Digital Ocean

Digital Ocean Blockstorage API

DigitalOcean Block Storage Volumes provide expanded storage capacity for your Droplets and can be moved between Droplets within a specific region.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
IT Infrastructure Management BC-600.50

Operations 9

GET /v2/volumes List All Block Storage Volumes #
POST /v2/volumes Create a New Block Storage Volume #
DELETE /v2/volumes Delete a Block Storage Volume by Name #
GET /v2/volumes/snapshots/{snapshot_id} Retrieve an Existing Volume Snapshot #
DELETE /v2/volumes/snapshots/{snapshot_id} Delete a Volume Snapshot #
GET /v2/volumes/{volume_id} Retrieve an Existing Block Storage Volume #
DELETE /v2/volumes/{volume_id} Delete a Block Storage Volume #
GET /v2/volumes/{volume_id}/snapshots List Snapshots for a Volume #
POST /v2/volumes/{volume_id}/snapshots Create Snapshot from a Volume #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/api-reference/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/digital-ocean/refs/heads/main/openapi/digital-ocean-blockstorage-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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SourceCode
https://github.com/digitalocean/openapi

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OpenAPI Specification

digital-ocean-blockstorage-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: DigitalOcean Block Storage API
  version: '2.0'
  description: '# Introduction


    The DigitalOcean API allows you to manage Droplets and resources within the

    DigitalOcean cloud in a simple, programmatic way using conventional HTTP requests.'
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  contact:
    name: DigitalOcean API Team
    email: api-engineering@digitalocean.com
  termsOfService: https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/terms-of-service-agreement/
servers:
- url: https://api.digitalocean.com
  description: production
security:
- bearer_auth: []
tags:


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# Full source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/digital-ocean/refs/heads/main/openapi/digital-ocean-blockstorage-api-openapi.yml