# Create Snapshot (/volumes/createVolumeSnapshot)

Create a snapshot for a specific volume within an app.


`POST /apps/{app_name}/volumes/{volume_id}/snapshots`

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `app_name` | path | `string` | Yes | Fly App Name |
| `volume_id` | path | `string` | Yes | Volume ID |

## Responses

| Status | Description | Schema |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `200` | OK |  |

The full machine-readable OpenAPI spec is available at /openapi.json.