You can call this operation to modify the name or description of a snapshot, or disable the instant access feature.

Debugging

OpenAPI Explorer automatically calculates the signature value. For your convenience, we recommend that you call this operation in OpenAPI Explorer. OpenAPI Explorer dynamically generates the sample code of the operation for different SDKs.

Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes ModifySnapshotAttribute

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to ModifySnapshotAttribute.
SnapshotId String Yes s-bp199lyny9bb47pa****

The ID of the snapshot.
SnapshotName String No testSnapshotName

The name of the snapshot. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length, and can contain letters, digits, colons (:), underscores (_), and hyphens (-). It must start with a letter and cannot start with http:// or https://.

It cannot start with auto because snapshots whose names start with auto are recognized as automatic snapshots.

Description String No testDescription

The description of the snapshot. The description must be 2 to 256 characters in length and cannot start with http:// or https://.

DisableInstantAccess Boolean No false

Specifies whether to disable the instant access feature. Valid values:

  • true: disables the instant access feature.
  • false: enables the instant access feature.

Default value: false.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
RequestId String 473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E

The ID of the request.

Examples

Sample requests

https://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=ModifySnapshotAttribute
&SnapshotId=s-bp199lyny9bb47pa****
&SnapshotName=testSnapshotName
&Description=testDescription
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

<ModifySnapshotAttributeResponse>
            <RequestId>C8B26B44-0189-443E-9816-D951F59623A9</RequestId>
</ModifySnapshotAttributeResponse>

JSON format 

{
    "RequestId":"C8B26B44-0189-443E-9816-D951F59623A9"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code Error code Error message Description
404 InvalidDescription.Malformed The specified description is wrongly formed. The error message returned because the specified description is invalid. The description must be 2 to 256 characters in length and cannot start with http:// or https://.
400 InvalidSnapshotName.Malformed The specified SnapshotName is wrongly formed. The error message returned because the specified SnapshotName parameter is invalid.
400 NoAttributeToModify No attribute to be modified in this request. The error message returned because no properties of the specified snapshot are modified.
404 InvalidSnapshotId.NotFound The specified SnapshotId does not exist. The error message returned because the specified SnapshotId parameter does not exist.

For a list of error codes, visit the API Error Center.