of the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 User Guide.
To restore data using Restore Portal, you must create a restore session for a restore operator. For more information, see Creating Restore Session for Restore Operator.
Request
POST https://<hostname>:4443/v6/RestoreSessions/{restoreSessionId}/Organization/Sites/{siteId}/Documents/operatorRestore |
Request Headers
The request header must contain an authorization token of the current session.
Request Parameters
The following parameters must be specified in the URL of the request:
Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
restoreSessionId | string | Specifies the identification number of the restore session. For more information on how to get this parameter, see Getting Restore Sessions. |
siteId | string | Specifies the identification number of the SharePoint site. For more information on how to get this parameter, see Getting Organization SharePoint Sites. |
Request Body
To restore backed-up SharePoint documents using Restore Portal, the request body must contain the following properties:
Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
documentsRestoreConfigs | documentsRestoreConfigs[] | Specifies settings for document restore. For more information, see Document Restore Settings. |
list | string | Specifies the target SharePoint list. |
restorePermissions | boolean | If set to true, indicates that the SharePoint documents will be restored with all permissions. |
sendSharedLinksNotification | boolean | If set to true, indicates that shared links notifications will be sent. |
documentVersion | documentVersion | Specifies which of the following versions of the SharePoint documents will be restored:
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documentLastVersionAction | documentLastVersionAction | Specifies which one of the following actions will be performed with the last version of the restored SharePoint document on the destination server:
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restoreChangedItems | boolean | If set to true, indicates that documents that changed in the target location will be restored. |
restoreDeletedItems | boolean | If set to true, indicates that documents that were deleted in the target location will be restored. |
reason | string | Specifies a reason for the restore operation. |
The request body must contain the following properties:
Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
document | document | Specifies ID the document that you want to restore. For more information on how to get such IDs, see Getting SharePoint Documents. |
documentVersion | documentVersion | Specifies which of the following versions of the SharePoint document will be restored:
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Response
The server returns the following response to the client.
Response Codes
A successfully completed operation returns a 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 response body message for the requests with the export and save actions: application/octet-stream. The media type and syntax of the response body message for the requests with the restore and send actions: null. |
Response Body
None.
Example
The example shows how to restore a SharePoint document using Restore Portal.
Request: POST https://abc.tech.local:4443/v6/RestoreSessions/0ba45909-ce2d-4457-9a41-c466c21cd1e3/Organization/Sites/1cfe4469-0a31-414b-9fd0-e84a087dcb739f242172-6d3f-47a2-816a-4989d45e88dd/Documents/operatorRestore
Request Header: Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>
Request Body: { "documentsRestoreConfigs": [ { "document": { "id": "74685f6b-16aa-4a78-a44f-05526ce0ae30" }, "documentVersion": "All" } ], "list" : "exampleList", "restorePermissions" : true, "documentVersion" : "last", "documentLastVersionAction" : "merge", "documentAction": "Overwrite", "restoreChangedItems": true, "reason": "Restore of deleted document" }
Response: 200 OK |