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API Gateway:DescribeInstancePackets

Last Updated:Mar 16, 2026

Queries the numbers of inbound and outbound packets of a dedicated instance within a period of time.

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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:DescribeInstancePackets

get

*Instance

acs:apigateway:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:instance/{#InstanceId}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

StartTime

string

Yes

The start time. The time follows the ISO 8601 standard and UTC time is used. Format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ

2022-05-18T01:14:26Z

EndTime

string

Yes

The end time. The time follows the ISO 8601 standard and UTC time is used. Format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ

2022-05-24T10:14:53Z

InstanceId

string

Yes

The ID of the instance.

apigateway-cn-2r426lavr001

SbcName

string

Yes

The statistical metric. Valid values:

  • Maximum

  • Minimum

  • Average

Maximum

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The ID of the request.

CEF72CEB-54B6-4AE8-B225-F876FF7BZ004

InstancePackets

object

MonitorItem

array<object>

The list of inbound and outbound data packets in the instance.

object

ItemValue

string

The number of inbound and outbound data packets in the instance.

0

ItemTime

string

The monitoring time. The time follows the ISO 8601 standard and UTC time is used. Format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ

2022-05-24T10:14:53Z

Item

string

The metric. Valid values:

  • InstancePacketRX: inbound data packets

  • InstancePacketTX: outbound data packets

InstancePacketRX

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "CEF72CEB-54B6-4AE8-B225-F876FF7BZ004",
  "InstancePackets": {
    "MonitorItem": [
      {
        "ItemValue": "0",
        "ItemTime": "2022-05-24T10:14:53Z\n",
        "Item": "InstancePacketRX"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.