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List Backups for a Droplet

An MCP tool from the DigitalOcean API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

List Backups for a Droplet To retrieve any backups associated with a Droplet, send a GET request to /v2/droplets/$DROPLET_ID/backups. You will get back a JSON object that has a backups key. This will be set to an array of… [GET /v2/droplets/{droplet_id}/backups]

Name on the gateway: digitalocean_api__droplets_list_backups · read-only.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
droplet_id requiredintegerA unique identifier for a Droplet instance.
per_pageintegerNumber of items returned per page
pageintegerWhich 'page' of paginated results to return.

How to call it

Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "digitalocean_api__droplets_list_backups",
  "arguments": {
    "droplet_id": 0
  }
}

Or connect the DigitalOcean API server directly, which lists 874 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hj-digitalocean-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/digitalocean-api \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Try asking

Use the list backups for a droplet tool with droplet_id set to ….

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