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Updated on 2025-09-22 GMT+08:00

Querying the Recycle Bin Policy

Function

This API is used to query the recycle bin policy.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

GET /v3/{project_id}/elb/recycle-bin

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition: Specifies the project ID. For details about how to obtain a project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints: N/A

Range: The value can contain a maximum of 32 characters, including digits and lowercase letters.

Default value: N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition: Specifies the token used for IAM authentication.

Constraints: N/A

Range: N/A

Default value: N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 3 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

recycle_bin

RecycleBinResponseBody object

Definition: Specifies the response body for the recycle bin.

Table 4 RecycleBinResponseBody

Parameter

Type

Description

project_id

String

Definition: Specifies the project ID. For details about how to obtain a project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Range: The value can contain a maximum of 32 characters, including digits and lowercase letters.

policy

RecycleBinPolicy object

Definition: Specifies the recycle bin policy.

enable

Boolean

Definition: Specifies whether to enable recycle bin.

Range:

  • true: Enable recycle bin.

  • false: Disable recycle bin.

Table 5 RecycleBinPolicy

Parameter

Type

Description

recycle_threshold_hour

Integer

Definition: Specifies how old a deleted or unsubscribed load balancer has to be for it to be moved to the recycle bin. A load balancer can only be moved to the recycle bin if it has been there longer than the specified number of days in the policy.

Range: N/A

retention_hour

Integer

Definition: Specifies how long you want your load balancers to be kept in the recycle bin.

Range: N/A

Example Requests

https://{ELB_Endpoint}/v3/7b7705dce1e847b08b3b16dda67fec24/elb/recycle-bin

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Query succeeded.

{
  "recycle_bin" : {
    "enable" : true,
    "policy" : {
      "recycle_threshold_hour" : 20,
      "retention_hour" : 20
    },
    "project_id" : "7b7705dce1e847b08b3b16dda67fec24"
  }
}

SDK Sample Code

The SDK sample code is as follows.

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package com.huaweicloud.sdk.test;

import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.ICredential;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.BasicCredentials;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ConnectionException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.RequestTimeoutException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ServiceResponseException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.elb.v3.region.ElbRegion;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.elb.v3.*;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.elb.v3.model.*;


public class ShowRecycleBinSolution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
        // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
        String ak = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK");
        String sk = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK");
        String projectId = "{project_id}";

        ICredential auth = new BasicCredentials()
                .withProjectId(projectId)
                .withAk(ak)
                .withSk(sk);

        ElbClient client = ElbClient.newBuilder()
                .withCredential(auth)
                .withRegion(ElbRegion.valueOf("<YOUR REGION>"))
                .build();
        ShowRecycleBinRequest request = new ShowRecycleBinRequest();
        try {
            ShowRecycleBinResponse response = client.showRecycleBin(request);
            System.out.println(response.toString());
        } catch (ConnectionException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (RequestTimeoutException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ServiceResponseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println(e.getHttpStatusCode());
            System.out.println(e.getRequestId());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorMsg());
        }
    }
}
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# coding: utf-8

import os
from huaweicloudsdkcore.auth.credentials import BasicCredentials
from huaweicloudsdkelb.v3.region.elb_region import ElbRegion
from huaweicloudsdkcore.exceptions import exceptions
from huaweicloudsdkelb.v3 import *

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    # In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_AK"]
    sk = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_SK"]
    projectId = "{project_id}"

    credentials = BasicCredentials(ak, sk, projectId)

    client = ElbClient.new_builder() \
        .with_credentials(credentials) \
        .with_region(ElbRegion.value_of("<YOUR REGION>")) \
        .build()

    try:
        request = ShowRecycleBinRequest()
        response = client.show_recycle_bin(request)
        print(response)
    except exceptions.ClientRequestException as e:
        print(e.status_code)
        print(e.request_id)
        print(e.error_code)
        print(e.error_msg)
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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/core/auth/basic"
    elb "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/elb/v3"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/elb/v3/model"
    region "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/elb/v3/region"
)

func main() {
    // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK")
    sk := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK")
    projectId := "{project_id}"

    auth := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        WithProjectId(projectId).
        Build()

    client := elb.NewElbClient(
        elb.ElbClientBuilder().
            WithRegion(region.ValueOf("<YOUR REGION>")).
            WithCredential(auth).
            Build())

    request := &model.ShowRecycleBinRequest{}
	response, err := client.ShowRecycleBin(request)
	if err == nil {
        fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response)
    } else {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}

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Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Query succeeded.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.