Learn the ins and outs of our API.

Written by Mitchell Anicas

In this tutorial, we will teach you how to get started with the DigitalOcean API v2.0.

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Written by Justin Ellingwood

In this article, we will discuss how to use DigitalOcean snapshots as a method of backing up your environment.

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Written by Andrew Starr-Bochicchio

This article will explain Action objects and show how they can be used in practice via DropletKit, the official Ruby gem for the DigitalOcean API.

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Written by Mitchell Anicas

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to use DigitalOcean API to horizontally scale your server setup.

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Written by Ryan Quinn

In this tutorial we will create a master snapshot image with our software and configuration and then use the DigitalOcean API automate deployment of droplets using this image.

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Written by Brennen Bearnes

Learn how to use the tagging API to group and locate Droplets, as well as initiate actions across all the Droplets with a specific tag.

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Written by Mitchell Anicas

Metadata is a service provided to DigitalOcean droplets that allows a droplet to access data about itself.

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Written by Justin Ellingwood

In this guide, we will be discussing the format and usage of cloud-config files.

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Written by Justin Ellingwood

In this guide, we will demonstrate how to bootstrap a DigitalOcean server using the metadata service and CloudInit to connect to an existing configuration management deployment.

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Written by Mitchell Anicas

This tutorial provides an overview of OAuth 2 roles, authorization grant types, use cases, and flows.

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Written by Justin Ellingwood

In this guide, we will discuss how grant or revoke an application's ability to access to your account.

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