Use this method to start a backfill job in Google Datastream
A documented Google Datastream operation that changes something in your account. Describe the outcome you want in plain words — HumDay writes the program, proves it, and runs it.
What this operation does
Use this method to start a backfill job for the specified stream object.
- POSTChanges data · projects
datastream.googleapis.com/v1/{object}:startBackfillJob
How HumDay uses it
- You describe the outcome. Not this operation by name — what you want to happen. HumDay works out which operations it needs.
- The contract names it. Before anything is built, you see exactly which Google Datastream operations the program may use, and this is one of them.
- You approve access. Because this one changes data, it cannot run until you have explicitly granted it.
Other Google Datastream operations
- Use this method to create a routePOST · changes data
- Use this method to create a streamPOST · changes data
- Use this method to create a connection profile in a projectPOST · changes data
- Use this method to create a private connectivity configurationPOST · changes data
- Use this method to delete a streamDELETE · changes data
- Use this method to update the configuration of a streamPATCH · changes data
- Starts asynchronous cancellation on a long-running operationPOST · changes data
- Use this method to stop a backfill jobPOST · changes data
Questions
- Can HumDay use this method to start a backfill job in Google Datastream?
- Yes. This operation is published in Google Datastream's own API description, so HumDay can use it without a hand-built connector — once you have approved it for your automation.
- Will this change my Google Datastream data?
- Yes — this is a POST operation, so it changes something in Google Datastream. HumDay holds anything that writes behind an approval you grant explicitly, and the contract you approve says what it may touch.
- Do I need to write code?
- No. You describe the outcome you want in plain words. HumDay agrees a contract with you, writes the program, and shows you a proof run before anything touches your Google Datastream account.
Where this came from
Read from a published API description for Google Datastream at datastream.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1. The description above is the provider’s own wording, not ours. Last published 2023-03-17.