Method: images.list

Retrieves the list of custom images available to the specified project. Custom images are images you create that belong to your project. This method does not get any images that belong to other projects, including publicly-available images, like Debian 8. If you want to get a list of publicly-available images, use this method to make a request to the respective image project, such as debian-cloud or windows-cloud.

HTTP request

GET https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project}/global/images

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
project

string

Project ID for this request.

Query parameters

Parameters
maxResults

integer (uint32 format)

The maximum number of results per page that should be returned. If the number of available results is larger than maxResults, Compute Engine returns a nextPageToken that can be used to get the next page of results in subsequent list requests. Acceptable values are 0 to 500, inclusive. (Default: 500)
pageToken

string

Specifies a page token to use. Set pageToken to the nextPageToken returned by a previous list request to get the next page of results.
filter

string

A filter expression that filters resources listed in the response. The expression must specify the field name, a comparison operator, and the value that you want to use for filtering. The value must be a string, a number, or a boolean. The comparison operator must be either =, !=, >, or <.

For example, if you are filtering Compute Engine instances, you can exclude instances named example-instance by specifying name != example-instance.

You can also filter nested fields. For example, you could specify scheduling.automaticRestart = false to include instances only if they are not scheduled for automatic restarts. You can use filtering on nested fields to filter based on resource labels.

To filter on multiple expressions, provide each separate expression within parentheses. For example:

(scheduling.automaticRestart = true)
(cpuPlatform = "Intel Skylake")

By default, each expression is an AND expression. However, you can include AND and OR expressions explicitly. For example:

(cpuPlatform = "Intel Skylake") OR
(cpuPlatform = "Intel Broadwell") AND
(scheduling.automaticRestart = true)
orderBy

string

Sorts list results by a certain order. By default, results are returned in alphanumerical order based on the resource name.

You can also sort results in descending order based on the creation timestamp using orderBy="creationTimestamp desc". This sorts results based on the creationTimestamp field in reverse chronological order (newest result first). Use this to sort resources like operations so that the newest operation is returned first.

Currently, only sorting by name or creationTimestamp desc is supported.
returnPartialSuccess

boolean

Opt-in for partial success behavior which provides partial results in case of failure. The default value is false.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "id": string,
  "items": [
    {
      "id": string,
      "creationTimestamp": string,
      "name": string,
      "description": string,
      "sourceType": enum,
      "rawDisk": {
        "source": string,
        "sha1Checksum": string,
        "containerType": enum
      },
      "deprecated": {
        "state": enum,
        "replacement": string,
        "deprecated": string,
        "obsolete": string,
        "deleted": string
      },
      "status": enum,
      "archiveSizeBytes": string,
      "diskSizeGb": string,
      "sourceDisk": string,
      "sourceDiskId": string,
      "licenses": [
        string
      ],
      "family": string,
      "imageEncryptionKey": {
        "sha256": string,
        "kmsKeyServiceAccount": string,

        
        "rawKey": string,
        "kmsKeyName": string
        
      },
      "sourceDiskEncryptionKey": {
        "sha256": string,
        "kmsKeyServiceAccount": string,

        
        "rawKey": string,
        "kmsKeyName": string
        
      },
      "selfLink": string,
      "labels": {
        string: string,
        ...
      },
      "labelFingerprint": string,
      "guestOsFeatures": [
        {
          "type": enum
        }
      ],
      "licenseCodes": [
        string
      ],
      "sourceImage": string,
      "sourceImageId": string,
      "sourceImageEncryptionKey": {
        "sha256": string,
        "kmsKeyServiceAccount": string,

        
        "rawKey": string,
        "kmsKeyName": string
        
      },
      "sourceSnapshot": string,
      "sourceSnapshotId": string,
      "sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey": {
        "sha256": string,
        "kmsKeyServiceAccount": string,

        
        "rawKey": string,
        "kmsKeyName": string
        
      },
      "storageLocations": [
        string
      ],
      "shieldedInstanceInitialState": {
        "pk": {
          "content": string,
          "fileType": enum
        },
        "keks": [
          {
            "content": string,
            "fileType": enum
          }
        ],
        "dbs": [
          {
            "content": string,
            "fileType": enum
          }
        ],
        "dbxs": [
          {
            "content": string,
            "fileType": enum
          }
        ]
      },
      "satisfiesPzs": boolean,
      "kind": string
    }
  ],
  "nextPageToken": string,
  "selfLink": string,
  "warning": {
    "code": enum,
    "message": string,
    "data": [
      {
        "key": string,
        "value": string
      }
    ]
  },
  "kind": string
}
Fields
id

string

[Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
items[]

object

A list of Image resources.
items[].id

string (fixed64 format)

