---
title: "Retrieve an Existing Block Storage Volume"
method: GET
path: "/v2/volumes/{volume_id}"
tags: ["DigitalOcean-public.v2-new_Block Storage"]
---

# Retrieve an Existing Block Storage Volume

`GET /v2/volumes/{volume_id}`

To show information about a block storage volume, send a GET request to `/v2/volumes/$VOLUME_ID`.

## Path parameters

- `volume_id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

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

- object
  - `volume` VolumeFull
    - `id` string — The unique identifier for the block storage volume.
    - `droplet_ids` integer[], nullable — An array containing the IDs of the Droplets the volume is attached to. Note that at this time, a volume can only be attached to a single Droplet.
    - `name` string — A human-readable name for the block storage volume. Must be lowercase and be composed only of numbers, letters and "-", up to a limit of 64 characters. The name must begin with a letter.
    - `description` string — An optional free-form text field to describe a block storage volume.
    - `size_gigabytes` integer — The size of the block storage volume in GiB (1024^3). This field does not apply when creating a volume from a snapshot.
    - `created_at` string — A time value given in ISO8601 combined date and time format that represents when the block storage volume was created.
    - `tags` string[], nullable — A flat array of tag names as strings applied to the resource. <br><br>Requires `tag:read` scope.
    - `region` object — The region that the block storage volume is located in. When setting a region, the value should be the slug identifier for the region. When you query a block storage volume, the entire region object will be returned.
      - `name` string, required — The display name of the region. This will be a full name that is used in the control panel and other interfaces.
      - `slug` string, required — A human-readable string that is used as a unique identifier for each region.
      - `features` string[], required — This attribute is set to an array which contains features available in this region
      - `available` boolean, required — This is a boolean value that represents whether new Droplets can be created in this region.
      - `sizes` string[], required — This attribute is set to an array which contains the identifying slugs for the sizes available in this region. sizes:read is required to view.
    - `filesystem_type` string — The type of filesystem currently in-use on the volume.
    - `filesystem_label` string — The label currently applied to the filesystem.

## 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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