DescribeRegions

Before you create an instance by calling the CreateDBInstance API operation, you can call this operation to view the regions and zones.

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Request parameters

Response parameters

Examples

Sample requests

https://rds.aliyuncs.com/?Action=DescribeRegions
&<Common request parameters>

Successful response examples

XML format

<DescribeRegionsResponse>
	  <Regions>
		    <RDSRegion>
			      <RegionId>cn-hangzhou</RegionId>
			      <ZoneId>cn-hangzhou-b</ZoneId>
		    </RDSRegion>
		    <RDSRegion>
			      <RegionId>cn-qingdao</RegionId>
			      <ZoneId>cn-qingdao-b</ZoneId>
		    </RDSRegion>
		    <RDSRegion>
			      <RegionId>cn-shenzhen</RegionId>
			      <ZoneId>cn-shenzhen-a</ZoneId>
		    </RDSRegion>
	  </Regions>
	  <RequestId>A36D9720-7902-42A4-B8B9-014A2135E6C3</RequestId></DescribeRegionsResponse>

JSON format

{
	"RequestId":"A36D9720-7902-42A4-B8B9-014A2135E6C3",
	"Regions":{
		"RDSRegion":[
			{
				"RegionId":"cn-hangzhou",
				"ZoneId":"cn-hangzhou-b"
			},
			{
				"RegionId":"cn-qingdao",
				"ZoneId":"cn-qingdao-b"
			},
			{
				"RegionId":"cn-shenzhen",
				"ZoneId":"cn-shenzhen-a"
			}
		]
	}
}

Error codes

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