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1. API Description

Domain name for API request: vpc.intl.tencentcloudapi.com.

This API is used to query snapshot files.

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 Params. The value used for this API: DescribeSnapshotFiles.
Version	Yes	String	Common Params. The value used for this API: 2017-03-12.
Region	Yes	String	Common Params. For more information, please see the list of regions supported by the product.
BusinessType	Yes	String	Type of associated resource. Values: `securitygroup`
InstanceId	Yes	String	Service instance ID. It's corresponding to the `BusinessType`.
StartDate	Yes	String	Start time. Format: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
EndDate	Yes	String	End time. Format: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
Offset	No	Integer	Offset. Default value: `0`.
Limit	No	Integer	Number of returned results. Default value: 20. Maximum value: 100.

3. Output Parameters

Parameter Name	Type	Description
SnapshotFileSet	Array of SnapshotFileInfo	Snapshot files
TotalCount	Integer	The number of eligible objects.
RequestId	String	The unique request ID, generated by the server, will be returned for every request (if the request fails to reach the server for other reasons, the request will not obtain a RequestId). RequestId is required for locating a problem.

4. Example

Example1 Querying snapshots of an instance

This example shows you how to query the snapshots of the current instance.

Input Example

https://vpc.intl.tencentcloudapi.com/?Action=DescribeSnapshotFiles
&BusinessType=securitygroup
&InstanceId=sg-ntrgm89v
&StartDate=2021-10-10 00:00:00
&EndDate=2021-10-30 19:00:00
&<Common request parameters>

Output Example

{
    "Response": {
        "SnapshotFileSet": [
            {
                "InstanceId": "sg-ntrgm89v",
                "SnapshotPolicyId": "sspolicy-ebjofe71",
                "SnapshotFileId": "ssfile-017gepjxpr",
                "BackupTime": "2021-10-25 15:00:10",
                "Operator": "100000072292"
            },
            {
                "InstanceId": "sg-ntrgm89v",
                "SnapshotPolicyId": "sspolicy-ebjofe71",
                "SnapshotFileId": "ssfile-ibvthz32h3",
                "BackupTime": "2021-10-25 00:00:10",
                "Operator": "100000072292"
            },
            {
                "InstanceId": "sg-ntrgm89v",
                "SnapshotPolicyId": "sspolicy-ebjofe71",
                "SnapshotFileId": "ssfile-bu7rtl9145",
                "BackupTime": "2021-10-20 12:01:02",
                "Operator": "100000072292"
            }
        ],
        "TotalCount": 3,
        "RequestId": "a54419ea-8f2d-4d38-a69a-2315d413626f"
    }
}

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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
InvalidParameterValue	The parameter value is invalid.
InvalidParameterValue.Range	The parameter value is not in the specified range.
ResourceNotFound	The resource does not exist.
UnsupportedOperation.SnapshotNotAttached	The instance is not associated with any snapshot policy.

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