Showing image details

GET /v2/images/{image_id}

Show details of an image with the specified ID.

info

Source: Show Image (OpenStack Image API v2)

Request

Path parameters

Name	In	Type	Description
image_id	path	string	The UUID of the image.

Example request

Using curl

curl -ks -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: gAAAAA<...>' \
 https://api.vietnix.cloud:9292/v2/images/9775d86a-8bf8-4200-a4b5-d892e931e8f6

Using HTTP request

GET https://api.vietnix.cloud:9292/v2/images/{image_id}

Response

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Description
checksum	body	string	Hash used over the image data. May be null.
container_format	body	enum	Format of the image container (e.g. ami, ari, aki, bare, ovf, ova, docker). May be null.
created_at	body	string	Date/time when the resource was created (ISO 8601).
disk_format	body	enum	Disk format (e.g. qcow2, raw, vmdk, vhd). May be null.
file	body	string	The URL for the virtual machine image file (relative path).
id	body	string	Image UUID.
min_disk	body	integer	Amount of disk space in GB required to boot the image. May be null.
min_ram	body	integer	Amount of RAM in MB required to boot the image. May be null.
name	body	string	The name of the image. May be null.
os_hash_algo	body	string	Algorithm used to compute secure hash for the image (new in 2.7). May be null.
os_hash_value	body	string	Hexdigest of the secure hash computed using os_hash_algo (new in 2.7). May be null.
os_hidden	body	boolean	If true, image is hidden from default image-list responses (new in 2.7).
owner	body	string	Identifier for the owner (project/tenant ID). May be null.
protected	body	boolean	If true, image cannot be deleted.
schema	body	string	URL for the image schema.
self	body	string	The URL for the virtual machine image.
size	body	integer	Size of the image data in bytes. May be null.
status	body	string	Image status (e.g. active).
tags	body	array	List of tags for this image, possibly empty.
updated_at	body	string	Date/time when the resource was updated (ISO 8601) or null.
virtual_size	body	integer	Virtual size of the image. May be null.
visibility	body	string	Image visibility (e.g. public, private, shared).
direct_url (Optional)	body	string	Direct URL to the image file in external store. Present only if show_image_direct_url is enabled on the Image service.
locations (Optional)	body	array	Array of location objects (each contains url and metadata) when show_multiple_locations is enabled on the Image service.

Status codes

Success

Status Code	Description
200 - OK	Request was successful.

Error

Status Code	Description
400 - Bad Request	Some content in the request was invalid.
401 - Unauthorized	User must authenticate before making a request.
403 - Forbidden	Policy does not allow current user to do this operation.
404 - Not Found	The requested resource could not be found.

Example response

{
    "image_validated": "yes",
    "name": "alpine",
    "disk_format": "qcow2",
    "container_format": "bare",
    "visibility": "shared",
    "size": 120061952,
    "virtual_size": 127926272,
    "status": "active",
    "checksum": "7625f1f6a355d3a042a1f39b79ab3513",
    "protected": false,
    "min_ram": 0,
    "min_disk": 1,
    "owner": "f33507157a634f1cac71e06a70fb558e",
    "os_hidden": false,
    "os_hash_algo": "sha512",
    "os_hash_value": "d0eec0ffc7c1c60dd1c3f42a653086825b3e4ddcf07f49475c31e35da53c5e3c0df7e962c6d570591c3d5e2f8587aef54e1b40a016d944bca3cbaedec8f7f213",
    "id": "9775d86a-8bf8-4200-a4b5-d892e931e8f6",
    "created_at": "2025-10-22T08:40:44Z",
    "updated_at": "2025-10-22T08:54:14Z",
    "direct_url": "file:///mnt/vstorage/vols/datastores/glance/9775d86a-8bf8-4200-a4b5-d892e931e8f6",
    "tags": [],
    "self": "/v2/images/9775d86a-8bf8-4200-a4b5-d892e931e8f6",
    "file": "/v2/images/9775d86a-8bf8-4200-a4b5-d892e931e8f6/file",
    "schema": "/v2/schemas/image"
}