--- title: Restore Activities description: The POST {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/activityRestores request restores activity data for the specified environment. Use this request to initiate data retrieval from cold storage, making it available for reading using the Read Activity Resources endpoint. component: pingone-api page_id: pingone-api:platform:audit-activities/post-restore-activities canonical_url: https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingone-api/platform/audit-activities/post-restore-activities.html section_ids: headers: Headers body: Body example-request: Example Request example-response: Example Response --- # Restore Activities ## ```none POST {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/activityRestores ``` The `POST {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/activityRestores` request restores activity data for the specified environment. Use this request to initiate data retrieval from cold storage, making it available for reading using the [Read Activity Resources](get-read-activity-resources.html) endpoint. See the [Audit](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingone/monitoring/p1_reporting.html) section in the PingOne Admin guide for more information on activities retrieval. > **Collapse: Request Model** > > | Property | Type | Required? | > | -------------- | ------ | --------- | > | `minTimestamp` | String | Required | > | `maxTimestamp` | String | Required | > > For full property descriptions, refer to the [Audit reporting data model](../audit-activities.html). ### Headers Authorization      Bearer {{accessToken}} Content-Type      application/json ### Body raw ( application/json ) ```json { "minTimestamp": "2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z", "maxTimestamp": "2025-09-17T00:09:59.999Z" } ``` ## ### Example Request * cURL * C# * Go * HTTP * Java * jQuery * NodeJS * Python * PHP * Ruby * Swift ```shell curl --location --globoff '{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/activityRestores' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}' \ --data '{ "minTimestamp": "2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z", "maxTimestamp": "2025-09-17T00:09:59.999Z" }' ``` ```csharp var options = new RestClientOptions("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/activityRestores") { MaxTimeout = -1, }; var client = new RestClient(options); var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Post); request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json"); request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}"); var body = @"{" + "\n" + @"""minTimestamp"": ""2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z""," + "\n" + @"""maxTimestamp"": ""2025-09-17T00:09:59.999Z""" + "\n" + @"}"; request.AddStringBody(body, DataFormat.Json); RestResponse response = await client.ExecuteAsync(request); Console.WriteLine(response.Content); ``` ```golang package main import ( "fmt" "strings" "net/http" "io" ) func main() { url := "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/activityRestores" method := "POST" payload := strings.NewReader(`{ "minTimestamp": "2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z", "maxTimestamp": "2025-09-17T00:09:59.999Z" }`) client := &http.Client { } req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json") req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}") res, err := client.Do(req) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } defer res.Body.Close() body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } fmt.Println(string(body)) } ``` ```http POST /v1/environments/{{envID}}/activityRestores HTTP/1.1 Host: {{apiPath}} Content-Type: application/json Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}} { "minTimestamp": "2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z", "maxTimestamp": "2025-09-17T00:09:59.999Z" } ``` ```java OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder() .build(); MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json"); RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n\"minTimestamp\": \"2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z\",\n\"maxTimestamp\": \"2025-09-17T00:09:59.999Z\"\n}"); Request request = new Request.Builder() .url("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/activityRestores") .method("POST", body) .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json") .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}") .build(); Response response = client.newCall(request).execute(); ``` ```javascript var settings = { "url": "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/activityRestores", "method": "POST", "timeout": 0, "headers": { "Content-Type": "application/json", "Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}" }, "data": JSON.stringify({ "minTimestamp": "2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z", "maxTimestamp": "2025-09-17T00:09:59.999Z" }), }; $.ajax(settings).done(function (response) { console.log(response); }); ``` ```javascript var request = require('request'); var options = { 'method': 'POST', 'url': '{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/activityRestores', 'headers': { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}' }, body: JSON.stringify({ "minTimestamp": "2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z", "maxTimestamp": "2025-09-17T00:09:59.999Z" }) }; request(options, function (error, response) { if (error) throw new Error(error); console.log(response.body); }); ``` ```python import requests import json url = "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/activityRestores" payload = json.dumps({ "minTimestamp": "2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z", "maxTimestamp": "2025-09-17T00:09:59.999Z" }) headers = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}' } response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload) print(response.text) ``` ```php setUrl('{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/activityRestores'); $request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST); $request->setConfig(array( 'follow_redirects' => TRUE )); $request->setHeader(array( 'Content-Type' => 'application/json', 'Authorization' => 'Bearer {{accessToken}}' )); $request->setBody('{\n"minTimestamp": "2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z",\n"maxTimestamp": "2025-09-17T00:09:59.999Z"\n}'); try { $response = $request->send(); if ($response->getStatus() == 200) { echo $response->getBody(); } else { echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' . $response->getReasonPhrase(); } } catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) { echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage(); } ``` ```ruby require "uri" require "json" require "net/http" url = URI("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/activityRestores") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port); request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request["Content-Type"] = "application/json" request["Authorization"] = "Bearer {{accessToken}}" request.body = JSON.dump({ "minTimestamp": "2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z", "maxTimestamp": "2025-09-17T00:09:59.999Z" }) response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body ``` ```swift let parameters = "{\n\"minTimestamp\": \"2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z\",\n\"maxTimestamp\": \"2025-09-17T00:09:59.999Z\"\n}" let postData = parameters.data(using: .utf8) var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/activityRestores")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity) request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type") request.addValue("Bearer {{accessToken}}", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization") request.httpMethod = "POST" request.httpBody = postData let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in guard let data = data else { print(String(describing: error)) return } print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!) } task.resume() ``` ### Example Response 200 OK ```json { "_links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.test-one-pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/activityRestores/67865362-d613-4ee8-b59b-6f6077a3125b" } }, "id": "67865362-d613-4ee8-b59b-6f6077a3125b", "environment": { "id": "abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6" }, "minTimestamp": "2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z", "maxTimestamp": "2025-09-17T00:09:59.999Z", "status": "PENDING" } ```