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godo.Snapshots.Get()

Generated on 5 Nov 2026 from godo version v1.236.0

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Usage

client.Snapshots.Get(ctx context.Context, snapshotID string) (*godo.Snapshot, *godo.Response, error)

Description

Get retrieves a snapshot by id.

This method sends a GET request to /v2/snapshots/{}.

Parameters

snapshotID string required

Returns

*godo.Snapshot
*godo.Response: The HTTP response, with pagination Links, Meta, and Rate limit information.
error: Non-nil when the request fails. API errors are returned as *godo.ErrorResponse.

Fields of `godo.Snapshot`

Snapshot represents a DigitalOcean Snapshot

ID string: Omitted from JSON when empty. JSON key: id
Name string: Omitted from JSON when empty. JSON key: name
ResourceID string: Omitted from JSON when empty. JSON key: resource_id
ResourceType string: Omitted from JSON when empty. JSON key: resource_type
Regions []string: Omitted from JSON when empty. JSON key: regions
MinDiskSize int: Omitted from JSON when empty. JSON key: min_disk_size
SizeGigaBytes float64: Omitted from JSON when empty. JSON key: size_gigabytes
Created string: Omitted from JSON when empty. JSON key: created_at
Tags []string: Omitted from JSON when empty. JSON key: tags

Request Sample

Show Request Sample

package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"os"

	"github.com/digitalocean/godo"
)

func main() {
	client := godo.NewFromToken(os.Getenv("DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN"))
	ctx := context.TODO()

	result, _, err := client.Snapshots.Get(ctx, "<your-snapshot-id>")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	fmt.Printf("%+v\n", result)
}