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List NFS snapshots per region

get/v2/nfs/snapshots

To list all NFS snapshots, send a GET request to /v2/nfs/snapshots?region=${region}&share_id={share_id}.

A successful request will return all NFS snapshots belonging to the authenticated user in the specified region.

Optionally, you can filter snapshots by a specific NFS share by including the share_id query parameter.

Query ParametersExpand Collapse
region: string

The DigitalOcean region slug (e.g., nyc2, atl1) where the NFS share resides.

share_id: optional string

The unique ID of an NFS share. If provided, only snapshots of this specific share will be returned.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
snapshots: optional array of object { id, created_at, name, 4 more }
id: string

The unique identifier of the snapshot.

created_at: string

The timestamp when the snapshot was created.

formatdate-time
name: string

The human-readable name of the snapshot.

region: string

The DigitalOcean region slug where the snapshot is located.

share_id: string

The unique identifier of the share from which this snapshot was created.

formatuuid
size_gib: number

The size of the snapshot in GiB.

formatuint64
status: "UNKNOWN" or "CREATING" or "ACTIVE" or 2 more

The current status of the snapshot.

Accepts one of the following:
"UNKNOWN"
"CREATING"
"ACTIVE"
"FAILED"
"DELETED"
List NFS snapshots per region
curl https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/nfs/snapshots \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN"
{
  "snapshots": [
    {
      "id": "0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d",
      "created_at": "2023-11-14T16:29:21Z",
      "name": "daily-backup",
      "region": "atl1",
      "share_id": "1a2b3c4d-5e6f-7a8b-9c0d-1e2f3a4b5c6d",
      "size_gib": 1024,
      "status": "CREATING"
    }
  ]
}
Returns Examples
{
  "snapshots": [
    {
      "id": "0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d",
      "created_at": "2023-11-14T16:29:21Z",
      "name": "daily-backup",
      "region": "atl1",
      "share_id": "1a2b3c4d-5e6f-7a8b-9c0d-1e2f3a4b5c6d",
      "size_gib": 1024,
      "status": "CREATING"
    }
  ]
}