Digital Ocean

Digital Ocean Droplets API

A [Droplet](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/) is a DigitalOcean virtual machine. By sending requests to the Droplet endpoint, you can list, create, or delete Droplets. Some of the attributes will have an object value. The `region` and `image` objects will all contain the standard attributes of their associated types. Find more information about each of these objects in their respective sections.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
IT Infrastructure Management BC-600.50

Operations 19

GET /v2/droplets List All Droplets #
POST /v2/droplets Create a New Droplet #
DELETE /v2/droplets Deleting Droplets by Tag #
GET /v2/droplets/{droplet_id} Retrieve an Existing Droplet #
DELETE /v2/droplets/{droplet_id} Delete an Existing Droplet #
GET /v2/droplets/{droplet_id}/backups List Backups for a Droplet #
GET /v2/droplets/{droplet_id}/backups/policy Retrieve the Backup Policy for an Existing Droplet #
GET /v2/droplets/backups/policies List Backup Policies for All Existing Droplets #
GET /v2/droplets/backups/supported_policies List Supported Droplet Backup Policies #
GET /v2/droplets/{droplet_id}/snapshots List Snapshots for a Droplet #
GET /v2/droplets/{droplet_id}/kernels List All Available Kernels for a Droplet #
GET /v2/droplets/{droplet_id}/firewalls List all Firewalls Applied to a Droplet #
GET /v2/droplets/{droplet_id}/neighbors List Neighbors for a Droplet #
GET /v2/droplets/{droplet_id}/destroy_with_associated_resources List Associated Resources for a Droplet #
DELETE /v2/droplets/{droplet_id}/destroy_with_associated_resources/selective Selectively Destroy a Droplet and its Associated Resources #
DELETE /v2/droplets/{droplet_id}/destroy_with_associated_resources/dangerous Destroy a Droplet and All of its Associated Resources (Dangerous) #
GET /v2/droplets/{droplet_id}/destroy_with_associated_resources/status Check Status of a Droplet Destroy with Associated Resources Request #
POST /v2/droplets/{droplet_id}/destroy_with_associated_resources/retry Retry a Droplet Destroy with Associated Resources Request #
GET /v2/reports/droplet_neighbors_ids List All Droplet Neighbors #

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-droplets-api-openapi.yml

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

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OpenAPI Specification

digital-ocean-droplets-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: DigitalOcean Droplets 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-droplets-api-openapi.yml