cancel_spot_instance_requests

EC2.Client.cancel_spot_instance_requests(**kwargs)

Cancels one or more Spot Instance requests.

Warning

Canceling a Spot Instance request does not terminate running Spot Instances associated with the request.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.cancel_spot_instance_requests(
    DryRun=True|False,
    SpotInstanceRequestIds=[
        'string',
    ]
)

Parameters

• DryRun (boolean) -- Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation . Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation .
• SpotInstanceRequestIds (list) --

  [REQUIRED]

  One or more Spot Instance request IDs.

  • (string) --

Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'CancelledSpotInstanceRequests': [
        {
            'SpotInstanceRequestId': 'string',
            'State': 'active'|'open'|'closed'|'cancelled'|'completed'
        },
    ]
}

Response Structure

• (dict) --

  Contains the output of CancelSpotInstanceRequests.

  • CancelledSpotInstanceRequests (list) --

    One or more Spot Instance requests.

    • (dict) --

      Describes a request to cancel a Spot Instance.

      • SpotInstanceRequestId (string) --

        The ID of the Spot Instance request.

      • State (string) --

        The state of the Spot Instance request.

Examples

This example cancels a Spot Instance request.

response = client.cancel_spot_instance_requests(
    SpotInstanceRequestIds=[
        'sir-08b93456',
    ],
)

print(response)

Expected Output:

{
    'CancelledSpotInstanceRequests': [
        {
            'SpotInstanceRequestId': 'sir-08b93456',
            'State': 'cancelled',
        },
    ],
    'ResponseMetadata': {
        '...': '...',
    },
}