Creating a VPC Route

Function

This API is used to create a route.

URI

POST /v2.0/vpc/routes

Request Message

Request parameter

**Table 1** Request parameter
Parameter	Type	Mandatory	Description
route	Object	Yes	Specifies the route object list. For details, see Table 2.

**Table 2** **route** objects
Attribute	Type	Mandatory	Description
destination	String	Yes	Specifies the destination address in the CIDR notation format, for example, 192.168.200.0/24.
nexthop	String	Yes	Specifies the next hop. If the route type is peering, enter the VPC peering connection ID.
type	String	Yes	Specifies the route type. Currently, the value can only be peering.
vpc_id	String	Yes	Specifies the ID of the VPC ID requesting for creating a route.

Example request

POST https://{Endpoint}/v2.0/vpc/routes 

{ 
    "route": { 
        "type": "peering",  
        "nexthop": "60c809cb-6731-45d0-ace8-3bf5626421a9",  
        "destination": "192.168.200.0/24",  
        "vpc_id": "ab78be2d-782f-42a5-aa72-35879f6890ff"
    }
}

Response Message

Response parameter

**Table 3** Response parameter
Parameter	Type	Description
route	Object	Specifies the route object list. For details, see Table 4.

**Table 4** **route** objects
Attribute	Type	Description
id	String	Specifies the route ID.
destination	String	Specifies the destination address in the CIDR notation format, for example, 192.168.200.0/24.
nexthop	String	Specifies the next hop. If the route type is peering, enter the VPC peering connection ID.
type	String	Specifies the route type. Currently, the value can only be peering.
vpc_id	String	Specifies the VPC of the route. Set this parameter to the existing VPC ID.
tenant_id	String	Specifies the project ID.

Example response

{ 
    "route": { 
        "type": "peering",  
        "nexthop": "60c809cb-6731-45d0-ace8-3bf5626421a9",  
        "destination": "192.168.200.0/24",  
        "vpc_id": "ab78be2d-782f-42a5-aa72-35879f6890ff",  
        "tenant_id": "6fbe9263116a4b68818cf1edce16bc4f",
        "id": "3d42a0d4-a980-4613-ae76-a2cddecff054" 
    }
}