Method: snapshots.get

Returns the specified Snapshot resource. Gets a list of available snapshots by making a list() request.

HTTP request

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

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
project

string

Project ID for this request.
resourceId

string

Name of the Snapshot resource to return.

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,
  "creationTimestamp": string,
  "name": string,
  "description": string,
  "status": enum,
  "sourceDisk": string,
  "sourceDiskId": string,
  "diskSizeGb": string,
  "storageBytes": string,
  "storageBytesStatus": enum,
  "licenses": [
    string
  ],
  "snapshotEncryptionKey": {
    "rawKey": string,
    "kmsKeyName": string,
    "sha256": string,
    "kmsKeyServiceAccount": string
  },
  "sourceDiskEncryptionKey": {
    "rawKey": string,
    "kmsKeyName": string,
    "sha256": string,
    "kmsKeyServiceAccount": string
  },
  "selfLink": string,
  "labels": {
    string: string,
    ...
  },
  "labelFingerprint": string,
  "licenseCodes": [
    string
  ],
  "storageLocations": [
    string
  ],
  "autoCreated": boolean,
  "downloadBytes": string,
  "chainName": string,
  "satisfiesPzs": boolean,
  "locationHint": string,
  "kind": string
}
Fields
id

string (fixed64 format)

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

string

[Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
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.
description

string

An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
status

enum

[Output Only] The status of the snapshot. This can be CREATING, DELETING, FAILED, READY, or UPLOADING.
sourceDisk

string

The source disk used to create this snapshot.
sourceDiskId

string

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

string (int64 format)

[Output Only] Size of the source disk, specified in GB.
storageBytes

string (int64 format)

[Output Only] A size of the storage used by the snapshot. As snapshots share storage, this number is expected to change with snapshot creation/deletion.
storageBytesStatus

enum

[Output Only] An indicator whether storageBytes is in a stable state or it is being adjusted as a result of shared storage reallocation. This status can either be UPDATING, meaning the size of the snapshot is being updated, or UP_TO_DATE, meaning the size of the snapshot is up-to-date.
licenses[]

string

[Output Only] A list of public visible licenses that apply to this snapshot. This can be because the original image had licenses attached (such as a Windows image).
snapshotEncryptionKey

object

Encrypts the snapshot using a customer-supplied encryption key.

After you encrypt a snapshot using a customer-supplied key, you must provide the same key if you use the snapshot later. For example, you must provide the encryption key when you create a disk from the encrypted snapshot in a future request.

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

If you do not provide an encryption key when creating the snapshot, then the snapshot will be encrypted using an automatically generated key and you do not need to provide a key to use the snapshot later.
snapshotEncryptionKey.rawKey

string

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

string

The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS.
snapshotEncryptionKey.sha256

string

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

object

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

string

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

string

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

string

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

map (key: string, value: string)

Labels to apply to this snapshot. These can be later modified by the setLabels method. Label values may be empty.

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

string (bytes format)

A fingerprint for the labels being applied to this snapshot, which is essentially a hash of the labels set 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 a snapshot.

A base64-encoded string.
licenseCodes[]

string (int64 format)

[Output Only] Integer license codes indicating which licenses are attached to this snapshot.
storageLocations[]

string

Cloud Storage bucket storage location of the snapshot (regional or multi-regional).
autoCreated

boolean

[Output Only] Set to true if snapshots are automatically created by applying resource policy on the target disk.
downloadBytes

string (int64 format)

[Output Only] Number of bytes downloaded to restore a snapshot to a disk.
chainName

string

Creates the new snapshot in the snapshot chain labeled with the specified name. The chain name must be 1-63 characters long and comply with RFC1035. This is an uncommon option only for advanced service owners who needs to create separate snapshot chains, for example, for chargeback tracking. When you describe your snapshot resource, this field is visible only if it has a non-empty value.
satisfiesPzs

boolean

[Output Only] Reserved for future use.
locationHint

string

An opaque location hint used to place the snapshot close to other resources. This field is for use by internal tools that use the public API.
kind

string

[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#snapshot for Snapshot resources.

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.snapshots.get

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