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PolarDB:Request structure

Last Updated:Mar 30, 2026

The PolarDB-X 1.0 API uses HTTP GET over HTTPS. All requests share a common URL structure with a fixed set of required parameters.

Endpoints

Send requests to the endpoint for the region where your PolarDB-X 1.0 instance is located.

Region Endpoint
China (Hangzhou) drds.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com
China (Shanghai) drds.cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com
China (Qingdao) drds.cn-qingdao.aliyuncs.com
China (Beijing) drds.cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com
China (Hohhot) drds.cn-huhehaote.aliyuncs.com
China (Shenzhen) drds.cn-shenzhen.aliyuncs.com
China (Zhangjiakou-Beijing Winter Olympics) drds.cn-zhangjiakou.aliyuncs.com
China (Hong Kong) drds.cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com
Singapore (Singapore) drds.ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com
US (Virginia) drds.us-east-1.aliyuncs.com

Protocols

You can send requests over HTTP or HTTPS. We recommend that you use HTTPS for enhanced security.

Request method

All API operations use HTTP GET. Include all parameters in the URL query string.

http://Endpoint/?Action=<operation>&Version=2019-01-23&<parameters>

Each request URL contains the following components:

Component Description Example
Endpoint Regional endpoint for the PolarDB-X 1.0 API drds.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com
Action Name of the API operation DescribeTables
Version API version. Always set to 2019-01-23. 2019-01-23
<parameters> Request parameters for the operation, separated by ampersands (&) DBInstanceId=drds-xxx

Request parameters

Every request includes two types of parameters:

  • Common parameters — required for all API calls regardless of the operation. See Common parameters.

  • Operation-specific parameters — additional parameters defined for each individual operation.

Character encoding

All requests and responses use UTF-8 encoding.