---
title: "Retrieve block storage volume details"
method: GET
path: "/block-storage/{id}"
tags: ["block-storage"]
---

# Retrieve block storage volume details

`GET /block-storage/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api-ch-gva-2.exoscale.com/v2`
- URL: `https://api-ch-gva-2.exoscale.com/v2/block-storage/{id}`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/exoscale/apis/exoscale-api/docs/block-storage/:id/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

200

- BlockStorageVolume: Block storage volume
  - `labels` Labels
  - `instance` InstanceRef: Target Instance
    - `id` string, uuid: Instance ID
  - `name` string: Volume name
  - `state` 'snapshotting' | 'deleted' | 'creating' | 'detached' | 'deleting' | 'attaching' | 'error' | 'attached' | 'detaching': Volume state
  - `size` integer: Volume size
  - `blocksize` integer: Volume block size
  - `block-storage-snapshots` BlockStorageSnapshotRef[]: Volume snapshots, if any
    - `id` string, uuid: Block storage snapshot ID
  - `id` string, uuid: Volume ID
  - `encrypted` boolean: Indicates if the block-storage volume is encrypted
  - `created-at` string, date-time: Volume creation date

## Changes

- **2026-11-06** `63da6f74c845`: 1 info
  - added the optional property `encrypted` to the response with the `200` status
- **2025-01-18** `cf1e7ba7143f`: 1 breaking
  - the `size` response property's min was decreased from `10.00` to `1.00` for the response status `200`
- **2024-05-22** `d1903c399d90`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/exoscale/apis/exoscale-api/changes/block-storage/:id/get.md)

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