# DescribeContinuousBackups


Checks the status of continuous backups and point in time recovery on the specified table. Continuous backups are `ENABLED` on all tables at table creation. If point in time recovery is enabled, `PointInTimeRecoveryStatus` will be set to ENABLED.

 After continuous backups and point in time recovery are enabled, you can restore to any point in time within `EarliestRestorableDateTime` and `LatestRestorableDateTime`. 

 `LatestRestorableDateTime` is typically 5 minutes before the current time. You can restore your table to any point in time in the last 35 days. You can set the recovery period to any value between 1 and 35 days. 

You can call `DescribeContinuousBackups` at a maximum rate of 10 times per second.

## Request Syntax


```
{
   "TableName": "string"
}
```

## Request Parameters


The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

**Note**  
In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

 ** [TableName](#API_DescribeContinuousBackups_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DDB-DescribeContinuousBackups-request-TableName"></a>
Name of the table for which the customer wants to check the continuous backups and point in time recovery settings.  
You can also provide the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the table in this parameter.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.  
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax


```
{
   "ContinuousBackupsDescription": { 
      "ContinuousBackupsStatus": "string",
      "PointInTimeRecoveryDescription": { 
         "EarliestRestorableDateTime": number,
         "LatestRestorableDateTime": number,
         "PointInTimeRecoveryStatus": "string",
         "RecoveryPeriodInDays": number
      }
   }
}
```

## Response Elements


If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [ContinuousBackupsDescription](#API_DescribeContinuousBackups_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="DDB-DescribeContinuousBackups-response-ContinuousBackupsDescription"></a>
Represents the continuous backups and point in time recovery settings on the table.  
Type: [ContinuousBackupsDescription](API_ContinuousBackupsDescription.md) object

## Errors


For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** InternalServerError **   
An error occurred on the server side.    
 ** message **   
The server encountered an internal error trying to fulfill the request.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** TableNotFoundException **   
A source table with the name `TableName` does not currently exist within the subscriber's account or the subscriber is operating in the wrong AWS Region.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also


For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeContinuousBackups) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeContinuousBackups) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeContinuousBackups) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeContinuousBackups) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeContinuousBackups) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeContinuousBackups) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeContinuousBackups) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeContinuousBackups) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeContinuousBackups) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeContinuousBackups)