# Amazon Lightsail Snapshots API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/amazon-lightsail/amazon-lightsail-snapshots-api/  
**Provider:** Amazon Lightsail — https://apis.io/providers/amazon-lightsail/  
**Base URL:** https://lightsail.us-east-1.amazonaws.com  
**Documentation:** https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/

Amazon Lightsail Snapshots API is one of 22 APIs that [Amazon Lightsail](https://apis.io/providers/amazon-lightsail/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Snapshots. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, an API reference, API documentation, a getting-started guide, pricing, a JSON-LD context, and 1 JSON Schema.

The Snapshots API from Amazon Lightsail — 15 operation(s) for snapshots.

## Operations (15)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/ls/api/2016-11-28/CopySnapshot` | Copies a manual snapshot of an instance or disk as another manual snapshot, or… |
| POST | `/ls/api/2016-11-28/CreateDiskFromSnapshot` | Creates a block storage disk from a manual or automatic snapshot of a disk |
| POST | `/ls/api/2016-11-28/CreateDiskSnapshot` | Creates a snapshot of a block storage disk |
| POST | `/ls/api/2016-11-28/CreateInstanceSnapshot` | Creates a snapshot of a specific virtual private server, or instance |
| POST | `/ls/api/2016-11-28/CreateInstancesFromSnapshot` | Creates one or more new instances from a manual or automatic snapshot of an… |
| POST | `/ls/api/2016-11-28/DeleteAutoSnapshot` | Deletes an automatic snapshot of an instance or disk |
| POST | `/ls/api/2016-11-28/DeleteDiskSnapshot` | Deletes the specified disk snapshot |
| POST | `/ls/api/2016-11-28/DeleteInstanceSnapshot` | Deletes a specific snapshot of a virtual private server (or instance ) |
| POST | `/ls/api/2016-11-28/ExportSnapshot` | Exports an Amazon Lightsail instance or block storage disk snapshot to Amazon… |
| POST | `/ls/api/2016-11-28/GetAutoSnapshots` | Returns the available automatic snapshots for an instance or disk |
| POST | `/ls/api/2016-11-28/GetDiskSnapshot` | Returns information about a specific block storage disk snapshot |
| POST | `/ls/api/2016-11-28/GetDiskSnapshots` | Returns information about all block storage disk snapshots in your AWS account… |
| POST | `/ls/api/2016-11-28/GetExportSnapshotRecords` | Returns all export snapshot records created as a result of the export snapshot… |
| POST | `/ls/api/2016-11-28/GetInstanceSnapshot` | Returns information about a specific instance snapshot |
| POST | `/ls/api/2016-11-28/GetInstanceSnapshots` | Returns all instance snapshots for the user's account |

## Machine-readable artifacts (9)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-lightsail/refs/heads/main/openapi/amazon-lightsail-snapshots-api-openapi.yml
- **Smithy** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-lightsail/refs/heads/main/smithy/amazon-lightsail-2016-11-28.json
- **APIReference** — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lightsail/2016-11-28/api-reference/Welcome.html
- **Documentation** — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lightsail/latest/userguide/what-is-amazon-lightsail.html
- **GettingStarted** — https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/getting-started/
- **Pricing** — https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/pricing/
- **FAQ** — https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/faq/
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-lightsail/refs/heads/main/json-schema/amazon-lightsail-instance-schema.json
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-lightsail/refs/heads/main/json-ld/amazon-lightsail-context.jsonld

## Other Amazon Lightsail APIs (12)

- [Amazon Lightsail Account API](https://apis.io/apis/amazon-lightsail/amazon-lightsail-account-api/)
- [Amazon Lightsail Alarms API](https://apis.io/apis/amazon-lightsail/amazon-lightsail-alarms-api/)
- [Amazon Lightsail Blueprints API](https://apis.io/apis/amazon-lightsail/amazon-lightsail-blueprints-api/)
- [Amazon Lightsail Buckets API](https://apis.io/apis/amazon-lightsail/amazon-lightsail-buckets-api/)
- [Amazon Lightsail Bundles API](https://apis.io/apis/amazon-lightsail/amazon-lightsail-bundles-api/)
- [Amazon Lightsail Certificates API](https://apis.io/apis/amazon-lightsail/amazon-lightsail-certificates-api/)
- [Amazon Lightsail Contact Methods API](https://apis.io/apis/amazon-lightsail/amazon-lightsail-contact-methods-api/)
- [Amazon Lightsail Container Services API](https://apis.io/apis/amazon-lightsail/amazon-lightsail-container-services-api/)
- [Amazon Lightsail Cost Estimate API](https://apis.io/apis/amazon-lightsail/amazon-lightsail-cost-estimate-api/)
- [Amazon Lightsail Distributions API](https://apis.io/apis/amazon-lightsail/amazon-lightsail-distributions-api/)
- [Amazon Lightsail Domains API](https://apis.io/apis/amazon-lightsail/amazon-lightsail-domains-api/)
- [Amazon Lightsail Instances API](https://apis.io/apis/amazon-lightsail/amazon-lightsail-instances-api/)

## Tags

Snapshots

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