Updated on 2026-09-15 GMT+08:00

Creating an Endpoint

Function

This API is used to create an endpoint.

URI

POST /v2.1/endpoints

Request Parameters

Table 1 Request header parameter

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token.

The token can be obtained by calling an IAM API. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.

Table 2 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

Yes

String

Endpoint name.

It can contain 1 to 64 characters. Only letters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.) are allowed.

direction

Yes

String

Endpoint direction.

The value can be:

inbound: indicates an inbound endpoint.

outbound: indicates an outbound endpoint.

region

Yes

String

Region of the subnet

ipaddresses

Yes

Array of IpaddressInfo objects

IP address and subnet of the endpoint. You need to add at least two IP addresses and can add a maximum of six IP addresses.

Table 3 IpaddressInfo

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

subnet_id

Yes

String

Subnet ID.

ip

No

String

Custom IP address, which must fall into the subnet

Response Parameters

Status code: 202

Table 4 Response body parameter

Parameter

Type

Description

endpoint

EndpointResp object

Endpoint

Table 5 EndpointResp

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Endpoint ID, which is a UUID used to identify the endpoint

name

String

Endpoint name

direction

String

Endpoint direction.

The value can be:

inbound: indicates an inbound endpoint.

outbound: indicates an outbound endpoint.

status

String

Resource status.

The value can be PENDING_CREATE, ACTIVE, PENDING_DELETE, or ERROR.

vpc_id

String

ID of the VPC to which the endpoint belongs

ipaddress_count

Integer

Number of IP addresses of the endpoint

resolver_rule_count

Integer

Number of endpoint rules in the endpoint.

This parameter is returned only for outbound endpoints.

create_time

String

Creation time.

Format: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS

update_time

String

Update time.

Format: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS

Example Requests

Creating an inbound endpoint, with the subnet ID of IP address 1 to 0463c8a5-fa49-441d-b28b-bc6c35ba04f8 and the custom IP address to 192.168.3.125, and the subnet ID of IP address 2 to 0463c8a5-fa49-441d-b28b-bc6c35ba04f8 and the custom IP address to 192.168.3.126

POST https://{endpoint}/v2.1/endpoints

{
  "name" : "poi-1",
  "direction" : "inbound",
  "region" : "xx",
  "ipaddresses" : [ {
    "subnet_id" : "0463c8a5-fa49-441d-b28b-bc6c35ba04f8",
    "ip" : "192.168.3.125"
  }, {
    "subnet_id" : "0463c8a5-fa49-441d-b28b-bc6c35ba04f8",
    "ip" : "192.168.3.126"
  } ]
}

Example Responses

Status code: 202

Response to the request for creating an endpoint

{
  "endpoint" : {
    "id" : "ff80808169bf16c70169bf1d02270000",
    "name" : "poi-1",
    "direction" : "inbound",
    "status" : "PENDING_CREATE",
    "vpc_id" : null,
    "ipaddress_count" : 0,
    "resolver_rule_count" : 0,
    "create_time" : "2019-03-27T12:25:43.181",
    "update_time" : "2019-03-27T12:25:43.181"
  }
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

202

Response to the request for creating an endpoint

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.