POST

/#Action=RequestSpotInstances

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

Creates a Spot Instance request. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/spot-requests.html">Spot Instance requests</a> in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances. <important> We strongly discourage using the RequestSpotInstances API because it is a legacy API with no planned investment. For options for requesting Spot Instances, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/spot-best-practices.html#which-spot-request-method-to-use">Which is the best Spot request method to use?</a> in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances. </important> <note> We are retiring EC2-Classic. We recommend that you migrate from EC2-Classic to a VPC. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/vpc-migrate.html">Migrate from EC2-Classic to a VPC</a> in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances. </note>

Access Token Required: API Key

Query Params

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"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

Enter token below to save for later

cURL Request

1curl --request POST \
2     --url 'http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=RequestSpotInstances' \
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}