Queries one or more of your available snapshots. InstanceId, DiskId, and  SnapshotIds are not required. However, they act as a filter. Logically, they are in an And relation.

Request parameters

Name Type Required Description
Action String Yes The name of this interface. Value: DescribeSnapshots.
RegionId String Yes The Region ID of snapshot.
InstanceId String No The specified instance ID.
DiskId String No The specified instance ID.
Encrypted Boolean No Queries the encrypted snapshots. Optional values:
  • true: Encrypted snapshots.
  • false: No encryption attribute limit.
Default value: false.
SnapshotIds String No The Snapshot ID. The value can contain arrays of up to 10 snapshot IDs. The IDs are displayed in the format of ["s-xxxxxxxxx", "s-yyyyyyyyy", … "s-zzzzzzzzz"]  and separated by commas (,).
SnapshotName String No The snapshot name.
Status String No The snapshot status. Optional values:
  • progressing: The snapshots are being created.
  • accomplished: The snapshots are ready to use.
  • failed: The snapshot creation failed.
  • all: All status.
Default value: all.
SnapshotType String No The snapshot category. Optional values:
  • auto: Auto snapshots.
  • user: Manual snapshots.
  • all: Auto and manual snapshots.
Default value: all.
SourceDiskType String No Whether the snapshots are created for system disks or data disks. Optional values:
  • System: The snapshots are created for system disks.
  • Data: The snapshots are created for data disks.
Usage String No Whether the snapshots are used to create resources or not. Optional values:
  • image: The snapshots are used to create custom images.
  • disk: The snapshots are used to CreateDisk.
  • mage_disk: The snapshots are used to create custom images and data disks.
  • none: The snapshots are not used yet.
Tag.n.Key String Yes The key of a tag of which n is from 1 to 20. Once you use this parameter, it cannot be a null string. It can be up to 64 characters in length. It cannot begin with "aliyun", "acs:", "http://", or "https://".
Tag.n.Value String Yes The value of a tag of which n is a number from 1 to 20. Once you use this parameter, it can be a null string. It can be up to 128 characters in length. It cannot begin with "aliyun", "acs:", "http://", or "https://".
PageNumber Integer No Displays the snapshots on several pages.  Start value: 1. 

Default value: 1.
PageSize Integer No The maximum entries on a page.  Maximum value: 100. 

Default value: 10.

Response parameters

Name Type Description
TotalCount Integer The total number.
PageNumber Integer The page number of the list.
PageSize Integer The number of lines per page set during input.
Snapshots SnapshotType A collection composed of snapshot details SnapshotType.

Examples

Request example 
https://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=DescribeSnapshots
&RegionId=cn-hangzhou
&<Common Request Parameters>
Response example

XML format 

<DescribeSnapshotsResponse>
    <Snapshots>
        <Snapshot>
            <CreationTime>2014-07-24T13:00:52Z</CreationTime>
            <Description></Description>
            <SourceDiskId>d-23x0r79qy</SourceDiskId>
            <SourceDiskType>DATA</SourceDiskType>
            <ProductCode></ProductCode>
            <SnapshotName>auto_20140724_2</SnapshotName>
            <Progress>100%</Progress>
            <SourceDiskSize>50</SourceDiskSize>
            <Status>accomplished</Status>
            <SnapshotId>s-23f2i9s4t</SnapshotId>
            <Usage>none</Usage>
        </Snapshot>
        <Snapshot>
            <CreationTime>2014-07-24T13:00:42Z</CreationTime>
            <Description></Description>
            <SourceDiskId>101-70105379</SourceDiskId>
            <SourceDiskType>DATA</SourceDiskType>
            <ProductCode></ProductCode>
            <SnapshotName>auto_20140724_2</SnapshotName>
            <Progress>100%</Progress>
            <SourceDiskSize>5</SourceDiskSize>
            <Status>accomplished</Status>
            <SnapshotId>s-23izto5qm</SnapshotId>
            <Usage>none</Usage>
        </Snapshot>
    </Snapshots>
    <PageNumber>1</PageNumber>
    <PageSize>2</PageSize>
    <TotalCount>36</TotalCount>
    <RequestId>2F409D67-329A-4405-B924-2FC28566B366</RequestId>
</DescribeSnapshotsResponse>
JSON format 
{
  "PageNumber": 1,
  "PageSize": 2,
  "RequestId": "659F91C6-1949-43B0-90C4-B6342CA757D5",
  "Snapshots": {
    "Snapshot": [
      {
        "CreationTime": "2015-07-30T05:00:14Z",
        "Progress": "100%",
        "SnapshotId": "s-943ypfgic",
        "SnapshotName": "auto_20150730_3",
        "SourceDiskId": "d-944qyqjfa",
        "SourceDiskSize": 20,
        "SourceDiskType": "system",
        "Status": "accomplished",
        "Usage": "none"
      },
      {
        "CreationTime": "2015-07-30T05:00:14Z",
        "Progress": "100%",
        "SnapshotId": "s-94osg320e",
        "SnapshotName": "auto_20150730_3",
        "SourceDiskId": "d-94j355jsq",
        "SourceDiskSize": 20,
        "SourceDiskType": "system",
        "Status": "accomplished",
        "Usage": "none"
      }
    ]
  },
  "TotalCount": 36
}

Error codes

Error codes specific to this interface are as follows. For more information, see API Error Center.

Error code  Error message HTTP status code Meaning
InvalidTag.Mismatch The specified Tag.n.Key and Tag.n.Value are not match. 400 The specified Tag.n.Key and Tag.n.Value  must be a matched key-value.
InvalidTagCount The specified tags are beyond the permitted range. 400 The maximum number of the Tag.n.Key and Tag.n.Value is 5.
InvalidSnapshotIds.Malformed The amount of specified specified snapshot Ids exceeds the limit. 403 The value of the specified SnapshotIds is incorrect.
InvalidSnapshotType.NotFound The specfied SnapshotType is not found. 404 The specified SnapshotType does not exist.
InvalidSourceDiskType The specifed SourceDiskType is not valid. 404 The specified SourceDiskType is invalid.
InvalidStatus.NotFound The specified Status is not found. 404 The specified Status is invalid.
InvalidUsage The specifed Usage is not valid. 404 The specified Usage is invalid.