API

The DigitalOcean API lets you programmatically manage your Droplets and other resources using conventional HTTP requests. Any action that you can perform through the DigitalOcean Control Panel (except for creating personal access tokens) can also be performed with the API.

Getting Started

An Introduction to the DigitalOcean Products API

Get familiar with the structure and behavior of the DigitalOcean API.

How to Use the DigitalOcean API

See examples of how to format requests to interact with the DigitalOcean API.

How to Create a Personal Access Token

Create a personal access token for use with the DigitalOcean API.

API Reference Documentation

DigitalOcean API Docs

Programmatically manage Droplets and other DigitalOcean resources using conventional HTTP requests. All of the functionality in the DigitalOcean Control Panel is also available through the API.

Spaces API Reference Documentation

Programmatically manage your data with Spaces’ AWS S3-compatible object storage API

DigitalOcean Metadata API Docs

The metadata API allows a Droplet to access information about itself including user data, Droplet ID, datacenter region, and IP addresses.

OAuth API Reference Documentation

The OAuth API is a secure method for authenticating users and allowing third-party applications limited access to your servers or DigitalOcean user accounts.

API Clients

godo

The official DigitalOcean API client for Go.

github.com

DropletKit

The official DigitalOcean API client for Ruby.

github.com

DigitalOcean API Libraries

Official and community-created client libraries that let you use the DigitalOcean API in a variety of programming languages.

More Information

Keep up to date with changes to our APIs using the API filter in our release notes section.

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Latest Updates

6 January 2023

• Released v1.92.0 of doctl, the official DigitalOcean CLI. This release updates the doctl auth init prompt and deprecates the --algorithm flag for load balancer sub-commands.

5 January 2023

• The Fedora 35 distribution has reached end of life and is deprecated as of 6 January 2023:

  The image will be removed from the control panel starting on 6 January 2023 but will remain accessible for Droplet creation via the API for 30 days after the initial deprecation. If you need to use Fedora 35 after the image has been fully deprecated, you can create Droplets from a snapshot of a Droplet with that version or from a custom image.

16 December 2022

• Released v1.91.0 of doctl, the official DigitalOcean CLI. This release adds support for creating and updating firewall rules for load balancers.

For more information, see the full release notes.