Public request parameters indicate the request parameters that every interface uses.

Parameter name Type Required Description
Format String No Type of the value returned. JSON and XML formats are supported. The default format is JSON.
Version String Yes API version number format is in the form of date: YYYY-MM-DD. For this version, it is 2017-06-26.
AccessKeyId String Yes The key ID that Alibaba Cloud issues to a user to access services.
Signature String Yes The signature result string.
SignatureMethod String Yes The signature method. HMAC-SHA1 is currently supported.
Timestamp String Yes The time stamp of the request. The date format follows the ISO8601 standard and uses UTC time: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ. For example, 2017-05-26T12:00:00Z.
SignatureVersion String Yes Signature algorithm version. The current version is 1.0.
SecurityToken String No This value is required to be passed in when you use an STS credential type.
SignatureNonce String No The unique random number, used to prevent network replay attacks. You must use different random numbers for different requests.

Request example

GET https://nas.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/?Action=<Action>
&Format=xml
&Version=2017-06-26
&AccessKeyId=key-test
&Signature=Pc5***3D
&SignatureMethod=HMAC-SHA1
&SignatureNonce=15215528852396
&SignatureVersion=1.0
&Timestamp=2012-06-01T12:00:00Z
…

Public response parameters

The system returns a unique identification code RequestId each time you send a request to call an API whether the call succeeds or does not succeed.

Parameter name Type Description
RequestId Integer The unique identification code that the system returns.

Response example

  • XML example

    <? xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? >
<Interface Name + Response>
  <! -- Return Request Tag -->
  <RequestId> 6D9F62C5-BF52-447C-AA34-C77F7AFCCC12</RequestId>
  <! -- Return Result Data -->
</Interface Name + Response>

  • JSON example

    {
  "RequestId": "4C467B38-3910-447D-87BC-AC049166F216",
  /* Returned result data */
}