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InquiryPriceModifyInstancesChargeType
Last updated:2025-12-19 11:35:14
InquiryPriceModifyInstancesChargeType
Last updated: 2025-12-19 11:35:14

1. API Description

Domain name for API request: cvm.intl.tencentcloudapi.com.

This API is used to inquire about the price for switching billing modes of instance.

This API is used to indicate that instances with no charge when shut down, instances of the model families Batch Computing BC1 and Batch Computing BS1, instances of scheduled termination, and spot instances do not support this operation.

A maximum of 10 requests can be initiated per second for this API.

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2. Input Parameters

The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters and some common parameters. For the complete common parameter list, see Common Request Parameters.

Parameter Name Required Type Description
Action Yes String Common Params. The value used for this API: InquiryPriceModifyInstancesChargeType.
Version Yes String Common Params. The value used for this API: 2017-03-12.
Region Yes String Common Params. For more information, please see the list of regions supported by the product. This API only supports: ap-bangkok, ap-beijing, ap-chengdu, ap-chongqing, ap-guangzhou, ap-hongkong, ap-jakarta, ap-nanjing, ap-seoul, ap-shanghai, ap-shanghai-fsi, ap-shenzhen-fsi, ap-singapore, ap-tokyo, eu-frankfurt, na-ashburn, na-siliconvalley, sa-saopaulo.
InstanceIds.N Yes Array of String One or more instance IDs to be operated. You can obtain the instance ID through the InstanceId in the return value from the API DescribeInstances. The maximum number of instances per request is 20.
InstanceChargeType Yes String Modified instance billing type.
  • PREPAID: monthly subscription.


  • Note: Only supports converting pay-as-you-go instances to annual and monthly subscription instances.

    default value: PREPAID
    InstanceChargePrepaid No InstanceChargePrepaid Prepaid mode, parameter settings related to monthly/annual subscription. through this parameter, specify the purchase duration of annual and monthly subscription instances, whether to enable auto-renewal, and other attributes.
    ModifyPortableDataDisk No Boolean Whether to switch the billing mode of elastic data cloud disks simultaneously. valid values:
  • true: means switching the billing mode of elastic data cloud disks
  • false: means not switching the billing mode of elastic data cloud disks

  • default value: false.

    3. Output Parameters

    Parameter Name Type Description
    Price Price This parameter indicates the price for switching the billing mode of the corresponding configuration instance.
    RequestId String The unique request ID, generated by the server, will be returned for every request (if the request fails to reach the server for other reasons, the request will not obtain a RequestId). RequestId is required for locating a problem.

    4. Example

    Example1 Switching the Billing Mode of an Instance for Price Inquiry

    This example shows you how to perform a switchover for the billing mode of an instance to check the price.

    Input Example

    POST / HTTP/1.1
    Host: cvm.intl.tencentcloudapi.com
    Content-Type: application/json
    X-TC-Action: InquiryPriceModifyInstancesChargeType
    <Common request parameters>
    
    {
        "InstanceChargeType": "PREPAID",
        "InstanceIds": [
            "ins-r8hr2upy"
        ],
        "InstanceChargePrepaid": {
            "Period": 1
        }
    }

    Output Example

    {
        "Response": {
            "Price": {
                "InstancePrice": {
                    "OriginalPrice": 720,
                    "DiscountPrice": 720
                }
            },
            "RequestId": "d39d6c09-44e9-4e80-8661-77b5ff3cbc15"
        }
    }

    5. Developer Resources

    SDK

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    Command Line Interface

    6. Error Code

    The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see Common Error Codes.

    Error Code Description
    AccountQualificationRestrictions Your account failed the qualification verification.
    FailedOperation.InquiryPriceFailed Price query failed.
    FailedOperation.InquiryRefundPriceFailed Failed to query the refund: the payment order is not found. Check whether the instance ins-xxxxxxx has expired.
    InternalError.TradeUnknownError Internal error.
    InternalServerError Internal error.
    InvalidInstance.NotSupported This instance is not supported.
    InvalidInstanceId.Malformed Invalid instance ID. The specified instance ID has an invalid format. For example, ins-1122 has an invalid ID length.
    InvalidInstanceId.NotFound No instance found.
    InvalidParameter A parameter error occurred.
    InvalidParameterValue Incorrect parameter value.
    InvalidParameterValue.InstanceIdMalformed Invalid instance ID. Please enter a valid ID, such as ins-xxxxxxxx (“x” represents a lower-case letter or a number).
    InvalidParameterValue.InvalidImageId The image does not support this operation.
    InvalidParameterValue.InvalidInstanceTypeUnderwrite The specified instance type does not support exclusive sales payment mode.
    InvalidParameterValue.LimitExceeded The number of parameter values exceeds the limit.
    InvalidPeriod Invalid period. Valid values: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 24, 36]; unit: month.
    InvalidPermission This operation is not supported for the account.
    LimitExceeded.InstanceTypeBandwidth Unable to adjust: the target instance type does not support the configured public network bandwidth cap. See Public Network Bandwidth Cap.
    MissingParameter Missing parameter.
    ResourceInsufficient.CloudDiskUnavailable The parameters of cloud disk do not meet the specification.
    UnsupportedOperation.InstanceChargeType This instance billing mode does not support the operation.
    UnsupportedOperation.InstanceMixedZoneType Central AZ and edge zone instances cannot be mixed in batch operation.
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