EC2 / Client / describe_regions
describe_regions#
- EC2.Client.describe_regions(**kwargs)#
Describes the Regions that are enabled for your account, or all Regions.
For a list of the Regions supported by Amazon EC2, see Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud endpoints and quotas.
For information about enabling and disabling Regions for your account, see Managing Amazon Web Services Regions in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.
See also: AWS API Documentation
Request Syntax
response = client.describe_regions( Filters=[ { 'Name': 'string', 'Values': [ 'string', ] }, ], RegionNames=[ 'string', ], DryRun=True|False, AllRegions=True|False )
- Parameters:
Filters (list) –
The filters.
endpoint
- The endpoint of the Region (for example,ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
).opt-in-status
- The opt-in status of the Region (opt-in-not-required
|opted-in
|not-opted-in
).region-name
- The name of the Region (for example,us-east-1
).
(dict) –
A filter name and value pair that is used to return a more specific list of results from a describe operation. Filters can be used to match a set of resources by specific criteria, such as tags, attributes, or IDs.
If you specify multiple filters, the filters are joined with an
AND
, and the request returns only results that match all of the specified filters.Name (string) –
The name of the filter. Filter names are case-sensitive.
Values (list) –
The filter values. Filter values are case-sensitive. If you specify multiple values for a filter, the values are joined with an
OR
, and the request returns all results that match any of the specified values.(string) –
RegionNames (list) –
The names of the Regions. You can specify any Regions, whether they are enabled and disabled for your account.
(string) –
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 isUnauthorizedOperation
.AllRegions (boolean) – Indicates whether to display all Regions, including Regions that are disabled for your account.
- Return type:
dict
- Returns:
Response Syntax
{ 'Regions': [ { 'Endpoint': 'string', 'RegionName': 'string', 'OptInStatus': 'string' }, ] }
Response Structure
(dict) –
Regions (list) –
Information about the Regions.
(dict) –
Describes a Region.
Endpoint (string) –
The Region service endpoint.
RegionName (string) –
The name of the Region.
OptInStatus (string) –
The Region opt-in status. The possible values are
opt-in-not-required
,opted-in
, andnot-opted-in
.
Examples
This example describes all the regions that are available to you.
response = client.describe_regions( ) print(response)
Expected Output:
{ 'Regions': [ { 'Endpoint': 'ec2.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com', 'RegionName': 'ap-south-1', }, { 'Endpoint': 'ec2.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com', 'RegionName': 'eu-west-1', }, { 'Endpoint': 'ec2.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com', 'RegionName': 'ap-southeast-1', }, { 'Endpoint': 'ec2.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com', 'RegionName': 'ap-southeast-2', }, { 'Endpoint': 'ec2.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com', 'RegionName': 'eu-central-1', }, { 'Endpoint': 'ec2.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com', 'RegionName': 'ap-northeast-2', }, { 'Endpoint': 'ec2.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com', 'RegionName': 'ap-northeast-1', }, { 'Endpoint': 'ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com', 'RegionName': 'us-east-1', }, { 'Endpoint': 'ec2.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com', 'RegionName': 'sa-east-1', }, { 'Endpoint': 'ec2.us-west-1.amazonaws.com', 'RegionName': 'us-west-1', }, { 'Endpoint': 'ec2.us-west-2.amazonaws.com', 'RegionName': 'us-west-2', }, ], 'ResponseMetadata': { '...': '...', }, }