Releases a specific elastic IP address (EIP).

Description

Before you release an EIP, make sure that the EIP meets the following requirements:

  • You can release only an EIP that is in the Available state.
  • You can release only pay-as-you-go EIPs. You cannot release subscription EIPs.

Debugging

OpenAPI Explorer automatically calculates the signature value. For your convenience, we recommend that you call this operation in OpenAPI Explorer. OpenAPI Explorer dynamically generates the sample code of the operation for different SDKs.

Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes ReleaseEipAddress

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to ReleaseEipAddress.

AllocationId String Yes eip-2zeerraiwb7uj6i0d****

The ID of the EIP that you want to release.

RegionId String Yes cn-hangzhou

The ID of the region to which the EIP that you want to release belongs. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query region IDs.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
RequestId String 748C38F6-9A3D-482E-83FB-DB6C39C68AEA

The ID of the request.

Examples

Sample requests

http(s)://[Endpoint]/? Action=ReleaseEipAddress
&AllocationId=eip-2zeerraiwb7uj6i0d****
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

<ReleaseEipAddressResponse>
      <RequestId>748C38F6-9A3D-482E-83FB-DB6C39C68AEA</RequestId>
</ReleaseEipAddressResponse>

JSON format 

{
  "RequestId": "748C38F6-9A3D-482E-83FB-DB6C39C68AEA"
}

Error codes

HttpCode Error code Error message Description
404 InvalidAllocationId.NotFound Specified allocation ID is not found The error message returned because the specified EIP does not exist. Check whether the specified value of the parameter is valid.
400 IncorrectEipStatus Current elastic IP status does not support this operation. The error message returned because the specified state of the EIP does not support this operation.
500 InternalError The request processing has failed due to some unknown error. The error message returned because unknown errors have occurred.
404 Forbidden.RegionNotFound Specified region is not found during access authentication. The error message returned because the specified region ID does not exist. Check whether the specified region ID is valid.
400 Forbidden.ChargeTypeIsPrepaid It's forbidden to release a prepaid EIP The error message returned because you cannot release subscription EIPs.
400 Forbbiden The eip instance owener error The error message returned because you are not authorized to perform this operation on the EIP. Check whether you have permissions to call this operation.
400 TaskConflict.AssociateGlobalAccelerationInstance Operate too frequent. The error message returned because too many requests are sent.

For a list of error codes, visit the API Error Center.