Queries the Alibaba Cloud regions that are supported by ActionTrail.

For more information, see Regions and zones.

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Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes DescribeRegions

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

AcceptLanguage String No en-US

The language in which the region names are returned. Valid values:

  • zh-CN: Chinese.
  • en-US: English. It is the default value.

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

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
RequestId String ACA7C814-12BC-4D81-A0D2-72071C9D6D2C

The ID of the request.

Regions Array of Region

The regions returned.

Region
RegionId String cn-hangzhou

The ID of the region.

RegionEndpoint String actiontrail.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com

The endpoint of ActionTrail in the region.

LocalName String China (Hangzhou)

The name of the region.

Note If the AcceptLanguage parameter is set to zh-CN, the Chinese name of the region is returned. If the AcceptLanguage parameter is set to zh-US or left empty, the English name of the region is returned.

Examples

Sample requests

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

Sample success responses

JSON format 

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

{
  "RequestId" : "ACA7C814-12BC-4D81-A0D2-72071C9D6D2C",
  "Regions" : {
    "Region" : [ {
      "RegionId" : "cn-hangzhou",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "China (Hangzhou)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-shanghai",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "China (Shanghai)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-qingdao",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.cn-qingdao.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "China (Qingdao)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-beijing",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "China (Beijing)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-zhangjiakou",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.cn-zhangjiakou.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "China (Zhangjiakou)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-huhehaote",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.cn-huhehaote.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "China (Hohhot)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-shenzhen",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.cn-shenzhen.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "China (Shenzhen)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-heyuan",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.cn-heyuan.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "China (Heyuan)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-guangzhou",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.cn-guangzhou.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "China (Guangzhou)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-chengdu",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.cn-chengdu.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "China (Chengdu)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "cn-hongkong",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "China (Hong Kong)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "ap-southeast-1",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "Singapore"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "ap-southeast-2",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.ap-southeast-2.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "Australia (Sydney)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "ap-southeast-3",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.ap-southeast-3.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "ap-southeast-5",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.ap-southeast-5.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "Indonesia (Jakarta)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "ap-northeast-1",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.ap-northeast-1.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "Japan (Tokyo)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "ap-south-1",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.ap-south-1.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "India (Mumbai)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "eu-central-1",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.eu-central-1.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "Germany (Frankfurt)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "eu-west-1",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.eu-west-1.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "UK (London)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "us-west-1",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.us-west-1.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "US (Silicon Valley)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "us-east-1",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.us-east-1.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "US (Virginia)"
    }, {
      "RegionId" : "me-east-1",
      "RegionEndpoint" : "actiontrail.me-east-1.aliyuncs.com",
      "LocalName" : "UAE (Dubai)"
    } ]
  }
}

Error codes

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