EC2 / Client / purchase_scheduled_instances

purchase_scheduled_instances

EC2.Client.purchase_scheduled_instances(**kwargs)

Note

You can no longer purchase Scheduled Instances.

Purchases the Scheduled Instances with the specified schedule.

Scheduled Instances enable you to purchase Amazon EC2 compute capacity by the hour for a one-year term. Before you can purchase a Scheduled Instance, you must call DescribeScheduledInstanceAvailability to check for available schedules and obtain a purchase token. After you purchase a Scheduled Instance, you must call RunScheduledInstances during each scheduled time period.

After you purchase a Scheduled Instance, you can’t cancel, modify, or resell your purchase.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.purchase_scheduled_instances(
    ClientToken='string',
    DryRun=True|False,
    PurchaseRequests=[
        {
            'InstanceCount': 123,
            'PurchaseToken': 'string'
        },
    ]
)

Parameters:

• ClientToken (string) –

  Unique, case-sensitive identifier that ensures the idempotency of the request. For more information, see Ensuring Idempotency.

  This field is autopopulated if not provided.

• 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.

• PurchaseRequests (list) –

  [REQUIRED]

  The purchase requests.

  • (dict) –

    Describes a request to purchase Scheduled Instances.

    • InstanceCount (integer) – [REQUIRED]

      The number of instances.

    • PurchaseToken (string) – [REQUIRED]

      The purchase token.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'ScheduledInstanceSet': [
        {
            'AvailabilityZone': 'string',
            'CreateDate': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
            'HourlyPrice': 'string',
            'InstanceCount': 123,
            'InstanceType': 'string',
            'NetworkPlatform': 'string',
            'NextSlotStartTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
            'Platform': 'string',
            'PreviousSlotEndTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
            'Recurrence': {
                'Frequency': 'string',
                'Interval': 123,
                'OccurrenceDaySet': [
                    123,
                ],
                'OccurrenceRelativeToEnd': True|False,
                'OccurrenceUnit': 'string'
            },
            'ScheduledInstanceId': 'string',
            'SlotDurationInHours': 123,
            'TermEndDate': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
            'TermStartDate': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
            'TotalScheduledInstanceHours': 123
        },
    ]
}

Response Structure

• (dict) –

  Contains the output of PurchaseScheduledInstances.

  • ScheduledInstanceSet (list) –

    Information about the Scheduled Instances.

    • (dict) –

      Describes a Scheduled Instance.

      • AvailabilityZone (string) –

        The Availability Zone.

      • CreateDate (datetime) –

        The date when the Scheduled Instance was purchased.

      • HourlyPrice (string) –

        The hourly price for a single instance.

      • InstanceCount (integer) –

        The number of instances.

      • InstanceType (string) –

        The instance type.

      • NetworkPlatform (string) –

        The network platform.

      • NextSlotStartTime (datetime) –

        The time for the next schedule to start.

      • Platform (string) –

        The platform ( Linux/UNIX or Windows).

      • PreviousSlotEndTime (datetime) –

        The time that the previous schedule ended or will end.

      • Recurrence (dict) –

        The schedule recurrence.

        • Frequency (string) –

          The frequency ( Daily, Weekly, or Monthly).

        • Interval (integer) –

          The interval quantity. The interval unit depends on the value of frequency. For example, every 2 weeks or every 2 months.

        • OccurrenceDaySet (list) –

          The days. For a monthly schedule, this is one or more days of the month (1-31). For a weekly schedule, this is one or more days of the week (1-7, where 1 is Sunday).

          • (integer) –

        • OccurrenceRelativeToEnd (boolean) –

          Indicates whether the occurrence is relative to the end of the specified week or month.

        • OccurrenceUnit (string) –

          The unit for occurrenceDaySet ( DayOfWeek or DayOfMonth).

      • ScheduledInstanceId (string) –

        The Scheduled Instance ID.

      • SlotDurationInHours (integer) –

        The number of hours in the schedule.

      • TermEndDate (datetime) –

        The end date for the Scheduled Instance.

      • TermStartDate (datetime) –

        The start date for the Scheduled Instance.

      • TotalScheduledInstanceHours (integer) –

        The total number of hours for a single instance for the entire term.

Examples

This example purchases a Scheduled Instance.

response = client.purchase_scheduled_instances(
    PurchaseRequests=[
        {
            'InstanceCount': 1,
            'PurchaseToken': 'eyJ2IjoiMSIsInMiOjEsImMiOi...',
        },
    ],
)

print(response)

Expected Output:

{
    'ScheduledInstanceSet': [
        {
            'AvailabilityZone': 'us-west-2b',
            'CreateDate': datetime(2016, 1, 25, 21, 43, 38, 0, 25, 0),
            'HourlyPrice': '0.095',
            'InstanceCount': 1,
            'InstanceType': 'c4.large',
            'NetworkPlatform': 'EC2-VPC',
            'NextSlotStartTime': datetime(2016, 1, 31, 9, 0, 0, 6, 31, 0),
            'Platform': 'Linux/UNIX',
            'Recurrence': {
                'Frequency': 'Weekly',
                'Interval': 1,
                'OccurrenceDaySet': [
                    1,
                ],
                'OccurrenceRelativeToEnd': False,
                'OccurrenceUnit': '',
            },
            'ScheduledInstanceId': 'sci-1234-1234-1234-1234-123456789012',
            'SlotDurationInHours': 32,
            'TermEndDate': datetime(2017, 1, 31, 9, 0, 0, 1, 31, 0),
            'TermStartDate': datetime(2016, 1, 31, 9, 0, 0, 6, 31, 0),
            'TotalScheduledInstanceHours': 1696,
        },
    ],
    'ResponseMetadata': {
        '...': '...',
    },
}