Welcome

This is the Amazon EC2 API Reference. It provides descriptions, syntax, and usage examples for each of the actions and data types for Amazon EC2 and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC).

The topic for each action shows the Query API request parameters and the XML response. You can also view the XML request elements in the WSDL.

Alternatively, you can use one of the AWS SDKs to access an API that's tailored to the programming language or platform that you're using. For more information, see AWS SDKs.

How Do I?	Relevant Topics
Learn about using the Query API	Making API Requests
Get the list of API actions by function	List of Actions by Function
Get the alphabetical list of API actions	Actions
Get the alphabetical list of data types	Data Types
Get a list of common query parameters	Common Query Parameters
Get descriptions of the error codes	Common Client Errors

Note

We have deprecated the SOAP API for Amazon EC2. For more information, see SOAP Requests.

To learn more about Amazon EC2 and Amazon VPC, see the following resources:

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