Images¶

A droplet is created using a pre-defined Image. Users can select from nearly 40 Public Images or from snapshots and backups previously created.

Creating Snapshots¶

>>>d0.create_snapshot(name='My New Snapshot')

Getting a specific image¶

>>>images = d0.get_image(1860934)

Getting all images¶

>>>images = d0.get_all_images()

>>>images
[Image:490208,
 Image:568111,
 Image:633923,
 Image:714697,
 Image:1420886,
 Image:1898676,
 Image:2003826,...]

>>>d0.get_all_images(table=True)
| Ubuntu       | None | True   | 1505699 | Ubuntu 13.10 x64                                |
| Ubuntu       | None | True   | 1608711 | Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu 12.10 (Nginx + Unicorn) |
| CentOS       | None | True   | 1646467 | CentOS 6.5 x64                                  |
| CentOS       | None | True   | 1646732 | CentOS 6.5 x32                                  |
| Ubuntu       | None | True   | 1687372 | Redmine on Ubuntu 12.04                         |
| Ubuntu       | None | True   | 1860934 | Ghost 0.4.0 on Ubuntu 12.04                     |
| Ubuntu       | None | True   | 2105243 | GitLab 6.5.1 CE                                 |
| Ubuntu       | None | True   | 2118237 | Dokku-v0.2.1 on Ubuntu 13.04                    |
| Ubuntu       | None | True   | 2158507 | Docker 0.8 Ubuntu 13.04 x64                     |
...

Image API¶

class doto.Image(conn=None, **kwds)¶

destroy()¶: This method allows you to destroy an image. There is no way to restore a deleted image so be careful and ensure your data is properly backed up.

event_update()¶

Method to update Image (primarily used to update ip information)

https://api.digitalocean.com/events/[event_id]/? client_id=[your_client_id]&api_key=[your_api_key]

percentage_update()¶: Convenience method to return the percentage of event completion

transfer_image(region_id=None)¶

This method allows you to transfer an image to a specified region.

Parameters:	image_id (int) – The ID of the image region_id (int) – The ID of the region to which you would like to transfer.