Use DescribeRegions to query supported regions - ActionTrail - Alibaba Cloud - ActionTrail

For more information, see Regions and zones.

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Request parameters

Name	Type	Required	Example	Description
Action	String	Yes	DescribeRegions	The operation to perform. Set this parameter to DescribeRegions.

For more information about common request parameters, see Common parameters.

Response parameters

Name	Type	Example	Description
RequestId	String	4ABAEA6E-C740-5CE2-A003-643E551964F5	The request ID.
Regions	Object		The returned regions.
Region	Array of Region		Region
RegionId	String	cn-shanghai	The region ID.

Examples

Sample request

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

Sample responses

XML format

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/xml

<DescribeRegionsResponse>
    <RequestId>4ABAEA6E-C740-5CE2-A003-643E551964F5</RequestId>
    <Regions>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>cn-hangzhou</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>cn-shanghai</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>cn-nanjing</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>cn-fuzhou</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>cn-qingdao</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>cn-beijing</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>cn-zhangjiakou</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>cn-huhehaote</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>cn-wulanchabu</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>cn-shenzhen</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>cn-heyuan</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>cn-guangzhou</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>cn-chengdu</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>cn-hongkong</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>ap-southeast-1</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>ap-southeast-2</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>ap-northeast-2</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>ap-southeast-3</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>ap-southeast-5</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>ap-northeast-1</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>eu-central-1</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>eu-west-1</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>us-west-1</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>us-east-1</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>me-east-1</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>ap-southeast-7</RegionId>
        </Region>
        <Region>
            <RegionId>ap-south-1</RegionId>
        </Region>
    </Regions>
</DescribeRegionsResponse>

JSON format

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/json

{
  "RequestId" : "4ABAEA6E-C740-5CE2-A003-643E551964F5",
  "Regions" : {
    "Region" : [ {
      "RegionId" : "cn-hangzhou"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-shanghai"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-nanjing"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-fuzhou"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-qingdao"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-beijing"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-zhangjiakou"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-huhehaote"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-wulanchabu"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-shenzhen"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-heyuan"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-guangzhou"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-chengdu"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-hongkong"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "ap-southeast-1"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "ap-southeast-2"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "ap-northeast-2"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "ap-southeast-3"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "ap-southeast-5"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "ap-northeast-1"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "eu-central-1"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "eu-west-1"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "us-west-1"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "us-east-1"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "me-east-1"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "ap-southeast-7"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "ap-south-1"
    } ]
  }
}

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