[Output Only] The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.
items[].creationTimestamp

string

[Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
items[].name

string

Name of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression [a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])? which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.
items[].description

string

An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
items[].sourceType

enum

The type of the image used to create this disk. The default and only value is RAW
items[].rawDisk

object

The parameters of the raw disk image.
items[].rawDisk.source

string

The full Google Cloud Storage URL where the disk image is stored. You must provide either this property or the sourceDisk property but not both.
items[].rawDisk.sha1Checksum
(deprecated)

string

[Deprecated] This field is deprecated. An optional SHA1 checksum of the disk image before unpackaging provided by the client when the disk image is created.
items[].rawDisk.containerType

enum

The format used to encode and transmit the block device, which should be TAR. This is just a container and transmission format and not a runtime format. Provided by the client when the disk image is created.
items[].deprecated

object

The deprecation status associated with this image.
items[].deprecated.state

enum

The deprecation state of this resource. This can be ACTIVE, DEPRECATED, OBSOLETE, or DELETED. Operations which communicate the end of life date for an image, can use ACTIVE. Operations which create a new resource using a DEPRECATED resource will return successfully, but with a warning indicating the deprecated resource and recommending its replacement. Operations which use OBSOLETE or DELETED resources will be rejected and result in an error.
items[].deprecated.replacement

string

The URL of the suggested replacement for a deprecated resource. The suggested replacement resource must be the same kind of resource as the deprecated resource.
items[].deprecated.deprecated

string

An optional RFC3339 timestamp on or after which the state of this resource is intended to change to DEPRECATED. This is only informational and the status will not change unless the client explicitly changes it.
items[].deprecated.obsolete

string

An optional RFC3339 timestamp on or after which the state of this resource is intended to change to OBSOLETE. This is only informational and the status will not change unless the client explicitly changes it.
items[].deprecated.deleted

string

An optional RFC3339 timestamp on or after which the state of this resource is intended to change to DELETED. This is only informational and the status will not change unless the client explicitly changes it.
items[].status

enum

[Output Only] The status of the image. An image can be used to create other resources, such as instances, only after the image has been successfully created and the status is set to READY. Possible values are FAILED, PENDING, or READY.
items[].archiveSizeBytes

string (int64 format)

Size of the image tar.gz archive stored in Google Cloud Storage (in bytes).
items[].diskSizeGb

string (int64 format)

Size of the image when restored onto a persistent disk (in GB).
items[].sourceDisk

string

URL of the source disk used to create this image. This can be a full or valid partial URL. You must provide either this property or the rawDisk.source property but not both to create an image. For example, the following are valid values:

items[].sourceDiskId

string

[Output Only] The ID value of the disk used to create this image. This value may be used to determine whether the image was taken from the current or a previous instance of a given disk name.
items[].licenses[]

string

Any applicable license URI.
items[].family

string

The name of the image family to which this image belongs. You can create disks by specifying an image family instead of a specific image name. The image family always returns its latest image that is not deprecated. The name of the image family must comply with RFC1035.
items[].imageEncryptionKey

object

Encrypts the image using a customer-supplied encryption key.

After you encrypt an image with a customer-supplied key, you must provide the same key if you use the image later (e.g. to create a disk from the image).

Customer-supplied encryption keys do not protect access to metadata of the disk.

If you do not provide an encryption key when creating the image, then the disk will be encrypted using an automatically generated key and you do not need to provide a key to use the image later.
items[].imageEncryptionKey.rawKey

string

Specifies a 256-bit customer-supplied encryption key, encoded in RFC 4648 base64 to either encrypt or decrypt this resource.
items[].imageEncryptionKey.kmsKeyName

string

The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS.
items[].imageEncryptionKey.sha256

string

[Output only] The RFC 4648 base64 encoded SHA-256 hash of the customer-supplied encryption key that protects this resource.
items[].imageEncryptionKey.kmsKeyServiceAccount

string

The service account being used for the encryption request for the given KMS key. If absent, the Compute Engine default service account is used.
items[].sourceDiskEncryptionKey

object

The customer-supplied encryption key of the source disk. Required if the source disk is protected by a customer-supplied encryption key.
items[].sourceDiskEncryptionKey.rawKey

string

Specifies a 256-bit customer-supplied encryption key, encoded in RFC 4648 base64 to either encrypt or decrypt this resource.
items[].sourceDiskEncryptionKey.kmsKeyName

string

The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS.
items[].sourceDiskEncryptionKey.sha256

string

[Output only] The RFC 4648 base64 encoded SHA-256 hash of the customer-supplied encryption key that protects this resource.
items[].sourceDiskEncryptionKey.kmsKeyServiceAccount

string

The service account being used for the encryption request for the given KMS key. If absent, the Compute Engine default service account is used.
items[].selfLink

string

[Output Only] Server-defined URL for the resource.
items[].labels

map (key: string, value: string)

Labels to apply to this image. These can be later modified by the setLabels method.

An object containing a list of "key": value pairs. Example: { "name": "wrench", "mass": "1.3kg", "count": "3" }.
items[].labelFingerprint

string (bytes format)

A fingerprint for the labels being applied to this image, which is essentially a hash of the labels used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update labels. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change labels, otherwise the request will fail with error 412 conditionNotMet.

To see the latest fingerprint, make a get() request to retrieve an image.

