Digital Ocean API
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This post is meant for the times that you want to quickly query the Digital Ocean API v2, but do not want to download their great client doctl. The prerequisite for this post is that you have a personal access token configured inside the $DO_TOKEN environmental variable.
List SSH Keys
curl --silent \
--request GET \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $DO_TOKEN" \
https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/account/keys
If you have jq configured:
curl --silent \
--request GET \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $DO_TOKEN" \
https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/account/keys |
jq '.ssh_keys[] | "\(.name): \(.id)"'
List Images
curl --silent \
--request GET \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $DO_TOKEN" \
https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/images?type=distribution
If you have jq configured:
curl --silent \
--request GET \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $DO_TOKEN" \
https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/images?type=distribution |
jq '.images[] | .slug'
List Regions
curl --silent \
--request GET \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $DO_TOKEN" \
https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/regions
If you have jq configured:
curl --silent \
--request GET \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $DO_TOKEN" \
https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/regions |
jq '.regions[] | "\(.name): \(.slug)"'
List Snapshots
curl --silent \
--request GET \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $DO_TOKEN" \
https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/snapshots
If you have jq configured:
curl --silent \
--request GET \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $DO_TOKEN" \
https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/snapshots |
jq '.snapshots[] | .name'
Bash Script
Here is a small bash script that combines the functionality above into one file.
#!/bin/bash
JQ_INSTALLED=$(command -v jq > /dev/null)
function show_usage {
echo "Usage: ./do-list (keys|images|regions|snapshots)"
}
function query_api {
curl --silent \
--request GET \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $DO_TOKEN" \
https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/"$1"
}
function list_keys {
output=$(query_api account/keys)
if $JQ_INSTALLED; then
echo "$output" | jq '.ssh_keys[] | "\(.name): \(.id)"'
else
echo "$output"
fi
}
function list_images {
output=$(query_api images?type=distribution)
if $JQ_INSTALLED; then
echo "$output" | jq '.images[] | .slug'
else
echo "$output"
fi
}
function list_regions {
output=$(query_api regions)
if $JQ_INSTALLED; then
echo "$output" | jq '.regions[] | "\(.name): \(.slug)"'
else
echo "$output"
fi
}
function list_snapshots {
output=$(query_api snapshots)
if $JQ_INSTALLED; then
echo "$output" | jq '.snapshots[] | .name'
else
echo "$output"
fi
}
case $1 in
keys)
list_keys;;
images)
list_images;;
regions)
list_regions;;
snapshots)
list_snapshots;;
*)
echo Unknown Parameter "'$1'"
show_usage;;
esac