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DescribeInstances

Last updated: 2020-03-16 18:27:26

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1. API Description

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

This API is used to query the details of instances.

You can filter the query results with the instance ID, name, or billing method. See Filter for more information.
If no parameter is defined, a certain number of instances under the current account will be returned. The number is specified by Limit and is 20 by default.

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	Instance ID(s) in the format of `ins-xxxxxxxx`. For more information on the format of this parameter, see the `id.N` section of API Introduction. The maximum number of instances in each request is 100. You cannot specify `InstanceIds` and `Filters` at the same time.
Filters.N	No	Array of Filter	Filters. `zone` - String - Optional - Filter results by availability zone. `project-id` - Integer - Optional - Filter results by project ID. You can call DescribeProject or log in to the console to view the list of existing projects. You can also create a new project by calling AddProject. `host-id` - String - Optional - Filter results by CDH ID. CDH ID format: `host-xxxxxxxx`. `vpc-id` - String - Optional - Filter results by VPC ID. VPC ID format: `vpc-xxxxxxxx`. `subnet-id` - String - Optional - Filter results by subnet ID. Subnet ID format: `subnet-xxxxxxxx`. `instance-id` - String - Optional - Filter results by instance ID. Instance ID format: `ins-xxxxxxxx`. `security-group-id` - String - Optional - Filter results by security group ID. Security group ID format: `sg-8jlk3f3r`. `instance-name` - String - Optional - Filter results by instance name. `instance-charge-type` - String - Optional - Filter results by instance billing method. `POSTPAID_BY_HOUR`: pay-as-you-go \| `CDHPAID`: you are only billed for CDH instances, not the CVMs running on the CDH instances. `private-ip-address` - String - Optional - Filter results by the private IP address of the instance’s primary ENI. `public-ip-address` - String - Optional - Filter results by the public IP address of the instance’s primary ENI, including the IP addresses automatically assigned during the instance creation and the EIPs manually associated after the instance creation. `tag-key` - String - Optional - Filter results by tag key. `tag-value` - String - Optional - Filter results by tag value. `tag:tag-key` - String - Optional - Filter results by tag key-value pair. Replace `tag-key` with specific tag keys, as shown in example 2. Each request can have up to 10 `Filters` and 5 `Filters.Values`. You cannot specify `InstanceIds` and `Filters` at the same time.
Offset	No	Integer	Offset; default value: 0. For more information on `Offset`, see the corresponding section in API Introduction.
Limit	No	Integer	Number of results returned; default value: 20; maximum: 100. For more information on `Limit`, see the corresponding section in API Introduction.

3. Output Parameters

Parameter Name	Type	Description
TotalCount	Integer	Number of instances meeting the filtering conditions.
InstanceSet	Array of Instance	Detailed instance information.
RequestId	String	The unique request ID, which is returned for each request. RequestId is required for locating a problem.

