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List Backups for a Droplet
client.gpuDroplets.backups.list(numberdropletID, BackupListParams { page, per_page } query?, RequestOptionsoptions?): BackupListResponse { meta, backups, links }
get/v2/droplets/{droplet_id}/backups

To retrieve any backups associated with a Droplet, send a GET request to /v2/droplets/$DROPLET_ID/backups.

You will get back a JSON object that has a backups key. This will be set to an array of backup objects, each of which contain the standard Droplet backup attributes.

ParametersExpand Collapse
dropletID: number
query: BackupListParams { page, per_page }
page?: number

Which 'page' of paginated results to return.

minimum1
per_page?: number

Number of items returned per page

minimum1
maximum200
ReturnsExpand Collapse
BackupListResponse { meta, backups, links }
meta: MetaProperties { total }

Information about the response itself.

total?: number

Number of objects returned by the request.

backups?: Array<Backup>
id: number

The unique identifier for the snapshot or backup.

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<string>

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

size_gigabytes: number

The billable size of the snapshot in gigabytes.

formatfloat
type: "snapshot" | "backup"

Describes the kind of image. It may be one of snapshot or backup. This specifies whether an image is a user-generated Droplet snapshot or automatically created Droplet backup.

Accepts one of the following:
"snapshot"
"backup"
Accepts one of the following:

URI of the last page of the results.

URI of the next page of the results.

URI of the first page of the results.

URI of the previous page of the results.

List Backups for a Droplet
import Gradient from '@digitalocean/gradient';

const client = new Gradient();

const backups = await client.gpuDroplets.backups.list(3164444);

console.log(backups.meta);
{
  "meta": {
    "total": 1
  },
  "backups": [
    {
      "id": 6372321,
      "created_at": "2020-07-28T16:47:44Z",
      "min_disk_size": 25,
      "name": "web-01-1595954862243",
      "regions": [
        "nyc3",
        "sfo3"
      ],
      "size_gigabytes": 2.34,
      "type": "snapshot"
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "pages": {
      "last": "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/images?page=2",
      "next": "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/images?page=2"
    }
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "meta": {
    "total": 1
  },
  "backups": [
    {
      "id": 6372321,
      "created_at": "2020-07-28T16:47:44Z",
      "min_disk_size": 25,
      "name": "web-01-1595954862243",
      "regions": [
        "nyc3",
        "sfo3"
      ],
      "size_gigabytes": 2.34,
      "type": "snapshot"
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "pages": {
      "last": "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/images?page=2",
      "next": "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/images?page=2"
    }
  }
}