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Listing Regions

Function

This API is used to list regions supported by Huawei Cloud.

The API can be called using either a global endpoint or a region-specific endpoint.

Authorization Information

You do not need to obtain permissions to call this API.

URI

GET /v3/regions

Request Parameters

Table 1 Parameters in the request header

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

Content-Type

Yes

String

Set this parameter to application/json;charset=utf8.

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

IAM user token (no special permission requirements). If the token does not contain private region information, no private regions will be returned.

Response Parameters

Table 2 Parameters in the response body

Parameter

Type

Description

links

Object

Resource link information.

regions

Array of objects

Region information.
Table 3 links

Parameter

Type

Description

self

String

Resource link.

previous

String

Previous resource link. If the previous resource link is unavailable, this parameter is set to null.

next

String

Next resource link. If the next resource link is unavailable, this parameter is set to null.
Table 4 regions

Parameter

Type

Description

description

String

Description of the region.

parent_region_id

String

Null.

links

Object

Region resource link.

locales

Object

Region name. Not all fields in the object are returned, which is determined by the registered region.

id

String

Region ID.

type

String

Region type.
Table 5 regions.links

Parameter

Type

Description

self

String

Resource link.
Table 6 regions.locales

Parameter

Type

Description

zh-cn

String

Region name in Chinese.

en-us

String

Region name in English.

pt-br

String

Region name in Portuguese.

es-us

String

Region name in American Spanish.

es-es

String

Region name in Spanish.

Example Request

Request for querying a region list

GET https://iam.myhuaweicloud.eu/v3/regions

Example Response

Status code: 200

The request is successful.

{
    "regions": [
        {
            "parent_region_id": null,
            "description": "",
            "links": {
                "self": "https://iam.myhuaweicloud.eu/v3/regions/eu-west-101"
            },
            "type": "public",
            "id": "eu-west-101",
            "locales": {
                "zh-cn": "Region name in Chinese",
                "en-us": "eu-west-101"
            }
        },
        {
            "parent_region_id": null,
            "description": "",
            "links": {
                "self": "https://iam.myhuaweicloud.eu/v3/regions/la-south-2"
            },
            "type": "public",
            "id": "la-south-2",
            "locales": {
                "pt-br": "AL-Santiago",
                "zh-cn": "Region name in Chinese",
                "en-us": "LA-Santiago",
                "es-us": "AL-Santiago de Chile1",
                "es-es": "LA-Santiago"
            }
        }
    ],
    "links": {
        "self": "https://iam.myhuaweicloud.eu/v3/regions",
        "previous": null,
        "next": null
    }
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

The request is successful.

400

Invalid parameters.

401

Authentication failed.

403

Access denied.

404

The requested resource cannot be found.

405

The method specified in the request is not allowed for the requested resource.

413

The request entity is too large.

500

Internal server error.

503

Service unavailable.

Error Codes

None

Parent topic: Region Management