Use DescribeServices with a CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use DescribeServices with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeServices.

CLI
AWS CLI

To retrieve service metadata

This example retrieves the metadata for the Amazon EC2 service code.

Command:

aws pricing describe-services --service-code AmazonEC2 --format-version aws_v1 --max-items 1

Output:

{
  "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"
}
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: Returns the metadata for all available service codes in the us-east-1 region.

Get-PLSService -Region us-east-1

Output:

AttributeNames                                                  ServiceCode
--------------                                                  -----------
{productFamily, servicecode, groupDescription, termType...}     AWSBudgets
{productFamily, servicecode, termType, usagetype...}            AWSCloudTrail
{productFamily, servicecode, termType, usagetype...}            AWSCodeCommit
{productFamily, servicecode, termType, usagetype...}            AWSCodeDeploy
{productFamily, servicecode, termType, usagetype...}            AWSCodePipeline
{productFamily, servicecode, termType, usagetype...}            AWSConfig
...

Example 2: Returns the metadata for the Amazon EC2 service in the us-east-1 region.

Get-PLSService -ServiceCode AmazonEC2 -Region us-east-1

Output:

AttributeNames                                                         ServiceCode
--------------                                                         -----------
{volumeType, maxIopsvolume, instanceCapacity10xlarge, locationType...} AmazonEC2

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