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DescribeInstances

Last updated: 2020-04-12 18:20:49

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1. API Description

Domain name for API request: cvm.tencentcloudapi.com

This API (DescribeInstances) is used to query the details of one or more instances.

  • You can query the details of an instance according to its ID, name, or billing method. See Filter for filtering information.
  • If the parameter is empty, a certain number (specified by Limit, the default is 20) of instances are returned to the current user.

A maximum of 40 requests can be initiated per second for this API.

Note: This API supports Finance regions. If the common parameter Region is a Finance region, a domain name with the Finance region needs to be specified, for example: cvm.ap-shanghai-fsi.tencentcloudapi.com

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: DescribeInstances
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.
InstanceIds.N No Array of String Query by one or more instance IDs, such as ins-11112222. (For the format of this parameter, please see the id.N section in the API Introduction). A maximum of 100 instances are allowed for each request. The parameter does not support specifying both InstanceIds and Filters.
Filters.N No Array of Filter Filter conditions.
  • zone - String - Required: No - (Filter condition) Filter by availability zone.
  • project-id - Integer - Required: No - (Filter condition) Filter by project ID. You can view the list of created projects by calling DescribeProject or by logging in to the console. You can also create a new project by calling AddProject.
  • host-id - String - Required: No - (Filter condition) Filter by CDH ID. ) ID: host-11112222.
  • instance-id - String - Required: No - (Filter condition) Filter by instance ID. Example of an instance ID: ins-11112222.
  • instance-name - String - Required: No - (Filter condition) Filter by instance name.
  • instance-charge-type - String - Required: No - (Filter condition) Filter by instance billing method. (PREPAID: prepaid (by year/month) |POSTPAID_BY_HOUR: postpaid (by traffic) | CDHPAID: ) paid, i.e., )
  • private-ip-address - String - Required: No - (Filter condition) Filter by the private IP of the instance primary ENI.
  • public-ip-address - String - Required: No - (Filter condition) Filter by the public IP of the instance primary ENI, including the IP automatically assigned when an instance is being created and the EIP manually bound after the instance has been created.
  • tag-key - String - Required: No - (Filter condition) Filter by tag key.
  • tag-value - String - Required: No - (Filter condition) Filter by tag value.
  • tag:tag-key - String - Required: No - (Filter condition) Filter by tag key-value pair. The tag-key is replaced with the specific tag key. See Example 2 for usage.

    • The maximum number of Filters for each request is 10, and that of Filters.Values is 5. The parameter does not support specifying both InstanceIds and Filters.
    Offset No Integer Offset. Default is 0.
    Limit No Integer Number of values to be returned. Default is 20. Maximum is 100.

    3. Output Parameters

    Parameter Name Type Description
    TotalCount Integer Number of instances matching the filter condition.
    InstanceSet Array of Instance List of details of an instance.
    RequestId String The unique request ID, which is returned for each request. RequestId is required for locating a problem.

    4. Error Codes

    The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see Common Error Codes.

    Error Code Description
    InternalServerError Internal error.
    InvalidFilter Invalid filter.
    InvalidFilterValue.LimitExceeded FilterNumber of parameter values exceeds the limit.
    InvalidHostId.Malformed Invalid ID. The specified is in an incorrect format. For example, host-1122 has an invalid ID length.
    InvalidInstanceId.Malformed Invalid instance ID. Specified instance ID is not in a correct format. For example, ins-1122 has an invalid instance ID length.
    InvalidParameter Invalid parameter. The parameter does not meet the requirement or is not supported.
    InvalidParameterValue Invalid parameter value. The parameter value is in an incorrect format or is not supported.
    InvalidParameterValue.LimitExceeded Number of parameter values exceeds the limit.
    InvalidZone.MismatchRegion The specified zone does not exist.

