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API Gateway:DescribeApiHistories

Last Updated:Aug 27, 2026

Queries the historical versions of a specified API.

Operation description

  • Intended for API providers. Only published APIs have historical version records.

  • Returns historical version data for an API, always called by other operations.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

apigateway:DescribeApiHistories

get

*ApiGroup

acs:apigateway:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:apigroup/{#GroupId}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

GroupId

string

Yes

The ID of the API group.

1084f9034c744137901057206b39d2b6

StageName

string

No

The name of the runtime environment. Valid values:

  • RELEASE

  • TEST

RELEASE

ApiId

string

No

The ID of the API.

c076144d7878437b8f82fb85890ce6a0

ApiName

string

No

The name of the API. Supports fuzzy match.

weather

PageSize

integer

No

The number of entries to return on each page. Maximum value: 100. Default value: 10.

10

PageNumber

integer

No

The number of the page to return. Pages start from page 1. Default value: 1.

1

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

PageNumber

integer

The page number of the returned page.

3

RequestId

string

The ID of the request.

CEF72CEB-54B6-4AE8-B225-F876FF7BZ003

PageSize

integer

The number of entries returned per page.

15

TotalCount

integer

The total number of returned entries.

32

ApiHisItems

object

ApiHisItem

array<object>

The returned API history information.

object

Status

string

Whether the API version is active. Valid values: ONLINE and OFFLINE.

ONLINE

ApiId

string

The ID of the API.

5af418828f0344a3b588c0cc1331a3bc

Description

string

The description of the API.

Creates an object

GroupName

string

The name of the API group.

myGroup2

GroupId

string

The ID of the API group.

1084f9034c744137901057206b39d2b6

DeployedTime

string

The time when the API version was published, in UTC.

2016-07-20T08:28:48Z

StageName

string

The name of the runtime environment. Valid values:

  • RELEASE

  • TEST

RELEASE

HistoryVersion

string

The historical version of the API.

20160705104552393

ApiName

string

The name of the API.

CreateObject

RegionId

string

The region in which the API is located.

cn-qingdao

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "PageNumber": 3,
  "RequestId": "CEF72CEB-54B6-4AE8-B225-F876FF7BZ003",
  "PageSize": 15,
  "TotalCount": 32,
  "ApiHisItems": {
    "ApiHisItem": [
      {
        "Status": "ONLINE",
        "ApiId": "5af418828f0344a3b588c0cc1331a3bc",
        "Description": "Creates an object\n",
        "GroupName": "myGroup2",
        "GroupId": "1084f9034c744137901057206b39d2b6",
        "DeployedTime": "2016-07-20T08:28:48Z",
        "StageName": "RELEASE",
        "HistoryVersion": "20160705104552393",
        "ApiName": "CreateObject\n",
        "RegionId": "cn-qingdao"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.