---
title: "Get a list of IMAGEs"
method: POST
path: "/images/list"
tags: ["images"]
---

# Get a list of IMAGEs

`POST /images/list`

This operation gets a list of IMAGEs, allowing for sorting and pagination. Note: Entities that have not been created successfully are not listed.

## Request body

- ImageListMetadata — All api calls that return a list will have this metadata block as input
  - `filter` string — The filter in FIQL syntax used for the results.
  - `kind` string — The kind name
  - `sort_order` string — The sort order in which results are returned
  - `offset` integer — Offset from the start of the entity list
  - `length` integer — The number of records to retrieve relative to the offset
  - `sort_attribute` string — The attribute to perform sort on

## Response `200`

Success

- ImageListIntentResponse — Response object for intentful operation of images
  - `entities` ImageIntentResource[]
    - `status` ImageDefStatus — An intentful representation of a image status
      - `state` string — The state of the image.
      - `name` string, required — image Name.
      - `availability_zone_reference` AvailabilityZoneReference — The reference to a availability_zone
        - `kind` string, required — The kind name
        - `name` string
        - `uuid` string, UUID, required
      - `message_list` MessageResource[] — Any error messages for the image, if in an error state.
        - `message` string, required — If state is ERROR, a message describing the error.
        - `reason` string, required — If state is ERROR, a machine-readable snake-cased string.
        - `details` object — Custom key-value details relevant to the status.
      - `cluster_reference` ClusterReference — The reference to a cluster
        - `kind` string, required — The kind name
        - `name` string
        - `uuid` string, UUID, required
      - `resources` ImageResourcesDefStatus, required — Describes the image status resources object.
        - `retrieval_uri_list` string[] — List of URIs where the raw image data can be accessed.
        - `image_type` string — The type of image.
        - `checksum` Checksum — Image checksum
          - `checksum_algorithm` string, required — The type of checksum calculated for the image
          - `checksum_value` string, bytes, required
        - `source_uri` string — The source URI points at the location of a the source image which is used to create/update image.
        - `version` ImageVersionStatus — The image version, which is composed of a product name and product version.
          - `product_version` string, required — Version string for the disk image.
          - `product_name` string, required — Name of the producer/distribution of the image. For example windows or red hat.
        - `architecture` string — The supported CPU architecture for a disk image.
        - `size_bytes` integer — The size of the image in bytes.
        - `data_source_reference` Reference — Reference to a kind
          - `kind` string, required
          - `uuid` string, UUID, required
          - `name` string
      - `description` string — A description for image.
    - `spec` Image — An intentful representation of a image spec
      - `name` string, required — image Name.
      - `resources` ImageResources, required — Describes the image spec resources object.
        - `version` ImageVersionResources — The image version, which is composed of a product name and product version.
          - `product_version` string, required — Version string for the disk image.
          - `product_name` string, required — Name of the producer/distribution of the image. For example windows or red hat.
        - `architecture` string — The supported CPU architecture for a disk image.
        - `image_type` string — The type of image.
        - `checksum` Checksum — Image checksum
          - `checksum_algorithm` string, required — The type of checksum calculated for the image
          - `checksum_value` string, bytes, required
        - `source_uri` string — The source URI points at the location of a the source image which is used to create/update image.
        - `data_source_reference` Reference — Reference to a kind
          - `kind` string, required
          - `uuid` string, UUID, required
          - `name` string
      - `description` string — A description for image.
    - `api_version` string
    - `metadata` ImageMetadata, required — The image kind metadata
      - `last_update_time` string, date-time — UTC date and time in RFC-3339 format when image was last updated
      - `kind` string, required — The kind name
      - `uuid` string, UUID — image uuid
      - `spec_version` integer — Version number of the latest spec.
      - `creation_time` string, date-time — UTC date and time in RFC-3339 format when image was created
      - `spec_hash` string — Hash of the spec. This will be returned from server.
      - `should_force_translate` boolean — Applied on Prism Central only. Indicate whether force to translate the spec of the fanout request to fit the target cluster API schema.
      - `owner_reference` UserReference — The reference to a user
        - `kind` string, required — The kind name
        - `name` string
        - `uuid` string, UUID, required
      - `categories` object — Categories for the image
      - `name` string — image name
  - `api_version` string, required
  - `metadata` ImageListMetadataOutput, required — All api calls that return a list will have this metadata block
    - `filter` string — The filter used for the results
    - `kind` string — The kind name
    - `sort_order` string — The sort order in which results are returned
    - `offset` integer — Offset from the start of the entity list
    - `total_matches` integer — Total matches found
    - `length` integer — The number of records retrieved relative to the offset
    - `sort_attribute` string — The attribute to perform sort on

## Other responses

- `default` — Internal Error

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