Cancel backup create operation

Cancel a create backup database operation.

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Code sample

C++

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void CreateBackupAndCancel(
    google::cloud::spanner_admin::DatabaseAdminClient client,
    std::string const& project_id, std::string const& instance_id,
    std::string const& database_id, std::string const& backup_id,
    google::cloud::spanner::Timestamp expire_time) {
  google::cloud::spanner::Database database(project_id, instance_id,
                                            database_id);
  google::spanner::admin::database::v1::CreateBackupRequest request;
  request.set_parent(database.instance().FullName());
  request.set_backup_id(backup_id);
  request.mutable_backup()->set_database(database.FullName());
  *request.mutable_backup()->mutable_expire_time() =
      expire_time.get<google::protobuf::Timestamp>().value();
  auto f = client.CreateBackup(request);
  f.cancel();
  auto backup = f.get();
  if (backup) {
    auto status = client.DeleteBackup(backup->name());
    if (!status.ok()) throw std::move(status);
    std::cout << "Backup " << backup->name() << " was deleted.\n";
  } else {
    std::cout << "CreateBackup operation was cancelled with the message '"
              << backup.status().message() << "'.\n";
  }
}

C#

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using Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Database.V1;
using Google.Cloud.Spanner.Common.V1;
using Google.LongRunning;
using Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes;
using System;

public class CancelBackupOperationSample
{
    public Operation<Backup, CreateBackupMetadata> CancelBackupOperation(string projectId, string instanceId, string databaseId, string backupId)
    {
        // Create the DatabaseAdminClient instance.
        DatabaseAdminClient databaseAdminClient = DatabaseAdminClient.Create();

        // Initialize backup request parameters.
        Backup backup = new Backup
        {
            DatabaseAsDatabaseName = DatabaseName.FromProjectInstanceDatabase(projectId, instanceId, databaseId),
            ExpireTime = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(14).ToTimestamp()
        };
        InstanceName parentAsInstanceName = InstanceName.FromProjectInstance(projectId, instanceId);

        // Make the CreateBackup request.
        Operation<Backup, CreateBackupMetadata> operation = databaseAdminClient.CreateBackup(parentAsInstanceName, backup, backupId);

        // Cancel the operation.
        operation.Cancel();

        // Poll until the long-running operation is completed in case the backup was
        // created before the operation was cancelled.
        Console.WriteLine("Waiting for the operation to finish.");
        Operation<Backup, CreateBackupMetadata> completedOperation = operation.PollUntilCompleted();

        if (completedOperation.IsFaulted)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Create backup operation cancelled: {operation.Name}");
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("The backup was created before the operation was cancelled. Backup needs to be deleted.");
            BackupName backupAsBackupName = BackupName.FromProjectInstanceBackup(projectId, instanceId, backupId);
            databaseAdminClient.DeleteBackup(backupAsBackupName);
        }

        return completedOperation;
    }
}

Go

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To authenticate to Spanner, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 


import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"regexp"
	"time"

	longrunning "cloud.google.com/go/longrunning/autogen/longrunningpb"
	database "cloud.google.com/go/spanner/admin/database/apiv1"
	adminpb "cloud.google.com/go/spanner/admin/database/apiv1/databasepb"
	pbt "github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/timestamp"
	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
)

func cancelBackup(ctx context.Context, w io.Writer, db, backupID string) error {
	matches := regexp.MustCompile("^(.+)/databases/(.+)$").FindStringSubmatch(db)
	if matches == nil || len(matches) != 3 {
		return fmt.Errorf("cancelBackup: invalid database id %q", db)
	}

	adminClient, err := database.NewDatabaseAdminClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("cancelBackup.NewDatabaseAdminClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer adminClient.Close()

	expireTime := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, 14)
	// Create a backup.
	req := adminpb.CreateBackupRequest{
		Parent:   matches[1],
		BackupId: backupID,
		Backup: &adminpb.Backup{
			Database:   db,
			ExpireTime: &pbt.Timestamp{Seconds: expireTime.Unix(), Nanos: int32(expireTime.Nanosecond())},
		},
	}
	op, err := adminClient.CreateBackup(ctx, &req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("cancelBackup.CreateBackup: %w", err)
	}

	// Cancel backup creation.
	err = adminClient.LROClient.CancelOperation(ctx, &longrunning.CancelOperationRequest{Name: op.Name()})
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("cancelBackup.CancelOperation: %w", err)
	}

	// Cancel operations are best effort so either it will complete or be
	// cancelled.
	backup, err := op.Wait(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		if waitStatus, ok := status.FromError(err); !ok || waitStatus.Code() != codes.Canceled {
			return fmt.Errorf("cancelBackup.Wait: %w", err)
		}
	} else {
		// Backup was completed before it could be cancelled so delete the
		// unwanted backup.
		err = adminClient.DeleteBackup(ctx, &adminpb.DeleteBackupRequest{Name: backup.Name})
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("cancelBackup.DeleteBackup: %w", err)
		}
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Backup cancelled.\n")
	return nil
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Spanner, see Spanner client libraries.

