curl --request POST \
  --url https://storage.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/snapshots \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "volume": "5f8d2c1a-9b3e-4d7a-8c6f-1e2a3b4c5d6e",
  "name": "nightly-2026-01-15",
  "description": "Nightly backup of data-vol-01",
  "tags": {
    "environment": "production",
    "team": "backend"
  }
}
'

import requests

url = "https://storage.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/snapshots"

payload = {
    "volume": "5f8d2c1a-9b3e-4d7a-8c6f-1e2a3b4c5d6e",
    "name": "nightly-2026-01-15",
    "description": "Nightly backup of data-vol-01",
    "tags": {
        "environment": "production",
        "team": "backend"
    }
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    volume: '5f8d2c1a-9b3e-4d7a-8c6f-1e2a3b4c5d6e',
    name: 'nightly-2026-01-15',
    description: 'Nightly backup of data-vol-01',
    tags: {environment: 'production', team: 'backend'}
  })
};

fetch('https://storage.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/snapshots', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://storage.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/snapshots",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'volume' => '5f8d2c1a-9b3e-4d7a-8c6f-1e2a3b4c5d6e',
    'name' => 'nightly-2026-01-15',
    'description' => 'Nightly backup of data-vol-01',
    'tags' => [
        'environment' => 'production',
        'team' => 'backend'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://storage.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/snapshots"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"volume\": \"5f8d2c1a-9b3e-4d7a-8c6f-1e2a3b4c5d6e\",\n  \"name\": \"nightly-2026-01-15\",\n  \"description\": \"Nightly backup of data-vol-01\",\n  \"tags\": {\n    \"environment\": \"production\",\n    \"team\": \"backend\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://storage.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/snapshots")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"volume\": \"5f8d2c1a-9b3e-4d7a-8c6f-1e2a3b4c5d6e\",\n  \"name\": \"nightly-2026-01-15\",\n  \"description\": \"Nightly backup of data-vol-01\",\n  \"tags\": {\n    \"environment\": \"production\",\n    \"team\": \"backend\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://storage.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/snapshots")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"volume\": \"5f8d2c1a-9b3e-4d7a-8c6f-1e2a3b4c5d6e\",\n  \"name\": \"nightly-2026-01-15\",\n  \"description\": \"Nightly backup of data-vol-01\",\n  \"tags\": {\n    \"environment\": \"production\",\n    \"team\": \"backend\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "snapshot": {
    "faults": [
      {
        "code": "BACKUP_FAILED",
        "severity": "error",
        "message": "Backup upload failed.",
        "details": {},
        "first_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "last_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "occurrences": 1
      }
    ],
    "id": "7b1e9c4d-3a2f-4b8c-9d6e-0f1a2b3c4d5e",
    "crn": "crn:storage:sa-saopaulo-1:my-account:volume/data-vol-01/snapshot/weekly-backup",
    "volume_id": "5f8d2c1a-9b3e-4d7a-8c6f-1e2a3b4c5d6e",
    "snapshot_policy_id": "3c9f1b2e-6d4a-4e8b-9f1c-2a3b4c5d6e7f",
    "name": "nightly-2026-01-15",
    "description": "Nightly backup of data-vol-01",
    "tags": {
      "environment": "production",
      "team": "backend"
    },
    "size_gb": 100,
    "status": "available",
    "created_at": "2026-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-01-15T09:30:42Z"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_INPUT",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters",
    "request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "Authentication required",
    "request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "ACCESS_DENIED",
    "message": "You don't have permission to perform this action",
    "request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Resource not found",
    "request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_INPUT",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters",
    "request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "params": {
      "instances": 2,
      "pools": 0
    }
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_REUSED",
    "message": "This Idempotency-Key was already used with a different request payload",
    "request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
    "message": "An internal error occurred",
    "request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
  }
}