How to Convert Backups to Snapshots

To add an image to a region via the command-line, follow these steps:

1. Install doctl, the DigitalOcean command-line tool.

2. Create a personal access token, and save it for use with doctl.

3. Use the token to grant doctl access to your DigitalOcean account.

                 doctl auth init
               

4. Finally, add an image to a region with doctl compute image-action transfer. The basic usage looks like this, but you'll want to read the usage docs for more details:

                 doctl compute image-action transfer <image-id> [flags]
               

   The following example transfers an image with the ID 386734086 to the region with the slug nyc3

                  doctl compute image-action transfer 386734086 --region nyc3
               

To add an image to a region using the DigitalOcean API, follow these steps:

1. Create a personal access token, and save it for use with the API.

2. Send a POST request to https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/images/{image_id}/actions

   cURL

   To add an image to a region with cURL, call:

   
                   # Transfer an Existing Image
   curl -X POST \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
     -d '{"type":"transfer","region":"nyc2"}' \
     "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/images/7938269/actions"
   
   # Convert an Image into a Snapshot
   curl -X POST \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
     -d '{"type":"convert"}' \
     "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/images/7938291/actions"

   Go

   Go developers can use Godo, the official DigitalOcean V2 API client for Go. To add an image to a region with Godo, use the following code:

   
                   import (
       "context"
       "os"
   
       "github.com/digitalocean/godo"
   )
   
   func main() {
       token := os.Getenv("DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN")
   
       client := godo.NewFromToken(token)
       ctx := context.TODO()
   
       // Transfer an existing image
       transferRequest := &godo.ActionRequest{
           "type":   "transfer",
           "region": "nyc2",
       }
     # Transfer an Image
       transfer, _, err := client.ImageActions.Transfer(ctx, 7938269, transferRequest)
   
     # Convert an Image to a Snapshot
     # client.image_actions.convert(image_id: 7938269)
   
   }

   Ruby

   Ruby developers can use DropletKit, the official DigitalOcean V2 API client for Ruby. To add an image to a region with DropletKit, use the following code:

   
                   require 'droplet_kit'
   token = ENV['DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN']
   client = DropletKit::Client.new(access_token: token)
   
   # Transfer an Image
   client.image_actions.transfer(image_id: 7938269, region: 'nyc2')
   
   # Convert an Image to a Snapshot
   # client.image_actions.convert(image_id: 7938269)

   Python

   
                   import os
   from pydo import Client
   
   client = Client(token=os.environ.get("DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN"))
   
   req = {
     "type": "convert"
   }
   resp = client.image_actions.post(image_id=342341, body=req)