---
title: "List history events"
method: GET
path: "/v2/droplets/autoscale/{autoscale_pool_id}/history"
tags: ["DigitalOcean-public.v2-new_Droplet Autoscale Pools"]
---

# List history events

`GET /v2/droplets/autoscale/{autoscale_pool_id}/history`

To list all of the scaling history events of an autoscale pool, send a GET request to `/v2/droplets/autoscale/$AUTOSCALE_POOL_ID/history`.

The response body will be a JSON object with a key of `history`. This will be
set to an array containing objects each representing a history event.

## Path parameters

- `autoscale_pool_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `per_page` integer
- `page` integer

## Response `200`

A JSON object with a key of `history`.

- object
  - `history` History[]
    - `history_event_id` string, required — The unique identifier of the history event.
    - `current_instance_count` integer, required — The current number of Droplets in the autoscale pool.
    - `desired_instance_count` integer, required — The target number of Droplets for the autoscale pool after the scaling event.
    - `reason` 'CONFIGURATION_CHANGE' | 'SCALE_UP' | 'SCALE_DOWN', required — The reason for the scaling event.
    - `status` 'in_progress' | 'success' | 'error', required — The status of the scaling event.
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required — The creation time of the history event in ISO8601 combined date and time format.
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — The last updated time of the history event in ISO8601 combined date and time format.
  - `links` PageLinks
    - `pages` union
      - ForwardLinks
        - `last` string — URI of the last page of the results.
        - `next` string — URI of the next page of the results.
      - BackwardLinks
        - `first` string — URI of the first page of the results.
        - `prev` string — URI of the previous page of the results.
      - unknown
  - `meta` object, required — Information about the response itself.
    - `total` integer, required — Number of objects returned by the request.

## Other responses

- `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.

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