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DescribeInstanceCategories

Last updated: 2020-06-24 11:39:07

1. API Description

Domain name for API request: batch.tencentcloudapi.com.

Currently, CVM instance families are classified into different category, and each category contains several instance families. This API is used to query the instance category information.

A maximum of 20 requests can be initiated per second for this API.

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2. Input Parameters

The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters and some common parameters. For the complete common parameter list, see Common Request Parameters.

Parameter Name	Required	Type	Description
Action	Yes	String	Common parameter. The value used for this API: DescribeInstanceCategories.
Version	Yes	String	Common parameter. The value used for this API: 2017-03-12.
Region	Yes	String	Common parameter. For more information, please see the list of regions supported by the product.

3. Output Parameters

Parameter Name	Type	Description
InstanceCategorySet	Array of InstanceCategoryItem	List of CVM instance categories
RequestId	String	The unique request ID, which is returned for each request. RequestId is required for locating a problem.

4. Example

Example1 Querying Instance Category Information

Query the category and category details of the current CVM instance family.

Input Example

https://batch.tencentcloudapi.com/?Action=DescribeInstanceCategories
&<Common request parameter>

Output Example

{
  "Response": {
    "InstanceCategorySet": [
      {
        "InstanceFamilySet": [
          "C3",
          "CN3"
        ],
        "InstanceCategory": "COMPUTE_3"
      },
      {
        "InstanceFamilySet": [
          "C2"
        ],
        "InstanceCategory": "COMPUTE_2"
      },
      {
        "InstanceFamilySet": [
          "S2",
          "S2ne",
          "I2",
          "D1",
          "M2"
        ],
        "InstanceCategory": "GENERAL_2"
      },
      {
        "InstanceFamilySet": [
          "S3",
          "SN3ne",
          "S4",
          "I3",
          "M3",
          "M4"
        ],
        "InstanceCategory": "GENERAL_3"
      }
    ],
    "RequestId": "166a2a24-888f-4fd5-82ef-f41e4754d994"
  }
}

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