Retrieve

Retrieve an Existing Snapshot

get/v2/snapshots/{snapshot_id}

To retrieve information about a snapshot, send a GET request to /v2/snapshots/$SNAPSHOT_ID.

The response will be a JSON object with a key called snapshot. The value of this will be an snapshot object containing the standard snapshot attributes.

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

snapshot_id: number or string

The ID of a Droplet snapshot.

Accepts one of the following:

UnionMember0 = number

The ID of a Droplet snapshot.

UnionMember1 = string

The ID of a volume snapshot.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

snapshot: optional Snapshots { id, created_at, min_disk_size, 6 more }

id: string

The unique identifier for the snapshot.

created_at: string

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

formatdate-time

min_disk_size: number

The minimum size in GB required for a volume or Droplet to use this snapshot.

name: string

A human-readable name for the snapshot.

regions: array of string

An array of the regions that the snapshot is available in. The regions are represented by their identifying slug values.

resource_id: string

The unique identifier for the resource that the snapshot originated from.

resource_type: "droplet" or "volume"

The type of resource that the snapshot originated from.

Accepts one of the following:

"droplet"

"volume"

size_gigabytes: number

The billable size of the snapshot in gigabytes.

formatfloat

tags: array of string

An array of Tags the snapshot has been tagged with.

Requires tag:read scope.

Retrieve an Existing Snapshot

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

{
  "snapshot": {
    "id": "6372321",
    "created_at": "2020-07-28T16:47:44Z",
    "min_disk_size": 25,
    "name": "web-01-1595954862243",
    "regions": [
      "nyc3",
      "sfo3"
    ],
    "resource_id": "200776916",
    "resource_type": "droplet",
    "size_gigabytes": 2.34,
    "tags": [
      "web",
      "env:prod"
    ]
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "snapshot": {
    "id": "6372321",
    "created_at": "2020-07-28T16:47:44Z",
    "min_disk_size": 25,
    "name": "web-01-1595954862243",
    "regions": [
      "nyc3",
      "sfo3"
    ],
    "resource_id": "200776916",
    "resource_type": "droplet",
    "size_gigabytes": 2.34,
    "tags": [
      "web",
      "env:prod"
    ]
  }
}