4. Example

Example1 Querying instance List

Input Example

GET 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": [
      {
        "RenewFlag": "null",
        "Uuid": "68b510db-b4c1-4630-a62b-73d0c7c970f9",
        "InstanceState": "RUNNING",
        "LatestOperationState": "SUCCESS",
        "OsName": "CentOS 7.6 64bit",
        "CreatedTime": "2020-03-10T02:43:51Z",
        "RestrictState": "NORMAL",
        "ExpiredTime": "2020-04-10T02:47:36Z",
        "DisasterRecoverGroupId": "",
        "Memory": 1,
        "IPv6Addresses": null,
        "CPU": 1,
        "CamRoleName": "",
        "PublicIpAddresses": [
          "123.207.11.190"
        ],
        "Tags": [],
        "InstanceId": "ins-9bxebleo",
        "PhysicalPosition": {
          "PosId": "48C7C7A369705E6F3FE45126D39F2915",
          "SwitchId": "A5A6ACC7CB106C396E3CF7477C883FB4",
          "RackId": "DFE8AC9E645197818BE0B55AEAF0DD17"
        },
        "ImageId": "img-9qabwvbn",
        "StopChargingMode": "NOT_APPLICABLE",
        "InstanceChargeType": "PREPAID",
        "InstanceType": "S1.SMALL1",
        "SystemDisk": {
          "DiskSize": 50,
          "DiskId": "disk-nucurerk",
          "DiskType": "CLOUD_PREMIUM"
        },
        "Placement": {
          "ProjectId": 1174660,
          "HostId": null,
          "Zone": "ap-guangzhou-2"
        },
        "ExtraAttribute": {
          "MWait": "OFF"
        },
        "PrivateIpAddresses": [
          "172.16.32.78"
        ],
        "LoginSettings": {
          "KeyIds": null
        },
        "SecurityGroupIds": [
          "sg-p1ezv4wz"
        ],
        "InstanceName": "testing instance",
        "DataDisks": null,
        "IsolatedSource": "NOTISOLATED",
        "VirtualPrivateCloud": {
          "SubnetId": "subnet-a2676p0e",
          "AsVpcGateway": false,
          "VpcId": "vpc-g7wzcv7n"
        },
        "LatestOperationRequestId": "3554eb5b-1cfa-471a-ae76-dc436c9d43e8",
        "InternetAccessible": {
          "InternetMaxBandwidthOut": 1,
          "InternetChargeType": "BANDWIDTH_PREPAID"
        },
        "LatestOperation": "RenewInstances"
      }
    ],
    "TotalCount": 2,
    "RequestId": "62DDFFC6-FDB5-44F7-20A6-59152E3D129A"
  }
}

Example2 Query instances with tags

Query CVMs with the tag of a key-value pair (city:Shenzhen).

Input Example

GET 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": [
      {
        "RenewFlag": "NOTIFY_AND_MANUAL_RENEW",
        "Uuid": "68b510db-b4c1-4630-a62b-73d0c7c970f9",
        "InstanceState": "RUNNING",
        "LatestOperationState": "SUCCESS",
        "OsName": "CentOS 7.6 64bit",
        "CreatedTime": "2020-03-10T02:43:51Z",
        "RestrictState": "NORMAL",
        "ExpiredTime": "2020-04-10T02:47:36Z",
        "DisasterRecoverGroupId": "",
        "Memory": 1,
        "IPv6Addresses": null,
        "CPU": 1,
        "CamRoleName": "",
        "PublicIpAddresses": [
          "123.207.11.190"
        ],
        "Tags": [
          {
            "tagKey": "city",
            "Value": "shenzhen",
            "tagValue": "shenzhen",
            "Key": "city"
          }
        ],
        "InstanceId": "ins-9bxebleo",
        "PhysicalPosition": {
          "PosId": "48C7C7A369705E6F3FE45126D39F2915",
          "SwitchId": "A5A6ACC7CB106C396E3CF7477C883FB4",
          "RackId": "DFE8AC9E645197818BE0B55AEAF0DD17"
        },
        "ImageId": "img-9qabwvbn",
        "StopChargingMode": "NOT_APPLICABLE",
        "InstanceChargeType": "PREPAID",
        "InstanceType": "S1.SMALL1",
        "SystemDisk": {
          "DiskSize": 50,
          "DiskId": "disk-nucurerk",
          "DiskType": "CLOUD_PREMIUM"
        },
        "Placement": {
          "ProjectId": 1174660,
          "HostId": null,
          "Zone": "ap-guangzhou-2"
        },
        "ExtraAttribute": {
          "MWait": "OFF"
        },
        "PrivateIpAddresses": [
          "172.16.32.78"
        ],
        "LoginSettings": {
          "KeyIds": null
        },
        "SecurityGroupIds": [
          "sg-p1ezv4wz"
        ],
        "InstanceName": "testing instance",
        "DataDisks": null,
        "IsolatedSource": "NOTISOLATED",
        "VirtualPrivateCloud": {
          "SubnetId": "subnet-a2676p0e",
          "AsVpcGateway": false,
          "VpcId": "vpc-g7wzcv7n"
        },
        "LatestOperationRequestId": "3554eb5b-1cfa-471a-ae76-dc436c9d43e8",
        "InternetAccessible": {
          "InternetMaxBandwidthOut": 1,
          "InternetChargeType": "BANDWIDTH_PREPAID"
        },
        "LatestOperation": "RenewInstances"
      }
    ],
    "TotalCount": 1,
    "RequestId": "62DDFFC6-FDB5-44F7-20A6-59152E3D129A"
  }
}

Example3 Query the latest operation on an instance

When you perform StopInstances on an instance, you can get that the LatestOperation on this instance is Stopinstances and the LatestOperationState is OPERATING.

