View Single Volume

GET /volumes/id

This operation will return details of a single volume.

Request Parameters

id

The unique identifier of the volume.

Result

JSON

{
   "volume" : {
        "id": "{volume_id}",
        "display_name" : "{display_volume_name}",
        "display_description" : "{display_volume_description}",
        "size" : {size_quantity},
        "volume_type" : "{volume_type_id}",
        "metadata" : {},
        "availability_zone" : "{availability_zone_id}",
        "attachments": [],
        "links": [
           {
              "href": "http://{api_server}/volumes/{volume_id}/", 
              "rel": "self"
           }
        ],
        "snapshot_id": "",
        "created_at": "2012-05-03 11:35:44"
   }
}

volume

id - string

Identifier of the volume instance.

display_name - string

Display name for this volume.

display_description - string

Descriptive information for this volume.

size - int

Volume size.

volume_type - string

Identifier of the volume type used. *(Not used in the current version).

metadata - string

Additional metadata info.

availability_zone - string

Identifier of the availability zone into which this volume was created.

attachments - list

List of attachments this volume is associated with.

links - array

Hypermedia for this resource.

snapshot_id - string

Identifier of the snapshot associated with this volume if exists.

created_at - string

Volume creation timestamp.

Response Codes

Success

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Failure

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized - This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document you requested. Either you supplied incorrect credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser does not understand how to supply the credentials required.

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found - The resource does not exist.

Examples

Successfully get single volume details

GET http://{api_server}/volumes/hbs2012May03_0OxRg0Jz7

Request Headers:

   Content-Type:application/json
   Charset=UTF-8
   Authorization:Base64-encoded username & password string

Response Code:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Response Body:

 {
    "volume": {
       "display_name": "vol-test-003", 
       "attachments": [], 
       "links": [
          {
             "href": "http://{api_server}/volumes/hbs2012May03_0OxRg0Jz7/", 
             "rel": "self"
          }
       ], 
       "availability_zone": "test_zone", 
       "created_at": "2012-05-03 11:35:44", 
       "volume_type": "", 
       "display_description": "Another test volume.", 
       "snapshot_id": "", 
       "metadata": {}, 
       "id": "hbs2012May03_0OxRg0Jz7", 
       "size": "30GB"
    }
}

Failure while trying to request for a volume that does not exist

GET http(s)://{api_server}/volumes/{fake_volume_id}

Request Headers:

   Content-Type:application/json
   Charset=UTF-8
   Authorization:Base64-encoded username & password string

Response Code:

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

Response Body:

{
   "itemNotFound": 
      {
         "message": "Resource not found", 
         "code": 404, 
         "details": ""
      }
}

Failure while trying to make an unauthorized request

GET http://{api_server}/volume/{volume_id}

Request Headers:

   Content-Type:application/json
   Charset=UTF-8
   Authorization:Base64-encoded fake_authentication_string

Response Code:

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized

Response Body:

    401 Unauthorized
    This server could not verify that you are authorized to
    access the document you requested.  Either you supplied the
    wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser
    does not understand how to supply the credentials required.

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