Updated on 2023-11-21 GMT+08:00

Querying an Instance by Tag

Function

This API is used to query a specified instance by tag.

This API will be unavailable on March 7, 2024. You are advised to switch workloads to the new API (Querying an Instance by Tag) before then.

Constraints

  • This API supports the following types of instances:
    • GeminiDB Cassandra
    • GeminiDB Influx
    • GeminiDB Redis
  • A maximum of 20 tags can be added to a DB instance. The tag key must be unique.

URI

  • URI format

    POST https://{Endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/instances/resource_instances/action

  • URI example

    https://gaussdb-nosql.eu-west-101.myhuaweicloud.eu/v3/375d8d8fad1f43039e23d3b6c0f60a19/instances/resource_instances/action

  • Required parameters
    Table 1 Parameter description

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Description

    project_id

    Yes

    Project ID of a tenant in a region. To obtain this value, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request Parameters

  • Required parameters
    Table 2 Parameter description

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    offset

    No

    String

    Index position. The query starts from the next piece of data indexed by this parameter.

    • If action is set to count, this parameter does not need to be transferred.
    • If action is set to filter, this parameter must be a number but cannot be a positive number. The default value is 0, indicating that the query starts from the first piece of data.

    limit

    No

    String

    Number of records to be queried.

    • If action is set to count, this parameter does not need to be transferred.
    • If action is set to filter, the value ranges from 1 to 100. If this parameter is not transferred, the first 100 instances are queried by default.

    action

    Yes

    String

    Operation identifier.

    • If action is set to filter, instances are queried based on tag filters.
    • If action is set to count, only the total number of records is returned.

    matches

    No

    Array of objects

    Search parameter.

    • If this parameter is not specified, the query is not based on the instance name or ID.
    • If the parameter is specified, see parameter values in Table 4.

    tags

    No

    Array of objects

    Included tags. Each tag contains up to 20 keys. For more information, see Table 3.

    Table 3 Data structure description of parameter tags

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    key

    Yes

    String

    Tag key. It can contain a maximum of 36 Unicode characters. The key value cannot be null, an empty string, or spaces. Before using key, delete spaces before and after the value.

    NOTE:

    The character set of this parameter is not verified during search.

    values

    Yes

    Array of strings

    Tag values. Each tag value can contain a maximum of 43 Unicode characters and cannot contain spaces. Before using values, delete spaces before and after the value.

    If the values is not specified, any parameter value can be queried. All values are in the OR relationship.

    Table 4 Data structure description of parameter matches

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    key

    Yes

    String

    Query criteria. The value can be instance_name or instance_id, indicating that the query is based on the instance name or instance ID.

    value

    Yes

    String

    Name or ID of the instance to be queried

  • Example request body

    Querying an instance by tag:

    {
      "offset": "100",
      "limit": "100",
      "action": "filter",
      "matches": [
        {
          "key": "instance_name",
          "value": "test-af07"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        {
          "key": "key1",
          "values": [
            "value1",
            "value2"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
    Querying the total number of records:
    {
      "action": "count",
      "tags": [
        {
          "key": "key1",
          "values": [
            "value1",
            "value2"
          ]
        },
        {
          "key": "key2",
          "values": [
            "value1",
            "value2"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "matches": [
        {
          "key": "instance_name",
          "value": "test-af07"
        },
         {
          "key": "instance_id",
          "value": "958693039f284d6ebfb177375711072ein06"
        }
      ]
    }

Response Parameters

  • Normal response
    Table 5 Parameter description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    instances

    Array of objects

    All instances

    total_count

    Integer

    Total number of records

    Table 6 Data structure description of parameter instance

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    instance_id

    String

    Instance ID

    instance_name

    String

    Instance name

    tags

    Array of objects

    All tags. If there are no tags, tags is taken as an empty array by default. For more information, see Table 7.

    Table 7 Data structure description of parameter tags

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    key

    String

    Tag key. The tag key can contain a maximum of 36 Unicode characters and must be specified.

    It is case-sensitive and can contain digits, letters, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).

    value

    String

    Tag value. The tag value can contain a maximum of 43 Unicode characters and can be an empty string.

    Letters, digits, underscores (_), periods (.), and hyphens (-)

  • Example normal response

    Returning a specified instance by tag:

    {
      "instances": [
        {
          "instance_id": "2acbf2223caf3bac3c33c6153423c3ccin06",
          "instance_name": "test-single",
          "tags": [
            {
              "key": "key1",
              "value": "value1"
            },
            {
              "key": "key2",
              "value": "value1"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }

    Returning total records:

    {
      "total_count": 4
    }

Status Codes

For more information, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

For more information, see Error Codes.