Akeeba Backup JSON API Client Library

A PHP client library for talking to the Akeeba Backup and Akeeba Solo JSON API.

This library works with:

• Akeeba Backup for Joomla! 4.7.7 and later
• Akeeba Backup for WordPress 2.0.0 and later
• Akeeba Solo 2.0.0 and later

Quick Start

Getting an API client object

// Create an Options object which tells the library where and how to connect to the backup software
$options = new \Akeeba\BackupJsonApi\Options([
    'capath' => \Composer\CaBundle\CaBundle::getBundledCaBundlePath(),
    'ua'     => 'MyFancyApp/1.2.3',
    'host'   => 'example.com',
    'secret' => 'Sυρ3rC4l1Fr@gil15ti(E><pial!d0ciou5',
]);
// Create an HTTP client object. Here, we are using one that makes use of Guzzle 7 (you need to install Guzzle yourself)
$httpClient = new \Akeeba\BackupJsonApi\HttpAbstraction\HttpClientGuzzle($options);
// Get the API client itself. 
$apiClient = new \Akeeba\BackupJsonApi\Connector($httpClient);

Taking a backup (and tracking its progress)

$backupOptions = new \Akeeba\BackupJsonApi\DataShape\BackupOptions([
    'profile' => 5,
    'description' => 'Remote backup using the API client',
    'comment' => 'Look, mum! I can take backups without logging into the site!'
]);
$apiClient->backup($backupOptions, function ($data) {
    echo "Received backup tick\n";
    echo sprintf("Domain   : %s\n", $data->Domain);
    echo sprintf("Step     : %s\n", $data->Step);
    echo sprintf("Substep  : %s\n", $data->Substep);
    echo sprintf("Progress : %0.2f%%\n", $data->Progress);

    if (!empty($data->Warnings))
    {
        echo "Warnings\n========\n";

        foreach ($data->Warnings as $warning)
        {
            echo $warning . "\n";
        }
    }

    if (!$data->HasRun && empty($data->Error))
    {
        echo "The backup finished successfully.\n";
    }
    elseif (!empty($data->Error))
    {
        echo "The backup finished with an error:\n{$data->Error}\n";
    }
});

License

Akeeba Backup JSON API Client Library — A PHP client library for talking to the Akeeba Backup and Akeeba Solo JSON API. Copyright (C) 2008-2025 Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos / Akeeba Ltd

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Alternative licensing

If you would like to use this Software, but the GNU Affero General Public License (especially Article 13 of the license) is problematic for your use case please contact us to purchase an alternative, proprietary software license for the Software.