A base64-encoded string.
items[].guestOsFeatures[]

object

A list of features to enable on the guest operating system. Applicable only for bootable images. Read Enabling guest operating system features to see a list of available options.
items[].guestOsFeatures[].type

enum

The ID of a supported feature. Read Enabling guest operating system features to see a list of available options.
items[].licenseCodes[]

string (int64 format)

Integer license codes indicating which licenses are attached to this image.
items[].sourceImage

string

URL of the source image used to create this image.

In order to create an image, you must provide the full or partial URL of one of the following:

  • The selfLink URL
  • This property
  • The rawDisk.source URL
  • The sourceDisk URL

items[].sourceImageId

string

[Output Only] The ID value of the image used to create this image. This value may be used to determine whether the image was taken from the current or a previous instance of a given image name.
items[].sourceImageEncryptionKey

object

The customer-supplied encryption key of the source image. Required if the source image is protected by a customer-supplied encryption key.
items[].sourceImageEncryptionKey.rawKey

string

Specifies a 256-bit customer-supplied encryption key, encoded in RFC 4648 base64 to either encrypt or decrypt this resource.
items[].sourceImageEncryptionKey.kmsKeyName

string

The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS.
items[].sourceImageEncryptionKey.sha256

string

[Output only] The RFC 4648 base64 encoded SHA-256 hash of the customer-supplied encryption key that protects this resource.
items[].sourceImageEncryptionKey.kmsKeyServiceAccount

string

The service account being used for the encryption request for the given KMS key. If absent, the Compute Engine default service account is used.
items[].sourceSnapshot

string

URL of the source snapshot used to create this image.

In order to create an image, you must provide the full or partial URL of one of the following:

  • The selfLink URL
  • This property
  • The sourceImage URL
  • The rawDisk.source URL
  • The sourceDisk URL

items[].sourceSnapshotId

string

[Output Only] The ID value of the snapshot used to create this image. This value may be used to determine whether the snapshot was taken from the current or a previous instance of a given snapshot name.
items[].sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey

object

The customer-supplied encryption key of the source snapshot. Required if the source snapshot is protected by a customer-supplied encryption key.
items[].sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.rawKey

string

Specifies a 256-bit customer-supplied encryption key, encoded in RFC 4648 base64 to either encrypt or decrypt this resource.
items[].sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.kmsKeyName

string

The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS.
items[].sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.sha256

string

[Output only] The RFC 4648 base64 encoded SHA-256 hash of the customer-supplied encryption key that protects this resource.
items[].sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.kmsKeyServiceAccount

string

The service account being used for the encryption request for the given KMS key. If absent, the Compute Engine default service account is used.
items[].storageLocations[]

string

Cloud Storage bucket storage location of the image (regional or multi-regional).
items[].shieldedInstanceInitialState

object

Set the secure boot keys of shielded instance.
items[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.pk

object

The Platform Key (PK).
items[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.pk.content

string (bytes format)

The raw content in the secure keys file.

A base64-encoded string.
items[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.pk.fileType

enum

The file type of source file.
items[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.keks[]

object

The Key Exchange Key (KEK).
items[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.keks[].content

string (bytes format)

The raw content in the secure keys file.

A base64-encoded string.
items[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.keks[].fileType

enum

The file type of source file.
items[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbs[]

object

The Key Database (db).
items[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbs[].content

string (bytes format)

The raw content in the secure keys file.

A base64-encoded string.
items[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbs[].fileType

enum

The file type of source file.
items[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbxs[]

object

The forbidden key database (dbx).
items[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbxs[].content

string (bytes format)

The raw content in the secure keys file.

A base64-encoded string.
items[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbxs[].fileType

enum

The file type of source file.
items[].satisfiesPzs

boolean

[Output Only] Reserved for future use.
items[].kind

string

[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#image for images.
nextPageToken

string

[Output Only] This token allows you to get the next page of results for list requests. If the number of results is larger than maxResults, use the nextPageToken as a value for the query parameter pageToken in the next list request. Subsequent list requests will have their own nextPageToken to continue paging through the results.
warning

object

[Output Only] Informational warning message.
warning.code

enum

[Output Only] A warning code, if applicable. For example, Compute Engine returns NO_RESULTS_ON_PAGE if there are no results in the response.
warning.message

string

[Output Only] A human-readable description of the warning code.
warning.data[]

object

[Output Only] Metadata about this warning in key: value format. For example: 

"data": [  {  "key": "scope",  "value": "zones/us-east1-d"  }
warning.data[].key

string

[Output Only] A key that provides more detail on the warning being returned. For example, for warnings where there are no results in a list request for a particular zone, this key might be scope and the key value might be the zone name. Other examples might be a key indicating a deprecated resource and a suggested replacement, or a warning about invalid network settings (for example, if an instance attempts to perform IP forwarding but is not enabled for IP forwarding).
warning.data[].value

string

[Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
kind

string

Type of resource.

Authorization Scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.

IAM Permissions

In addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions:

  • compute.images.list

To find predefined roles that contain those permissions, see Compute Engine IAM Roles.