---
title: "Get an NFS share"
method: GET
path: "/v2/nfs/{nfs_id}"
tags: ["DigitalOcean-public.v2-new_NFS"]
---

# Get an NFS share

`GET /v2/nfs/{nfs_id}`

To get an NFS share, send a GET request to `/v2/nfs/$ID?region=${region}`.

A successful request will return the NFS share.

## Path parameters

- `nfs_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `region` string, required

## Response `200`

The response will be a JSON object with a key called `share`. The value will be an object containing the standard attributes associated with an NFS share.

- NfsGetResponse
  - `share` NfsResponse
    - `id` string, required — The unique identifier of the NFS share.
    - `name` string, required — The human-readable name of the share.
    - `size_gib` integer, required — The desired/provisioned size of the share in GiB (Gibibytes). Must be >= 50.
    - `region` string, required — The DigitalOcean region slug (e.g., nyc2, atl1) where the NFS share resides.
    - `status` 'CREATING' | 'ACTIVE' | 'FAILED' | 'DELETED', required — The current status of the share.
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required — Timestamp for when the NFS share was created.
    - `vpc_ids` string[] — List of VPC IDs that should be able to access the share.

## 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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