To authenticate to Spanner, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

static void cancelCreateBackup(
    DatabaseAdminClient dbAdminClient, String projectId, String instanceId,
    String databaseId, String backupId) {
  // Set expire time to 14 days from now.
  Timestamp expireTime =
      Timestamp.newBuilder().setSeconds(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toSeconds((
          System.currentTimeMillis() + TimeUnit.DAYS.toMillis(14)))).build();
  BackupName backupName = BackupName.of(projectId, instanceId, backupId);
  Backup backup = Backup.newBuilder()
      .setName(backupName.toString())
      .setDatabase(DatabaseName.of(projectId, instanceId, databaseId).toString())
      .setExpireTime(expireTime).build();

  try {
    // Start the creation of a backup.
    System.out.println("Creating backup [" + backupId + "]...");
    OperationFuture<Backup, CreateBackupMetadata> op = dbAdminClient.createBackupAsync(
        InstanceName.of(projectId, instanceId), backup, backupId);

    // Try to cancel the backup operation.
    System.out.println("Cancelling create backup operation for [" + backupId + "]...");
    dbAdminClient.getOperationsClient().cancelOperation(op.getName());

    // Get a polling future for the running operation. This future will regularly poll the server
    // for the current status of the backup operation.
    RetryingFuture<OperationSnapshot> pollingFuture = op.getPollingFuture();

    // Wait for the operation to finish.
    // isDone will return true when the operation is complete, regardless of whether it was
    // successful or not.
    while (!pollingFuture.get().isDone()) {
      System.out.println("Waiting for the cancelled backup operation to finish...");
      Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.convert(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
    }
    if (pollingFuture.get().getErrorCode() == null) {
      // Backup was created before it could be cancelled. Delete the backup.
      dbAdminClient.deleteBackup(backupName);
      System.out.println("Backup operation for [" + backupId
          + "] successfully finished before it could be cancelled");
    } else if (pollingFuture.get().getErrorCode().getCode() == StatusCode.Code.CANCELLED) {
      System.out.println("Backup operation for [" + backupId + "] successfully cancelled");
    }
  } catch (ExecutionException e) {
    throw SpannerExceptionFactory.newSpannerException(e.getCause());
  } catch (InterruptedException e) {
    throw SpannerExceptionFactory.propagateInterrupt(e);
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Spanner, see Spanner client libraries.

To authenticate to Spanner, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 


// Imports the Google Cloud client library and precise date library
const {Spanner, protos} = require('@google-cloud/spanner');
/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines before running the sample.
 */
// const projectId = 'my-project-id';
// const instanceId = 'my-instance';
// const databaseId = 'my-database';
// const backupId = 'my-backup';

// Creates a client
const spanner = new Spanner({
  projectId: projectId,
});

// Gets a reference to a Cloud Spanner Database Admin Client object
const databaseAdminClient = spanner.getDatabaseAdminClient();

// Creates a new backup of the database
try {
  console.log(
    `Creating backup of database ${databaseAdminClient.databasePath(
      projectId,
      instanceId,
      databaseId
    )}.`
  );

  // Expire backup one day in the future
  const expireTime = Date.now() + 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
  const [operation] = await databaseAdminClient.createBackup({
    parent: databaseAdminClient.instancePath(projectId, instanceId),
    backupId: backupId,
    backup: (protos.google.spanner.admin.database.v1.Backup = {
      database: databaseAdminClient.databasePath(
        projectId,
        instanceId,
        databaseId
      ),
      expireTime: Spanner.timestamp(expireTime).toStruct(),
      name: databaseAdminClient.backupPath(projectId, instanceId, backupId),
    }),
  });

  // Cancel the backup
  await operation.cancel();

  console.log('Backup cancelled.');
} catch (err) {
  console.error('ERROR:', err);
} finally {
  // Delete backup in case it got created before the cancel operation
  await databaseAdminClient.deleteBackup({
    name: databaseAdminClient.backupPath(projectId, instanceId, backupId),
  });
  // Close the spanner client when finished.
  // The databaseAdminClient does not require explicit closure. The closure of the Spanner client will automatically close the databaseAdminClient.
  spanner.close();
}

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Spanner, see Spanner client libraries.

