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List All Images

get/v2/images

To list all of the images available on your account, send a GET request to /v2/images.

Filtering Results

It's possible to request filtered results by including certain query parameters.

Image Type

Either 1-Click Application or OS Distribution images can be filtered by using the type query parameter.

Important: The type query parameter does not directly relate to the type attribute.

To retrieve only distribution images, include the type query parameter set to distribution, /v2/images?type=distribution.

To retrieve only application images, include the type query parameter set to application, /v2/images?type=application.

User Images

To retrieve only the private images of a user, include the private query parameter set to true, /v2/images?private=true.

Tags

To list all images assigned to a specific tag, include the tag_name query parameter set to the name of the tag in your GET request. For example, /v2/images?tag_name=$TAG_NAME.

Query ParametersExpand Collapse

page: optional number

Which 'page' of paginated results to return.

minimum1

per_page: optional number

Number of items returned per page

minimum1

maximum200

private: optional boolean

Used to filter only user images.

tag_name: optional string

Used to filter images by a specific tag.

type: optional "application" or "distribution"

Filters results based on image type which can be either application or distribution.

Accepts one of the following:

"application"

"distribution"

ReturnsExpand Collapse

images: array of Image { id, created_at, description, 11 more }

id: optional number

A unique number that can be used to identify and reference a specific image.

created_at: optional string

A time value given in ISO8601 combined date and time format that represents when the image was created.

formatdate-time

description: optional string

An optional free-form text field to describe an image.

distribution: optional "Arch Linux" or "CentOS" or "CoreOS" or 10 more

The name of a custom image's distribution. Currently, the valid values are Arch Linux, CentOS, CoreOS, Debian, Fedora, Fedora Atomic, FreeBSD, Gentoo, openSUSE, RancherOS, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, and Unknown. Any other value will be accepted but ignored, and Unknown will be used in its place.

Accepts one of the following:

"Arch Linux"

"CentOS"

"CoreOS"

"Debian"

"Fedora"

"Fedora Atomic"

"FreeBSD"

"Gentoo"

"openSUSE"

"RancherOS"

"Rocky Linux"

"Ubuntu"

"Unknown"

error_message: optional string

A string containing information about errors that may occur when importing a custom image.

min_disk_size: optional number

The minimum disk size in GB required for a Droplet to use this image.

minimum0

name: optional string

The display name that has been given to an image. This is what is shown in the control panel and is generally a descriptive title for the image in question.

public: optional boolean

This is a boolean value that indicates whether the image in question is public or not. An image that is public is available to all accounts. A non-public image is only accessible from your account.

regions: optional array of "ams1" or "ams2" or "ams3" or 12 more

This attribute is an array of the regions that the image is available in. The regions are represented by their identifying slug values.

Accepts one of the following:

"ams1"

"ams2"

"ams3"

"blr1"

"fra1"

"lon1"

"nyc1"

"nyc2"

"nyc3"

"sfo1"

"sfo2"

"sfo3"

"sgp1"

"tor1"

"syd1"

size_gigabytes: optional number

The size of the image in gigabytes.

formatfloat

slug: optional string

A uniquely identifying string that is associated with each of the DigitalOcean-provided public images. These can be used to reference a public image as an alternative to the numeric id.

status: optional "NEW" or "available" or "pending" or 2 more

A status string indicating the state of a custom image. This may be NEW, available, pending, deleted, or retired.

Accepts one of the following:

"NEW"

"available"

"pending"

"deleted"

"retired"

tags: optional array of string

A flat array of tag names as strings to be applied to the resource. Tag names may be for either existing or new tags.

Requires tag:create scope.

type: optional "base" or "snapshot" or "backup" or 2 more

Describes the kind of image. It may be one of base, snapshot, backup, custom, or admin. Respectively, this specifies whether an image is a DigitalOcean base OS image, user-generated Droplet snapshot, automatically created Droplet backup, user-provided virtual machine image, or an image used for DigitalOcean managed resources (e.g. DOKS worker nodes).

Accepts one of the following:

"base"

"snapshot"

"backup"

"custom"

"admin"

meta: MetaProperties { total }

Information about the response itself.

total: optional number

Number of objects returned by the request.

links: optional PageLinks { pages }

pages: optional ForwardLinks { last, next } or BackwardLinks { first, prev } or unknown

Accepts one of the following:

ForwardLinks = object { last, next }

last: optional string

URI of the last page of the results.

next: optional string

URI of the next page of the results.

BackwardLinks = object { first, prev }

first: optional string

URI of the first page of the results.

prev: optional string

URI of the previous page of the results.

