---
title: "Retrieve an Existing Snapshot"
method: GET
path: "/v2/snapshots/{snapshot_id}"
tags: ["DigitalOcean-public.v2-new_Snapshots"]
---

# Retrieve an Existing Snapshot

`GET /v2/snapshots/{snapshot_id}`

To retrieve information about a snapshot, send a GET request to
`/v2/snapshots/$SNAPSHOT_ID`.

The response will be a JSON object with a key called `snapshot`. The value of
this will be an snapshot object containing the standard snapshot attributes.

## Path parameters

- `snapshot_id` union, required
  - integer — The ID of a Droplet snapshot.
  - string — The ID of a volume snapshot.

## Response `200`

A JSON object with a key called `snapshot`.

- object
  - `snapshot` Snapshots
    - `id` string, required — The unique identifier for the snapshot.
    - `name` string, required — A human-readable name for the snapshot.
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required — A time value given in ISO8601 combined date and time format that represents when the snapshot was created.
    - `regions` string[], required — An array of the regions that the snapshot is available in. The regions are represented by their identifying slug values.
    - `min_disk_size` integer, required — The minimum size in GB required for a volume or Droplet to use this snapshot.
    - `size_gigabytes` number, float, required — The billable size of the snapshot in gigabytes.
    - `resource_id` string, required — The unique identifier for the resource that the snapshot originated from.
    - `resource_type` 'droplet' | 'volume', required — The type of resource that the snapshot originated from.
    - `tags` string[], nullable, required — An array of Tags the snapshot has been tagged with.<br><br>Requires `tag:read` scope.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Authentication failed due to invalid credentials.
- `404` — The resource was not found.
- `429` — The API rate limit has been exceeded.
- `500` — There was a server error.
- `default` — There was an unexpected error.

## Changes

- **2025-10-16** `cb3bf9b21459` — 2 info
  - api tag `DigitalOcean-public.v2-new_Snapshots` added
  - api tag `Snapshots` removed
- **2025-07-18** `f8e8c290636c` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-07-17** `5fc9af728e82` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2025-07-17** `f8e8c290636c` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/digitalocean/apis/digitalocean-api/changes/v2/snapshots/:snapshot_id/get.md)

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