# Digital Ocean Blockstorage API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/digital-ocean/digital-ocean-blockstorage-api/  
**Provider:** Digital Ocean — https://apis.io/providers/digital-ocean/  
**Base URL:** https://api.digitalocean.com/v2  
**Documentation:** https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/api-reference/

Digital Ocean Blockstorage API is one of 37 APIs that [Digital Ocean](https://apis.io/providers/digital-ocean/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Block Storage. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

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

## Operations (9)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/digital-ocean/refs/heads/main/openapi/digital-ocean-blockstorage-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/api-reference/
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/digitalocean/openapi

## Other Digital Ocean APIs (12)

- [Digital Ocean 1-Click Applications API](https://apis.io/apis/digital-ocean/digital-ocean-1-click-applications-api/)
- [Digital Ocean Account API](https://apis.io/apis/digital-ocean/digital-ocean-account-api/)
- [Digital Ocean Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/digital-ocean/digital-ocean-actions-api/)
- [Digital Ocean Apps API](https://apis.io/apis/digital-ocean/digital-ocean-apps-api/)
- [Digital Ocean Billing API](https://apis.io/apis/digital-ocean/digital-ocean-billing-api/)
- [Digital Ocean Block Storage Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/digital-ocean/digital-ocean-block-storage-actions-api/)
- [Digital Ocean CDN Endpoints API](https://apis.io/apis/digital-ocean/digital-ocean-cdn-endpoints-api/)
- [Digital Ocean Certificates API](https://apis.io/apis/digital-ocean/digital-ocean-certificates-api/)
- [Digital Ocean Container Registry API](https://apis.io/apis/digital-ocean/digital-ocean-container-registry-api/)
- [Digital Ocean Databases API](https://apis.io/apis/digital-ocean/digital-ocean-databases-api/)
- [Digital Ocean Domain Records API](https://apis.io/apis/digital-ocean/digital-ocean-domain-records-api/)
- [Digital Ocean Domains API](https://apis.io/apis/digital-ocean/digital-ocean-domains-api/)

## Tags

Block Storage

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