Generate backup using API

ShaneAU Exactly, yes that is a point of interest to me as well. (unclear, if non-administrators will have API keys as well).

@Compuit and @ShaneAU why do you not just try and find out and report here if yes or not. If not then you could post a separate topic with a request to enable API for all users assuming that permissions “transfer”.

I think the problem with API for other users would be the permissions as usually you would then have to string each permission into the API key.

I have not come across any API implementation with varied user permission based on the api_username alone nor experimented with extending such API key with more variables than username.

Running a business backup from the api would be very useful, but I can’t find any info that indicates this has been implemented.
Is it implemented?
If not, is there a plan to implement?

In the Manager forum, when an Idea is implemented it is removed from the Ideas forum category. So as it is still in that category it has not been implemented.

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Thank you for your response.
Any way to ascertain if @lubos has this one n his sights?

All topics in the ideas category are in his sights. In this case, he put it into the category himself. (Sometimes, forum moderators put a topic into ideas.)

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@lubos Uses the ideas to let us know and discus possible features, but that does not mean that it will be added or be added soon (this topic has been in ideas for 3 years).

If and when it gets added this topic will be removed from ideas and there will most likely be a post from @lubos stating it has been added.
If @lubos decides not to ever add it it will be removed from ideas .