GET

/#Action=GetInstanceTypesFromInstanceRequirements

http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=GetInstanceTypesFromInstanceRequirements

Returns a list of instance types with the specified instance attributes. You can use the response to preview the instance types without launching instances. Note that the response does not consider capacity. When you specify multiple parameters, you get instance types that satisfy all of the specified parameters. If you specify multiple values for a parameter, you get instance types that satisfy any of the specified values. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/spot-fleet-attribute-based-instance-type-selection.html#spotfleet-get-instance-types-from-instance-requirements">Preview instance types with specified attributes</a>, <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-fleet-attribute-based-instance-type-selection.html">Attribute-based instance type selection for EC2 Fleet</a>, <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/spot-fleet-attribute-based-instance-type-selection.html">Attribute-based instance type selection for Spot Fleet</a>, and <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/spot-placement-score.html">Spot placement score</a> in the Amazon EC2 User Guide, and <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/create-asg-instance-type-requirements.html">Creating an Auto Scaling group using attribute-based instance type selection</a> in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide.

Access Token Required: API Key

Query Params

DryRunboolean

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 <code>DryRunOperation</code>. Otherwise, it is <code>UnauthorizedOperation</code>.

ArchitectureTypearrayrequired

The processor architecture type.

VirtualizationTypearrayrequired

The virtualization type.

InstanceRequirementsobjectrequired

The attributes required for the instance types.

MaxResultsinteger

The maximum number of items to return for this request. To get the next page of items, make another request with the token returned in the output. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/Query-Requests.html#api-pagination">Pagination</a>.

NextTokenstring

The token returned from a previous paginated request. Pagination continues from the end of the items returned by the previous request.

Actionstringrequired

Allowed:

Versionstringrequired

Allowed:

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

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cURL Request

1curl --request GET \
2     --url 'http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=GetInstanceTypesFromInstanceRequirements' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}