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# Recover from an uploaded snapshot (shard)

POST http://localhost:6333/collections/{collection_name}/shards/{shard_id}/snapshots/upload
Content-Type: multipart/form-data

Recovers the shard of a local collection from an uploaded snapshot. This will overwrite any collection data, which is stored in this shard.

Reference: https://api.qdrant.tech/api-reference/snapshots/recover-shard-from-uploaded-snapshot

## Authentication

- `api-key` header (required) — API Key authentication via header

## Servers

- `http://localhost:6333` (http, default)
- `https://localhost:6333` (https)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `collection_name` (string, required) — Name of the collection
- `shard_id` (integer, required) — Id of the shard to recover

### Query parameters

- `wait` (boolean, optional) — If true, wait for changes to actually happen. If false - let changes happen in background. Default is true.
- `priority` (enum, optional) — Defines source of truth for snapshot recovery
  - Allowed values: `no_sync`, `snapshot`, `replica`
- `checksum` (string, optional) — Optional SHA256 checksum to verify snapshot integrity before recovery.

### Body (multipart/form-data)

This endpoint expects a multipart form containing an optional file.

- `snapshot` (file, optional)

## Response

### 200

successful operation

- `time` (double, optional) — Time spent to process this request
- `status` (string, optional)
- `result` (boolean, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "snapshot": "<file: <file1>>"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "time": 0.002,
  "status": "ok",
  "result": true
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/shards/1/snapshots/upload"

files = { "snapshot": "open('<file1>', 'rb')" }
headers = {"api-key": "<apiKey>"}

response = requests.post(url, files=files, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/shards/1/snapshots/upload';
const form = new FormData();
form.append('snapshot', '<file1>');

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {'api-key': '<apiKey>'}};

options.body = form;

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/shards/1/snapshots/upload"

	payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"snapshot\"; filename=\"<file1>\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")

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

	req.Header.Add("api-key", "<apiKey>")

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

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

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/shards/1/snapshots/upload")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["api-key"] = '<apiKey>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"snapshot\"; filename=\"<file1>\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n"

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

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/shards/1/snapshots/upload")
  .header("api-key", "<apiKey>")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"snapshot\"; filename=\"<file1>\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/shards/1/snapshots/upload', [
  'multipart' => [
    [
        'name' => 'snapshot',
        'filename' => '<file1>',
        'contents' => null
    ]
  ]
  'headers' => [
    'api-key' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/shards/1/snapshots/upload");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("api-key", "<apiKey>");
request.AddParameter("undefined", "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"snapshot\"; filename=\"<file1>\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["api-key": "<apiKey>"]
let parameters = [
  [
    "name": "snapshot",
    "fileName": "<file1>"
  ]
]

let boundary = "---011000010111000001101001"

var body = ""
var error: NSError? = nil
for param in parameters {
  let paramName = param["name"]!
  body += "--\(boundary)\r\n"
  body += "Content-Disposition:form-data; name=\"\(paramName)\""
  if let filename = param["fileName"] {
    let contentType = param["content-type"]!
    let fileContent = String(contentsOfFile: filename, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8)
    if (error != nil) {
      print(error as Any)
    }
    body += "; filename=\"\(filename)\"\r\n"
    body += "Content-Type: \(contentType)\r\n\r\n"
    body += fileContent
  } else if let paramValue = param["value"] {
    body += "\r\n\r\n\(paramValue)"
  }
}

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/shards/1/snapshots/upload")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```