For the record... Sending a plain text password through email is just as insecure if not more insecure than sending a password to an API over SSL... Just saying.

how to set own desired root password for droplet via api ?

We do not support this as it is not secure. You should use SSH keys instead:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-use-ssh-keys-with-digitalocean-droplets

https://api.digitalocean.com/droplets/new

https://api.digitalocean.com/droplets/new?...&ssh_key_ids=[ssh_key_id1],[ssh_key_id2]

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• ssh_key_ids Optional, Numeric CSV, comma separated list of ssh_key_ids that you would like to be added to the server


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