---
title: "List Backups for a Droplet"
method: GET
path: "/v2/droplets/{droplet_id}/backups"
tags: ["DigitalOcean-public.v2-new_Droplets"]
---

# List Backups for a Droplet

`GET /v2/droplets/{droplet_id}/backups`

To retrieve any backups associated with a Droplet, send a GET request to
`/v2/droplets/$DROPLET_ID/backups`.

You will get back a JSON object that has a `backups` key. This will be set to
an array of backup objects, each of which contain the standard
Droplet backup attributes.

## Path parameters

- `droplet_id` integer, required

## Query parameters

- `per_page` integer
- `page` integer

## Response `200`

A JSON object with an `backups` key.

- object
  - `backups` DropletSnapshot[]
    - `id` integer, required — The unique identifier for the snapshot or backup.
    - `name` string, required — A human-readable name for the snapshot.
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required — A time value given in ISO8601 combined date and time format that represents when the snapshot was created.
    - `regions` string[], required — An array of the regions that the snapshot is available in. The regions are represented by their identifying slug values.
    - `min_disk_size` integer, required — The minimum size in GB required for a volume or Droplet to use this snapshot.
    - `size_gigabytes` number, float, required — The billable size of the snapshot in gigabytes.
    - `type` 'snapshot' | 'backup', required — Describes the kind of image. It may be one of `snapshot` or `backup`. This specifies whether an image is a user-generated Droplet snapshot or automatically created Droplet backup.
  - `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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