Input Example

GET 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": [
      {
        "RenewFlag": "null",
        "Uuid": "68b510db-b4c1-4630-a62b-73d0c7c970f9",
        "InstanceState": "STOPPING",
        "LatestOperationState": "OPERATING",
        "OsName": "CentOS 7.6 64bit",
        "CreatedTime": "2020-03-10T02:43:51Z",
        "RestrictState": "NORMAL",
        "ExpiredTime": "2020-04-10T02:47:36Z",
        "DisasterRecoverGroupId": "",
        "Memory": 1,
        "IPv6Addresses": null,
        "CPU": 1,
        "CamRoleName": "",
        "PublicIpAddresses": [
          "123.207.11.190"
        ],
        "Tags": [],
        "InstanceId": "ins-9bxebleo",
        "PhysicalPosition": {
          "PosId": "48C7C7A369705E6F3FE45126D39F2915",
          "SwitchId": "A5A6ACC7CB106C396E3CF7477C883FB4",
          "RackId": "DFE8AC9E645197818BE0B55AEAF0DD17"
        },
        "ImageId": "img-9qabwvbn",
        "StopChargingMode": "NOT_APPLICABLE",
        "InstanceChargeType": "PREPAID",
        "InstanceType": "S1.SMALL1",
        "SystemDisk": {
          "DiskSize": 50,
          "DiskId": "disk-nucurerk",
          "DiskType": "CLOUD_PREMIUM"
        },
        "Placement": {
          "ProjectId": 1174660,
          "HostId": null,
          "Zone": "ap-guangzhou-2"
        },
        "ExtraAttribute": {
          "MWait": "OFF"
        },
        "PrivateIpAddresses": [
          "172.16.32.78"
        ],
        "LoginSettings": {
          "KeyIds": null
        },
        "SecurityGroupIds": [
          "sg-p1ezv4wz"
        ],
        "InstanceName": "testing instance",
        "DataDisks": null,
        "IsolatedSource": "NOTISOLATED",
        "VirtualPrivateCloud": {
          "SubnetId": "subnet-a2676p0e",
          "AsVpcGateway": false,
          "VpcId": "vpc-g7wzcv7n"
        },
        "LatestOperationRequestId": "2f8decef-78b2-4e20-bcfe-7a5112658a05",
        "InternetAccessible": {
          "InternetMaxBandwidthOut": 1,
          "InternetChargeType": "BANDWIDTH_PREPAID"
        },
        "LatestOperation": "StopInstances"
      }
    ],
    "TotalCount": 2,
    "RequestId": "62DDFFC6-FDB5-44F7-20A6-59152E3D129A"
  }
}

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6. Error Code

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	The number of `Filter` parameters exceeds the limit.
InvalidHostId.Malformed	Invalid CDH `ID`. The specified CDH `ID` has an invalid format. For example, `host-1122` has an invalid `ID` length.
InvalidInstanceId.Malformed	Invalid instance `ID`. The specified instance `ID` has an invalid format. For example, `ins-1122` has an invalid `ID` length.
InvalidParameter	Invalid parameter. The parameter does not meet the requirements or is not supported.
InvalidParameterValue	Invalid parameter value: parameter value is in the wrong format or is not supported.
InvalidParameterValue.LimitExceeded	The number of parameter values exceeds the limit.
InvalidZone.MismatchRegion	The specified `zone` does not exist.

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DescribeInstances

Contents：

1. API Description

2. Input Parameters

3. Output Parameters

4. Example

Example1 Querying instance List

Input Example

Output Example

Example2 Query instances with tags

Input Example

Output Example

Example3 Query the latest operation on an instance

Input Example

Output Example

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6. Error Code

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