UpdateTemplate - API Reference| Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

You can call this operation to update an existing template.

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Example	Description
Action	String	Yes	CreateTemplate	The operation that you want to perform. Set this parameter to UpdateTemplate.
TemplateName	String	Yes	MyTemplate	The name of the template. The template name can be up to 200 characters in length. The name can contain letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_). It cannot start with ALIYUN, ACS, ALIBABA, or ALICLOUD.
Content	String	Yes	{“FormatVersion”: “OOS-2019-06-01”, “Description”: “Describe instances of given status”, “Parameters”: {“Status”: {“Type”: “String”, “Description”: “(Required) The status of the Ecs instance.”}}, “Tasks”: [{“Properties”: {“Parameters”: {“Status”: “{{ Status }}”}, “API”: “DescribeInstances”, “Service”: “Ecs”}, “Name”: “foo”, “Action”: “ACS::ExecuteApi”}]}	The content of the template. The content must be in JSON or YAML format. Length constraint: Maximum length of 64 KB.

Response parameters

Parameter	Type	Example	Description
RequestId	String	14A07460-EBE7-47CA-9757-12CC4761D47A	The ID of the request.
Template			The metadata of the template.
└ CreatedBy	String	root(130920000)	The creator of the template.
└ CreatedDate	String	2019-05-16T10:26:14Z	The time when the template is created.
└ UpdatedBy	String	root(1309000)	The user who updates the template.
└ UpdatedDate	String	2019-05-16T10:26:14Z	The time when the template is updated.
└ Description	String	Describe instances of given status	The description of the template.
└ Hash	String	4bc7d7a21b3e003434b9c223f6e6d2578b5ebfeb5be28c1fcf8a8a1b11907bb4	The SHA256 hash of the template content.
└ ShareType	String	Private	The sharing type of the template. The sharing type of templates created by users is set to Private.
└ TemplateFormat	String	JSON	The format of the template. The format can be JSON or YAML. The system automatically identifies the format.
└ TemplateName	String	MyTemplate	The name of the template.
└ TemplateId	String	t-94753deed38	The ID of the template.
└ TemplateVersion	String	v2	The version of the template. The format is the letter v and a number. The number starts from 1.

Examples

Sample request

 
  https://oos.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/?Action=UpdateTemplate
  &TemplateName=MyTemplate
  &Content=%7B%22FormatVersion%22%3A+%22OOS-2019-06-01%22%2C+%22Description%22%3A+%22Descirbe+instances+of+given+status%22%2C+%22Parameters%22%3A+%7B%22Status%22%3A+%7B%22Type%22%3A+%22String%22%2C+%22Description%22%3A+%22%28Required%29+The+status+of+the+Ecs+instance.%22%7D%7D%2C+%22Tasks%22%3A+%5B%7B%22Properties%22%3A+%7B%22Parameters%22%3A+%7B%22Status%22%3A+%22%7B%7B+Status+%7D%7D%22%7D%2C+%22API%22%3A+%22DescribeInstances%22%2C+%22Service%22%3A+%22ECS%22%7D%2C+%22Name%22%3A+%22describeInstances%22%2C+%22Action%22%3A+%22ACS%3A%3AExecuteAPI%22%7D%5D%7D
  &<Common request parameters>

Sample success response
JSON format

 
  {
    "RequestId": "2075899A-585D-4A41-A9B2-28DF4F534F",
    "Template": {
      "CreatedBy": "root(13090000)",
      "CreatedDate": "2019-05-27T08:46:33Z",
      "UpdatedBy": "root(13090000)",
      "UpdatedDate": "2019-05-27T08:46:33Z",
      "Description": "Descirbe instances of given status",
      "Hash": "4bc7d7a21b3e003434b9c223f6e6d2578b5ebfeb5be28c1fcf8a8a1b11907bb4",
      "ShareType": "Private",
      "TemplateFormat": "JSON",
      "TemplateName": "MyTemplate",
      "TemplateId": "t-94753de38",
      "TemplateVersion": "v2"
    }
  }

Error codes

Error code	HTTP status code	Error message	Description
InvalidVersion	400	Specified parameter Version is not valid.	The error message returned because the specified version is invalid. Specify a valid version in the URL and try again.
InvalidAction.NotFound	400	Specified api is not found, please check your url and method.	The error message returned because the specified operation does not exist. Enter the correct Action in the URL.
Throttling.User	400	Request was denied due to user flow control.	The error message returned because too many requests have been sent over a short period of time. Try again later.
User.NoPermission	401	User has no permission to do the action: ({api_name})	The error message returned because the user does not have the permission to call this operation. Check whether the current user has the permission to call the OOS API in the RAM console.
InvalidStsToken	400	Invalid STS token to do the action: ({api_name})	The error message returned because the specified STS token is invalid.
ExpiredStsToken	400	Expired STS token to do the action: ({api_name})	The error message returned because the specified STS token has expired.
QuotaExceed	403	The Quota ({key}) exceeded ({value}).	The error message returned because an upper limit is reached, such as the maximum number of templates and running executions.
InvalidAccountType	400	The account type ({account_type}) was not supported.	The error message returned because the specified account type is not supported.
TemplateValidationError	400	{reason}	The error message returned because the template failed the validation due to violations of data type, value range, or other constraints.
EntityNotExists.Template	404	The specified template {name} does not exist.	The error message returned because the specified template does not exist.
TemplateUpdateFailed	403	The template {name} update failed due to concurrence. Please try again.	The error message returned because of concurrent updates to the template. Try again later.