Use CancelSpotInstanceRequests with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use CancelSpotInstanceRequests.

CLI

AWS CLI

To cancel Spot Instance requests

This example command cancels a Spot Instance request.

Command:

<userinput>aws ec2 cancel-spot-instance-requests --spot-instance-request-ids <replaceable>sir-08b93456</replaceable></userinput>

Output:

{
    "CancelledSpotInstanceRequests": [
        {
            "State": "cancelled",
            "SpotInstanceRequestId": "sir-08b93456"
        }
    ]
}

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

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell

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

Stop-EC2SpotInstanceRequest -SpotInstanceRequestId sir-12345678

Output:

SpotInstanceRequestId    State
---------------------    -----
sir-12345678             cancelled

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

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Create Amazon EC2 resources using an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.