Queries the available regions.

Debugging

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Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes DescribeRegions

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to DescribeRegions.
RegionId String No cn-hangzhou

The ID of the region.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
Code String 200

The HTTP status code.
ErrorMsg String Error

The error message.
Regions Array of Region

Region
Region
LocalName String China (Hangzhou)

The name of the region.
RegionEndpoint String dg.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com

Region Endpoint
RegionId String cn-hangzhou

The ID of the region.
RequestId String 41916DEB-F62D-41FA-AB53-FC61D795BC66

The ID of the request.
Success Boolean true

Indicates whether the call is successful.

Examples

Sample requests

http(s)://[Endpoint]/? Action=DescribeRegions
&<Common request parameters>

Sample responses

XML format 

<RequestId>41916DEB-F62D-41FA-AB53-FC61D795BC66</RequestId>
<ErrorMsg>Error</ErrorMsg>
<Regions>
    <Region>
        <RegionId>cn-hangzhou</RegionId>
        <RegionEndpoint>dg.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com</RegionEndpoint>
        <LocalName>China (Hangzhou)</LocalName>
    </Region>
</Regions>
<Code>200</Code>
<Success>true</Success>

JSON format 

{"RequestId":"41916DEB-F62D-41FA-AB53-FC61D795BC66","ErrorMsg":"Error","Regions":{"Region":[{"RegionId":"cn-hangzhou","RegionEndpoint":"dg.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com","LocalName":"China (Hangzhou)"}]},"Code":"200","Success":"true"}

Error codes

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