Queries available Alibaba Cloud regions.

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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.
InstanceChargeType String No PrePaid

The billing method of the instance. For more information, see Billing overview. Valid values:

  • PrePaid: subscription. If this parameter is set to PrePaid, make sure that you have sufficient balance or credits in your account. Otherwise, the InvalidPayMethod error code is returned.
  • PostPaid: pay-as-you-go.

Default value: PostPaid.
ResourceType String No instance

The type of the resource. Valid values:

  • instance: Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance
  • disk: disk
  • reservedinstance: reserved instance
  • scu: storage capacity unit (SCU)

Default value: instance.
AcceptLanguage String No zh-CN

The natural language that is used to filter responses. For more information, visit RFC 7231. Valid values:

  • zh-CN: Chinese
  • en-US: English
  • ja: Japanese

Default value: zh-CN.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
Regions Array

Details about the regions.

Region
LocalName String China (Qingdao)

The name of the region.

RegionEndpoint String ecs.aliyuncs.com

The endpoint of the region.

RegionId String cn-qingdao-et2-bo1

The ID of the region.

Status String available

Indicates whether clusters are sold out. Valid values:

  • available
  • soldOut
RequestId String 473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E

The ID of the request.

Examples

Sample requests

https://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=DescribeRegions
&RegionId=cn-qingdao
&InstanceChargeType=PrePaid
&ResourceType=Instance
&AcceptLanguage=en-US
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

<DescribeRegionsResponse>
      <RequestId>38EC7366-F5A9-46B1-BDB1-0FDC2E296397</RequestId>
      <Regions>
            <Region>
                  <RegionId>cn-qingdao-et2-bo1</RegionId>
                  <RegionEndpoint>ecs.aliyuncs.com</RegionEndpoint>
                  <LocalName>China (Qingdao)</LocalName>
            </Region>
            <Region>
                  <RegionId>cn-qingdao-nebula</RegionId>
                  <RegionEndpoint>ecs.cn-qingdao-nebula.aliyuncs.com</RegionEndpoint>
                  <LocalName>cn-qingdao-nebula</LocalName>
            </Region>
      </Regions>
</DescribeRegionsResponse>

JSON format 

{
    "RequestId": "38EC7366-F5A9-46B1-BDB1-0FDC2E296397",
    "Regions": {
        "Region": [
            {
                "RegionId": "cn-qingdao-et2-b01",
                "RegionEndpoint": "ecs.aliyuncs.com",
                "LocalName": "China (Qingdao)"
            },
            {
                "RegionId": "cn-qingdao-nebula",
                "RegionEndpoint": "ecs.cn-qingdao-nebula.aliyuncs.com",
                "LocalName": "cn-qingdao-nebula"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Error codes

HTTP status code Error code Error message Description
403 Unauthorized.EmptyRegion The specified account has no access authority to any region. The error message returned because you are not authorized to access any regions. Apply for permissions and try again.
404 InvalidAcceptLanguage.NotFound Only Chinese (zh-CN), English (en-US), and Japanese (ja) are allowed. The error message returned because the specified AcceptLanguage parameter is invalid. Valid values are zh-CN, en-US, and ja.
404 InvalidResourceType.NotFound The ResourceType provided does not exist in our records. The error message returned because the specified ResourceType parameter does not exist.

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