The following code examples show you how to perform actions and implement common scenarios by using the AWS Command Line Interface with AWS Price List.
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The following code example shows how to use describe-services.
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To retrieve service metadata
This example retrieves the metadata for the Amazon EC2 service code.
Command:
aws pricing describe-services --service-codeAmazonEC2--format-versionaws_v1--max-items1Output:
{ "Services": [ { "ServiceCode": "AmazonEC2", "AttributeNames": [ "volumeType", "maxIopsvolume", "instance", "instanceCapacity10xlarge", "locationType", "instanceFamily", "operatingSystem", "clockSpeed", "LeaseContractLength", "ecu", "networkPerformance", "instanceCapacity8xlarge", "group", "maxThroughputvolume", "gpuMemory", "ebsOptimized", "elasticGpuType", "maxVolumeSize", "gpu", "processorFeatures", "intelAvxAvailable", "instanceCapacity4xlarge", "servicecode", "groupDescription", "processorArchitecture", "physicalCores", "productFamily", "enhancedNetworkingSupported", "intelTurboAvailable", "memory", "dedicatedEbsThroughput", "vcpu", "OfferingClass", "instanceCapacityLarge", "capacitystatus", "termType", "storage", "intelAvx2Available", "storageMedia", "physicalProcessor", "provisioned", "servicename", "PurchaseOption", "instanceCapacity18xlarge", "instanceType", "tenancy", "usagetype", "normalizationSizeFactor", "instanceCapacity2xlarge", "instanceCapacity16xlarge", "maxIopsBurstPerformance", "instanceCapacity12xlarge", "instanceCapacity32xlarge", "instanceCapacityXlarge", "licenseModel", "currentGeneration", "preInstalledSw", "location", "instanceCapacity24xlarge", "instanceCapacity9xlarge", "instanceCapacityMedium", "operation" ] } ], "FormatVersion": "aws_v1" }-
For API details, see DescribeServices
in AWS CLI Command Reference.
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The following code example shows how to use get-attribute-values.
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To retrieve a list of attribute values
The following
get-attribute-valuesexample retrieves a list of values available for the given attribute.aws pricing get-attribute-values \ --service-codeAmazonEC2\ --attribute-namevolumeType\ --max-items2Output:
{ "NextToken": "eyJOZXh0VG9rZW4iOiBudWxsLCAiYm90b190cnVuY2F0ZV9hbW91bnQiOiAyfQ==", "AttributeValues": [ { "Value": "Cold HDD" }, { "Value": "General Purpose" } ] }-
For API details, see GetAttributeValues
in AWS CLI Command Reference.
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The following code example shows how to use get-products.
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To retrieve a list of products
This example retrieves a list of products that match the given criteria.
Command:
aws pricing get-products --filtersfile://filters.json--format-versionaws_v1--max-results1--service-codeAmazonEC2filters.json:
[ { "Type": "TERM_MATCH", "Field": "ServiceCode", "Value": "AmazonEC2" }, { "Type": "TERM_MATCH", "Field": "volumeType", "Value": "Provisioned IOPS" } ]Output:
{ "FormatVersion": "aws_v1", "NextToken": "WGDY7ko8fQXdlaUZVdasFQ==:RVSagyIFn770XQOzdUIcO9BY6ucBG9itXAZGZF/zioUzOsUKh6PCcPWaOyPZRiMePb986TeoKYB9l55fw/CyoMq5ymnGmT1Vj39TljbbAlhcqnVfTmPIilx8Uy5bdDaBYy/e/2Ofw9Edzsykbs8LTBuNbiDQ+BBds5yeI9AQkUepruKk3aEahFPxJ55kx/zk", "PriceList": [ "{\"product\":{\"productFamily\":\"Storage\",\"attributes\":{\"storageMedia\":\"SSD-backed\",\"maxThroughputvolume\":\"320 MB/sec\",\"volumeType\":\"Provisioned IOPS\",\"maxIopsvolume\":\"20000\",\"servicecode\":\"AmazonEC2\",\"usagetype\":\"APS1-EBS:VolumeUsage.piops\",\"locationType\":\"AWS Region\",\"location\":\"Asia Pacific (Singapore)\",\"servicename\":\"Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud\",\"maxVolumeSize\":\"16 TiB\",\"operation\":\"\"},\"sku\":\"3MKHN58N7RDDVGKJ\"},\"serviceCode\":\"AmazonEC2\",\"terms\":{\"OnDemand\":{\"3MKHN58N7RDDVGKJ.JRTCKXETXF\":{\"priceDimensions\":{\"3MKHN58N7RDDVGKJ.JRTCKXETXF.6YS6EN2CT7\":{\"unit\":\"GB-Mo\",\"endRange\":\"Inf\",\"description\":\"$0.138 per GB-month of Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) provisioned storage - Asia Pacific (Singapore)\",\"appliesTo\":[],\"rateCode\":\"3MKHN58N7RDDVGKJ.JRTCKXETXF.6YS6EN2CT7\",\"beginRange\":\"0\",\"pricePerUnit\":{\"USD\":\"0.1380000000\"}}},\"sku\":\"3MKHN58N7RDDVGKJ\",\"effectiveDate\":\"2018-08-01T00:00:00Z\",\"offerTermCode\":\"JRTCKXETXF\",\"termAttributes\":{}}}},\"version\":\"20180808005701\",\"publicationDate\":\"2018-08-08T00:57:01Z\"}" ] }-
For API details, see GetProducts
in AWS CLI Command Reference.
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