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API Gateway:DescribeApps

Last Updated:Mar 16, 2026

Queries the apps of a user. App information is returned only to the app owner.

Operation description

  • This API is intended for API providers.

  • API providers can use the app IDs or their Alibaba Cloud accounts to query app information.

  • Each provider can call this operation for a maximum of 200 times every day in a region.

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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:DescribeApps

get

*App

acs:apigateway:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:app/*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

AppId

integer

No

The ID of the app.

20112314518278

AppOwner

integer

No

The Alibaba Cloud account of the app owner. For more information, see Account Management.

1546564

PageNumber

integer

No

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

1

PageSize

integer

No

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

10

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

PageNumber

integer

The page number of the returned page.

1

RequestId

string

The ID of the request.

CEF72CEB-54B6-4AE8-B225-F876FF7BZ015

PageSize

integer

The number of entries returned per page.

10

TotalCount

integer

The total number of returned entries.

1

Apps

object

AppItem

array<object>

The returned app information. It is an array consisting of AppItem data.

object

AppName

string

The name of the app.

CreateApptest

Description

string

The description of the app.

App test

AppId

integer

The ID of the app.

20112314518278

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "PageNumber": 1,
  "RequestId": "CEF72CEB-54B6-4AE8-B225-F876FF7BZ015",
  "PageSize": 10,
  "TotalCount": 1,
  "Apps": {
    "AppItem": [
      {
        "AppName": "CreateApptest",
        "Description": "App test",
        "AppId": 20112314518278
      }
    ]
  }
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.