How I can programmatically backup a site by Rest API?

Question

I know how to backup and restore by SP powershell and by server object model.

by powershell

Backup-SPSite http://server_name/sites/site_name -Path C:\Backup\site_name.bak

by server object model

SPSiteCollection mySiteCols = myApp.Sites;
mySiteCols.Backup(@"http://Server/sites/MySiteCollection", @"\\OtherServer\WSSBackups\SiteCollections\BackupOfMySiteCollection", true);

Now I try to figure out if I can backup the whole site by SharePoint Rest Api or not ?

Answer 1

As short answer, No, there is no REST endpoint for backup and restore.

For more details Check REST API reference and samples

The workarounds are

• To develop your own web service and host it on your SharePoint server and consume it at your application.
• Use Server Side Object Model - C# (As you have mentioned)
• Use PowerShell (As you have mentioned)