UnionMember2 = unknown

List All Images

curl https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/images \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN"

{
  "images": [
    {
      "id": 7555620,
      "name": "Nifty New Snapshot",
      "distribution": "Ubuntu",
      "slug": null,
      "public": false,
      "regions": [
        "nyc2",
        "nyc3"
      ],
      "created_at": "2014-11-04T22:23:02Z",
      "type": "snapshot",
      "min_disk_size": 20,
      "size_gigabytes": 2.34,
      "description": "",
      "tags": [],
      "status": "available",
      "error_message": ""
    },
    {
      "id": 7555621,
      "name": "Another Snapshot",
      "distribution": "Ubuntu",
      "slug": null,
      "public": false,
      "regions": [
        "nyc2"
      ],
      "created_at": "2014-11-04T22:23:02Z",
      "type": "snapshot",
      "min_disk_size": 20,
      "size_gigabytes": 2.34,
      "description": "",
      "tags": [],
      "status": "available",
      "error_message": ""
    },
    {
      "id": 63663980,
      "name": "20.04 (LTS) x64",
      "distribution": "Ubuntu",
      "slug": "ubuntu-20-04-x64",
      "public": true,
      "regions": [
        "nyc2",
        "nyc3"
      ],
      "created_at": "2020-05-15T05:47:50Z",
      "type": "snapshot",
      "min_disk_size": 20,
      "size_gigabytes": 2.36,
      "description": "",
      "tags": [],
      "status": "available",
      "error_message": ""
    },
    {
      "id": 7555621,
      "name": "A custom image",
      "distribution": "Arch Linux",
      "slug": null,
      "public": false,
      "regions": [
        "nyc3"
      ],
      "created_at": "2014-11-04T22:23:02Z",
      "type": "custom",
      "min_disk_size": 20,
      "size_gigabytes": 2.34,
      "description": "",
      "tags": [],
      "status": "available",
      "error_message": ""
    },
    {
      "id": 7555621,
      "name": "An APP image",
      "distribution": "Fedora",
      "slug": null,
      "public": false,
      "regions": [
        "nyc2",
        "nyc3"
      ],
      "created_at": "2014-11-04T22:23:02Z",
      "type": "snapshot",
      "min_disk_size": 20,
      "size_gigabytes": 2.34,
      "description": "",
      "tags": [],
      "status": "available",
      "error_message": ""
    },
    {
      "id": 7555621,
      "name": "A simple tagged image",
      "distribution": "CentOS",
      "slug": null,
      "public": false,
      "regions": [
        "nyc2",
        "nyc3"
      ],
      "created_at": "2014-11-04T22:23:02Z",
      "type": "snapshot",
      "min_disk_size": 20,
      "size_gigabytes": 2.34,
      "description": "",
      "tags": [
        "simple-image"
      ],
      "status": "available",
      "error_message": ""
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "pages": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "total": 6
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "images": [
    {
      "id": 7555620,
      "name": "Nifty New Snapshot",
      "distribution": "Ubuntu",
      "slug": null,
      "public": false,
      "regions": [
        "nyc2",
        "nyc3"
      ],
      "created_at": "2014-11-04T22:23:02Z",
      "type": "snapshot",
      "min_disk_size": 20,
      "size_gigabytes": 2.34,
      "description": "",
      "tags": [],
      "status": "available",
      "error_message": ""
    },
    {
      "id": 7555621,
      "name": "Another Snapshot",
      "distribution": "Ubuntu",
      "slug": null,
      "public": false,
      "regions": [
        "nyc2"
      ],
      "created_at": "2014-11-04T22:23:02Z",
      "type": "snapshot",
      "min_disk_size": 20,
      "size_gigabytes": 2.34,
      "description": "",
      "tags": [],
      "status": "available",
      "error_message": ""
    },
    {
      "id": 63663980,
      "name": "20.04 (LTS) x64",
      "distribution": "Ubuntu",
      "slug": "ubuntu-20-04-x64",
      "public": true,
      "regions": [
        "nyc2",
        "nyc3"
      ],
      "created_at": "2020-05-15T05:47:50Z",
      "type": "snapshot",
      "min_disk_size": 20,
      "size_gigabytes": 2.36,
      "description": "",
      "tags": [],
      "status": "available",
      "error_message": ""
    },
    {
      "id": 7555621,
      "name": "A custom image",
      "distribution": "Arch Linux",
      "slug": null,
      "public": false,
      "regions": [
        "nyc3"
      ],
      "created_at": "2014-11-04T22:23:02Z",
      "type": "custom",
      "min_disk_size": 20,
      "size_gigabytes": 2.34,
      "description": "",
      "tags": [],
      "status": "available",
      "error_message": ""
    },
    {
      "id": 7555621,
      "name": "An APP image",
      "distribution": "Fedora",
      "slug": null,
      "public": false,
      "regions": [
        "nyc2",
        "nyc3"
      ],
      "created_at": "2014-11-04T22:23:02Z",
      "type": "snapshot",
      "min_disk_size": 20,
      "size_gigabytes": 2.34,
      "description": "",
      "tags": [],
      "status": "available",
      "error_message": ""
    },
    {
      "id": 7555621,
      "name": "A simple tagged image",
      "distribution": "CentOS",
      "slug": null,
      "public": false,
      "regions": [
        "nyc2",
        "nyc3"
      ],
      "created_at": "2014-11-04T22:23:02Z",
      "type": "snapshot",
      "min_disk_size": 20,
      "size_gigabytes": 2.34,
      "description": "",
      "tags": [
        "simple-image"
      ],
      "status": "available",
      "error_message": ""
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "pages": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "total": 6
  }
}