Obtaining the Project ID

Scenario

A project ID is required by some URLs used for calling APIs. You can obtain the project ID using either of the following methods:

• Obtaining the project ID by calling an API
• Obtaining the project ID from the console

Obtaining the Project ID by Calling an API

You can obtain the project ID by calling the API used to query project information.

The API for obtaining the project ID is GET https://{IAM endpoint}/v3/projects. For details about API authentication, see "Authentication" in the Virtual Private Cloud API Reference.

The following is an example response. The value of id is the project ID.

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{
    "projects": [
        {
            "domain_id": "65382450e8f64ac0870cd180d14e684b",
            "is_domain": false,
            "parent_id": "65382450e8f64ac0870cd180d14e684b",
            "name": "project_name",
            "description": "",
            "links": {
                "next": null,
                "previous": null,
                "self": "https://www.example.com/v3/projects/a4a5d4098fb4474fa22cd05f897d6b99"
            },
            "id": "a4a5d4098fb4474fa22cd05f897d6b99",
            "enabled": true
        }
    ],
    "links": {
        "next": null,
        "previous": null,
        "self": "https://www.example.com/v3/projects"
    }
}

Obtaining the Project ID from the Console

Perform the following operations:

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click your username in the upper right corner, and choose My Credentials.

   On the API Credentials page, view the project ID in the project list.