    5. Example

    Example 1 View the list of instances

    Input example

    https://cvm.tencentcloudapi.com/?Action=DescribeInstances
&Filters.0.Name=zone
&Filters.0.Values.0=ap-guangzhou-1
&Filters.0.Values.1=ap-guangzhou-2
&Offset=0
&Limit=1
&<Common request parameters>

    Output example

    {
  "Response": {
    "InstanceSet": [
      {
        "CPU": 1,
        "CreatedTime": "2016-12-02T00:22:40Z",
        "DataDisks": [
          {
            "DiskId": "disk-4rnslb35",
            "DiskSize": 50,
            "DiskType": "CLOUD_BASIC"
          }
        ],
        "ExpiredTime": "2017-01-02T00:22:48Z",
        "ImageId": "img-0vbqvzfn",
        "InstanceChargeType": "PREPAID",
        "InstanceId": "ins-r8hr2upy",
        "InstanceName": "Test instance",
        "InstanceType": "S1.SMALL2",
        "InternetAccessible": {
          "InternetChargeType": "BANDWIDTH_PREPAID",
          "InternetMaxBandwidthOut": 2,
          "PublicIpAssigned": "TRUE"
        },
        "Memory": 2,
        "Placement": {
          "HostId": "",
          "ProjectId": 0,
          "Zone": "ap-guangzhou-1"
        },
        "PrivateIpAddresses": [
          "10.104.37.58"
        ],
        "PublicIpAddresses": [
          "123.207.32.83"
        ],
        "RenewFlag": "NOTIFY_AND_AUTO_RENEW",
        "SystemDisk": {
          "DiskId": "disk-4rnslbwq",
          "DiskSize": 20,
          "DiskType": "CLOUD_BASIC"
        },
        "VirtualPrivateCloud": {
          "AsVpcGateway": "TRUE",
          "SubnetId": "subnet-6d7kj98i",
          "VpcId": "vpc-4e78ea76"
        }
      }
    ],
    "RequestId": "6ef60bec-0242-43af-bb20-270359fb54a7",
    "TotalCount": 2
  }
}

    Example 2 Query instances bound with tags

    Input example

    https://cvm.tencentcloudapi.com/?Action=DescribeInstances
&Filters.0.Name=tag:city
&Filters.0.Values.0=shenzhen
&Offset=0
&Limit=1
&<Common request parameters>

    Output example

    {
  "Response": {
    "InstanceSet": [
      {
        "CPU": 1,
        "CreatedTime": "2016-12-02T00:22:40Z",
        "DataDisks": [
          {
            "DiskId": "disk-4rnslb35",
            "DiskSize": 50,
            "DiskType": "CLOUD_BASIC"
          }
        ],
        "ExpiredTime": "2017-01-02T00:22:48Z",
        "ImageId": "img-0vbqvzfn",
        "InstanceChargeType": "PREPAID",
        "InstanceId": "ins-r8hr2upy",
        "InstanceName": "Test instance",
        "InstanceType": "S1.SMALL2",
        "InternetAccessible": {
          "InternetChargeType": "BANDWIDTH_PREPAID",
          "InternetMaxBandwidthOut": 2,
          "PublicIpAssigned": "TRUE"
        },
        "Memory": 2,
        "Placement": {
          "HostId": "",
          "ProjectId": 0,
          "Zone": "ap-guangzhou-1"
        },
        "PrivateIpAddresses": [
          "10.104.37.58"
        ],
        "PublicIpAddresses": [
          "123.207.32.83"
        ],
        "RenewFlag": "NOTIFY_AND_AUTO_RENEW",
        "SystemDisk": {
          "DiskId": "disk-4rnslbwq",
          "DiskSize": 20,
          "DiskType": "CLOUD_BASIC"
        },
        "Tags": [
          {
            "tagKey": "city",
            "tagValue": "shenzhen"
          }
        ],
        "VirtualPrivateCloud": {
          "AsVpcGateway": "TRUE",
          "SubnetId": "subnet-6d7kj98i",
          "VpcId": "vpc-4e78ea76"
        }
      }
    ],
    "RequestId": "6ef60bec-0242-43af-bb20-270359fb54a7",
    "TotalCount": 1
  }
}