Use DescribeSpotInstanceRequests with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeSpotInstanceRequests.

CLI

AWS CLI

Example 1: To describe a Spot Instance request

The following describe-spot-instance-requests example describes the specified Spot Instance request.

aws ec2 describe-spot-instance-requests \
    --spot-instance-request-ids sir-08b93456

Output:

{
    "SpotInstanceRequests": [
        {
            "CreateTime": "2018-04-30T18:14:55.000Z",
            "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef1",
            "LaunchSpecification": {
                "InstanceType": "t2.micro",
                "ImageId": "ami-003634241a8fcdec0",
                "KeyName": "my-key-pair",
                "SecurityGroups": [
                    {
                        "GroupName": "default",
                        "GroupId": "sg-e38f24a7"
                    }
                ],
                "BlockDeviceMappings": [
                    {
                        "DeviceName": "/dev/sda1",
                        "Ebs": {
                            "DeleteOnTermination": true,
                            "SnapshotId": "snap-0e54a519c999adbbd",
                            "VolumeSize": 8,
                            "VolumeType": "standard",
                            "Encrypted": false
                        }
                    }
                ],
                "NetworkInterfaces": [
                    {
                        "DeleteOnTermination": true,
                        "DeviceIndex": 0,
                        "SubnetId": "subnet-049df61146c4d7901"
                    }
                ],
                "Placement": {
                    "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-2b",
                    "Tenancy": "default"
                },
                "Monitoring": {
                    "Enabled": false
                }
            },
            "LaunchedAvailabilityZone": "us-east-2b",
            "ProductDescription": "Linux/UNIX",
            "SpotInstanceRequestId": "sir-08b93456",
            "SpotPrice": "0.010000"
            "State": "active",
            "Status": {
                "Code": "fulfilled",
                "Message": "Your Spot request is fulfilled.",
                "UpdateTime": "2018-04-30T18:16:21.000Z"
            },
            "Tags": [],
            "Type": "one-time",
            "InstanceInterruptionBehavior": "terminate"
        }
    ]
}

Example 2: To describe Spot Instance requests based on filters

The following describe-spot-instance-requests example uses filters to scope the results to Spot Instance requests with the specified instance type in the specified Availability Zone. The example uses the --query parameter to display only the instance IDs.

aws ec2 describe-spot-instance-requests \
    --filters Name=launch.instance-type,Values=m3.medium Name=launched-availability-zone,Values=us-east-2a \
    --query "SpotInstanceRequests[*].[InstanceId]" \
    --output text

Output:

i-057750d42936e468a
i-001efd250faaa6ffa
i-027552a73f021f3bd
...

For additional examples using filters, see Listing and filtering your resources in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.

Example 3: To describe Spot Instance requests based on tags

The following describe-spot-instance-requests example uses tag filters to scope the results to Spot Instance requests that have the tag cost-center=cc123.

aws ec2 describe-spot-instance-requests \
    --filters Name=tag:cost-center,Values=cc123

For an example of the output for describe-spot-instance-requests, see Example 1.

For additional examples using tag filters, see Working with tags in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

• For API details, see DescribeSpotInstanceRequests in AWS CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example describes the specified Spot instance request.

Get-EC2SpotInstanceRequest -SpotInstanceRequestId sir-12345678

Output:

ActualBlockHourlyPrice   :
AvailabilityZoneGroup    :
BlockDurationMinutes     : 0
CreateTime               : 4/8/2015 2:51:33 PM
Fault                    :
InstanceId               : i-12345678
LaunchedAvailabilityZone : us-west-2b
LaunchGroup              :
LaunchSpecification      : Amazon.EC2.Model.LaunchSpecification
ProductDescription       : Linux/UNIX
SpotInstanceRequestId    : sir-12345678
SpotPrice                : 0.020000
State                    : active
Status                   : Amazon.EC2.Model.SpotInstanceStatus
Tags                     : {Name}
Type                     : one-time

Example 2: This example describes all your Spot instance requests.

Get-EC2SpotInstanceRequest

• For API details, see DescribeSpotInstanceRequests in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.