Method: images.list

HTTP request
Path parameters
Query parameters
Request body
Response body
- JSON representation
Authorization Scopes
IAM Permissions

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

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters

Parameters
`project`	`string` Project ID for this request.

project

string

Project ID for this request.

Query parameters

Parameters
`maxResults`	`number (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.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

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

Contains a list of images.

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, "rawKey": string, "kmsKeyName": string }, "sourceDiskEncryptionKey": { "sha256": string, "rawKey": string, "kmsKeyName": string }, "selfLink": string, "labels": { "key": string, "value": string }, "labelFingerprint": string, "guestOsFeatures": [ { "type": enum } ], "licenseCodes": [ string ], "sourceImage": string, "sourceImageId": string, "sourceImageEncryptionKey": { "sha256": string, "rawKey": string, "kmsKeyName": string }, "sourceSnapshot": string, "sourceSnapshotId": string, "sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey": { "sha256": string, "rawKey": string, "kmsKeyName": string }, "kind": string } ], "nextPageToken": string, "selfLink": string, "warning": { "code": enum, "message": string, "data": [ { "key": string, "value": string } ] }, "kind": string }

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,

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

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

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

        
        "rawKey": string,
        "kmsKeyName": string
        
      },
      "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`	`string` 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 `DEPRECATED`, `OBSOLETE`, or `DELETED`. 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: `https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk` `projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk` `zones/zone/disks/disk`
`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[].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[].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. This can be a full or valid partial URL. You must provide exactly one of: this property, or the `rawDisk.source` property, or the `sourceDisk` property in order to create an image.
`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[].sourceSnapshot`	`string` URL of the source snapshot used to create this image. This can be a full or valid partial URL. You must provide exactly one of: this property, or the `sourceImage` property, or the `rawDisk.source` property, or the `sourceDisk` property in order to create an image.
`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[].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.
`selfLink`	`string` [Output Only] Server-defined URL for this resource.
`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 Google IAM permissions:

compute.images.list

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Last updated December 7, 2018.