Create a network volume

Provisions a new network volume — persistent, network-attached storage that can be mounted into pods and serverless workers. Required inputs are name, size (in GB), and dataCenter; an optional type selects the storage tier and is immutable after creation. See CreateNetworkVolumeRequest for the size bounds and tier options.

This creates a billable persistent resource that keeps incurring storage charges until it is deleted. Returns 201 with the created network volume, including its assigned id.

POST /v2/network-volumes

Create a network volume

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.runpod.io/v2/network-volumes \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "training-dataset",
  "dataCenter": "US-KS-2",
  "size": 50,
  "type": "HIGH_PERFORMANCE"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.runpod.io/v2/network-volumes"

payload = {
    "name": "training-dataset",
    "dataCenter": "US-KS-2",
    "size": 50,
    "type": "HIGH_PERFORMANCE"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'training-dataset',
    dataCenter: 'US-KS-2',
    size: 50,
    type: 'HIGH_PERFORMANCE'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.runpod.io/v2/network-volumes', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.runpod.io/v2/network-volumes",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'training-dataset',
    'dataCenter' => 'US-KS-2',
    'size' => 50,
    'type' => 'HIGH_PERFORMANCE'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.runpod.io/v2/network-volumes"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"training-dataset\",\n  \"dataCenter\": \"US-KS-2\",\n  \"size\": 50,\n  \"type\": \"HIGH_PERFORMANCE\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.runpod.io/v2/network-volumes")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"training-dataset\",\n  \"dataCenter\": \"US-KS-2\",\n  \"size\": 50,\n  \"type\": \"HIGH_PERFORMANCE\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.runpod.io/v2/network-volumes")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"training-dataset\",\n  \"dataCenter\": \"US-KS-2\",\n  \"size\": 50,\n  \"type\": \"HIGH_PERFORMANCE\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

201

{
  "id": "2q9m7x4c",
  "name": "training-dataset",
  "size": 50,
  "dataCenter": "US-KS-2",
  "type": "HIGH_PERFORMANCE"
}

{
  "title": "Bad Request",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "request could not be processed"
}

{
  "title": "Unauthorized",
  "status": 401,
  "detail": "missing bearer token"
}

{
  "title": "Forbidden",
  "status": 403,
  "detail": "access denied"
}

{
  "title": "Unprocessable Entity",
  "status": 422,
  "detail": "Request validation failed."
}

{
  "title": "Too Many Requests",
  "status": 429,
  "detail": "rate limit exceeded for the minute window"
}

{
  "title": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Runpod API key authentication. Generate an API key in the Runpod console and send it in the Authorization header as Bearer <api_key>. Keys are scoped to the permissions granted when created; requests may return 403 when a valid key lacks access to the requested resource or action.

Body

application/json

name · string · required

Human-readable name

Minimum string length: 1

Example:

"my-dataset"

size · integer · required

Storage to allocate in GB

Required range: 10 <= x <= 4096

Example:

50

dataCenter · string · required

Data center in which to create the volume

Minimum string length: 1

Example:

"EU-RO-1"

type · enum<string>

Storage tier for the volume. Optional. When omitted, the volume is provisioned using the requested data center's default (primary) storage tier. HIGH_PERFORMANCE provisions a high-performance (HPS) volume; STANDARD provisions a standard volume. A volume's tier is immutable after creation.

Available options: STANDARD, HIGH_PERFORMANCE

Response

201

application/json

Created

id · string · required

Unique network volume identifier

Example:

"agv6w2qcg7"

name · string · required

Human-readable name (not required to be unique)

Example:

"my-dataset"

size · integer · required

Allocated storage in GB

Required range: 10 <= x <= 4096

Example:

50

dataCenter · string · required

Data center location; immutable after creation

Example:

"EU-RO-1"

type · enum<string> · required

Storage tier of this volume. Set at creation and immutable.

Available options: STANDARD, HIGH_PERFORMANCE