To authenticate to Spanner, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

use Google\ApiCore\ApiException;
use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\Backup;
use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\Client\DatabaseAdminClient;
use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\CreateBackupRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\DeleteBackupRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\GetBackupRequest;
use Google\Protobuf\Timestamp;

/**
 * Cancel a backup operation.
 * Example:
 * ```
 * cancel_backup($projectId, $instanceId, $databaseId);
 * ```
 *
 * @param string $projectId The Google Cloud project ID.
 * @param string $instanceId The Spanner instance ID.
 * @param string $databaseId The Spanner database ID.
 */
function cancel_backup(string $projectId, string $instanceId, string $databaseId): void
{
    $databaseAdminClient = new DatabaseAdminClient();
    $databaseFullName = DatabaseAdminClient::databaseName($projectId, $instanceId, $databaseId);
    $instanceFullName = DatabaseAdminClient::instanceName($projectId, $instanceId);
    $expireTime = new Timestamp();
    $expireTime->setSeconds((new \DateTime('+14 days'))->getTimestamp());
    $backupId = uniqid('backup-' . $databaseId . '-cancel');
    $request = new CreateBackupRequest([
        'parent' => $instanceFullName,
        'backup_id' => $backupId,
        'backup' => new Backup([
            'database' => $databaseFullName,
            'expire_time' => $expireTime
        ])
    ]);

    $operation = $databaseAdminClient->createBackup($request);
    $operation->cancel();

    // Cancel operations are always successful regardless of whether the operation is
    // still in progress or is complete.
    printf('Cancel backup operation complete.' . PHP_EOL);

    // Operation may succeed before cancel() has been called. So we need to clean up created backup.
    try {
        $request = new GetBackupRequest();
        $request->setName($databaseAdminClient->backupName($projectId, $instanceId, $backupId));
        $info = $databaseAdminClient->getBackup($request);
    } catch (ApiException $ex) {
        return;
    }
    $databaseAdminClient->deleteBackup(new DeleteBackupRequest([
        'name' => $databaseAdminClient->backupName($projectId, $instanceId, $backupId)
    ]));
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Spanner, see Spanner client libraries.

To authenticate to Spanner, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

def cancel_backup(instance_id, database_id, backup_id):
    from google.cloud.spanner_admin_database_v1.types import backup as backup_pb

    spanner_client = spanner.Client()
    database_admin_api = spanner_client.database_admin_api

    expire_time = datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(days=30)

    # Create a backup.
    request = backup_pb.CreateBackupRequest(
        parent=database_admin_api.instance_path(spanner_client.project, instance_id),
        backup_id=backup_id,
        backup=backup_pb.Backup(
            database=database_admin_api.database_path(
                spanner_client.project, instance_id, database_id
            ),
            expire_time=expire_time,
        ),
    )

    operation = database_admin_api.create_backup(request)
    # Cancel backup creation.
    operation.cancel()

    # Cancel operations are the best effort so either it will complete or
    # be cancelled.
    while not operation.done():
        time.sleep(300)  # 5 mins

    try:
        database_admin_api.get_backup(
            backup_pb.GetBackupRequest(
                name=database_admin_api.backup_path(
                    spanner_client.project, instance_id, backup_id
                ),
            )
        )
    except NotFound:
        print("Backup creation was successfully cancelled.")
        return
    print("Backup was created before the cancel completed.")
    database_admin_api.delete_backup(
        backup_pb.DeleteBackupRequest(
            name=database_admin_api.backup_path(
                spanner_client.project, instance_id, backup_id
            ),
        )
    )
    print("Backup deleted.")

Ruby

To learn how to install and use the client library for Spanner, see Spanner client libraries.

To authenticate to Spanner, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

# project_id  = "Your Google Cloud project ID"
# instance_id = "Your Spanner instance ID"
# database_id = "Your Spanner database ID"
# backup_id = "Your Spanner backup ID"

require "google/cloud/spanner"
require "google/cloud/spanner/admin/database"

database_admin_client = Google::Cloud::Spanner::Admin::Database.database_admin

instance_path = database_admin_client.instance_path project: project_id, instance: instance_id

db_path = database_admin_client.database_path project: project_id,
                                              instance: instance_id,
                                              database: database_id

backup_path = database_admin_client.backup_path project: project_id,
                                                instance: instance_id,
                                                backup: backup_id

expire_time = Time.now + (14 * 24 * 3600) # 14 days from now

job = database_admin_client.create_backup parent: instance_path,
                                          backup_id: backup_id,
                                          backup: {
                                            database: db_path,
                                              expire_time: expire_time
                                          }

puts "Backup operation in progress"

job.cancel
job.wait_until_done!

begin
  backup = database_admin_client.get_backup name: backup_path
  database_admin_client.delete_backup name: backup_path if backup
rescue StandardError
  nil # no cleanup needed when a backup is not created
end
puts "#{backup_id} creation job cancelled"

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