# GetBundles
Returns the bundles that you can apply to an Amazon Lightsail instance when you create it.
A bundle describes the specifications of an instance, such as the monthly cost, amount of memory, the number of vCPUs, amount of storage space, and monthly network data transfer quota.
**Note**
Bundles are referred to as *instance plans* in the Lightsail console.
## Request Syntax
```
{
"appCategory": "string",
"includeInactive": boolean,
"pageToken": "string"
}
```
## Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).
The request accepts the following data in JSON format.
** [appCategory](#API_GetBundles_RequestSyntax) **
Returns a list of bundles that are specific to Lightsail for Research.
You must use this parameter to view Lightsail for Research bundles.
Type: String
Valid Values: `LfR`
Required: No
** [includeInactive](#API_GetBundles_RequestSyntax) **
A Boolean value that indicates whether to include inactive (unavailable) bundles in the response of your request.
Type: Boolean
Required: No
** [pageToken](#API_GetBundles_RequestSyntax) **
The token to advance to the next page of results from your request.
To get a page token, perform an initial `GetBundles` request. If your results are paginated, the response will return a next page token that you can specify as the page token in a subsequent request.
Type: String
Required: No
## Response Syntax
```
{
"bundles": [
{
"bundleId": "string",
"cpuCount": number,
"diskSizeInGb": number,
"instanceType": "string",
"isActive": boolean,
"name": "string",
"power": number,
"price": number,
"publicIpv4AddressCount": number,
"ramSizeInGb": number,
"supportedAppCategories": [ "string" ],
"supportedPlatforms": [ "string" ],
"transferPerMonthInGb": number
}
],
"nextPageToken": "string"
}
```
## Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.
The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.
** [bundles](#API_GetBundles_ResponseSyntax) **
An array of key-value pairs that contains information about the available bundles.
Type: Array of [Bundle](API_Bundle.md) objects
** [nextPageToken](#API_GetBundles_ResponseSyntax) **
The token to advance to the next page of results from your request.
A next page token is not returned if there are no more results to display.
To get the next page of results, perform another `GetBundles` request and specify the next page token using the `pageToken` parameter.
Type: String
## Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).
** AccessDeniedException **
Lightsail throws this exception when the user cannot be authenticated or uses invalid credentials to access a resource.
HTTP Status Code: 400
** AccountSetupInProgressException **
Lightsail throws this exception when an account is still in the setup in progress state.
HTTP Status Code: 400
** InvalidInputException **
Lightsail throws this exception when user input does not conform to the validation rules of an input field.
Domain and distribution APIs are only available in the N. Virginia (`us-east-1`) AWS Region. Please set your AWS Region configuration to `us-east-1` to create, view, or edit these resources.
HTTP Status Code: 400
** NotFoundException **
Lightsail throws this exception when it cannot find a resource.
HTTP Status Code: 400
** OperationFailureException **
Lightsail throws this exception when an operation fails to execute.
HTTP Status Code: 400
** RegionSetupInProgressException **
Lightsail throws this exception when an operation is performed on resources in an opt-in Region that is currently being set up.
** docs **
[Regions and Availability Zones for Lightsail](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lightsail/latest/userguide/understanding-regions-and-availability-zones-in-amazon-lightsail.html)
** tip **
Opt-in Regions typically take a few minutes to finish setting up before you can work with them. Wait a few minutes and try again.
HTTP Status Code: 400
** ServiceException **
A general service exception.
HTTP Status Code: 500
** UnauthenticatedException **
Lightsail throws this exception when the user has not been authenticated.
HTTP Status Code: 400
## See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+ [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/lightsail-2016-11-28/GetBundles)
+ [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/lightsail-2016-11-28/GetBundles)
+ [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/lightsail-2016-11-28/GetBundles)
+ [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/lightsail-2016-11-28/GetBundles)
+ [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/lightsail-2016-11-28/GetBundles)
+ [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/lightsail-2016-11-28/GetBundles)
+ [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/lightsail-2016-11-28/GetBundles)
+ [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/lightsail-2016-11-28/GetBundles)
+ [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/lightsail-2016-11-28/GetBundles)
+ [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/lightsail-2016-11-28/GetBundles)