Get an image

This sample retrieves detailed information about a single image from a project.

Code sample

Python

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from google.cloud import compute_v1

def get_image(project_id: str, image_name: str) -> compute_v1.Image:
    """
    Retrieve detailed information about a single image from a project.

    Args:
        project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to list images from.
        image_name: name of the image you want to get details of.

    Returns:
        An instance of compute_v1.Image object with information about specified image.
    """
    image_client = compute_v1.ImagesClient()
    return image_client.get(project=project_id, image=image_name)

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