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AWS Cost Explorer Service API

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Overview

<p>You can use the Cost Explorer API to programmatically query your cost and usage data. You can query for aggregated data such as total monthly costs or total daily usage. You can also query for granular data. This might include the number of daily write operations for Amazon DynamoDB database tables in your production environment. </p> <p>Service Endpoint</p> <p>The Cost Explorer API provides the following endpoint:</p> <ul> <li> <p> <code>https://ce.us-east-1.amazonaws.com</code> </p> </li> </ul> <p>For information about the costs that are associated with the Cost Explorer API, see <a href="http://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/pricing/">Amazon Web Services Cost Management Pricing</a>.</p>

AWS Cost Explorer Service is a cloud platforms API from amazonaws.com. Requests are authenticated with an API key. It is served over HTTPS. Its OpenAPI description documents 37 endpoints.

At a glance

Authentication
API key
HTTPS
Yes
CORS
Unknown
Version
2017-10-25
Endpoints
37
Spec updated
2020-04-21

Endpoints

MethodPathWhat it does
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.CreateAnomalyMonitorCreates a new cost anomaly detection monitor with the requested type and monitor specification.
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.CreateAnomalySubscriptionAdds an alert subscription to a cost anomaly detection monitor. You can use each subscription to define subscribers with email or SNS notifications. Email subsc
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.CreateCostCategoryDefinitionCreates a new Cost Category with the requested name and rules.
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.DeleteAnomalyMonitorDeletes a cost anomaly monitor.
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.DeleteAnomalySubscriptionDeletes a cost anomaly subscription.
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.DeleteCostCategoryDefinitionDeletes a Cost Category. Expenses from this month going forward will no longer be categorized with this Cost Category.
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.DescribeCostCategoryDefinition<p>Returns the name, Amazon Resource Name (ARN), rules, definition, and effective dates of a Cost Category that's defined in the account.</p> <p>You have the op
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetAnomaliesRetrieves all of the cost anomalies detected on your account during the time period that's specified by the <code>DateInterval</code> object. Anomalies are avai
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetAnomalyMonitorsRetrieves the cost anomaly monitor definitions for your account. You can filter using a list of cost anomaly monitor Amazon Resource Names (ARNs).
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetAnomalySubscriptionsRetrieves the cost anomaly subscription objects for your account. You can filter using a list of cost anomaly monitor Amazon Resource Names (ARNs).
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetCostAndUsage<p>Retrieves cost and usage metrics for your account. You can specify which cost and usage-related metric that you want the request to return. For example, you
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetCostAndUsageWithResources<p>Retrieves cost and usage metrics with resources for your account. You can specify which cost and usage-related metric, such as <code>BlendedCosts</code> or <
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetCostCategories<p>Retrieves an array of Cost Category names and values incurred cost.</p> <note> <p>If some Cost Category names and values are not associated with any cost, th
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetCostForecastRetrieves a forecast for how much Amazon Web Services predicts that you will spend over the forecast time period that you select, based on your past costs.
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetDimensionValuesRetrieves all available filter values for a specified filter over a period of time. You can search the dimension values for an arbitrary string.
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetReservationCoverage<p>Retrieves the reservation coverage for your account, which you can use to see how much of your Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon Relat
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetReservationPurchaseRecommendation<p>Gets recommendations for reservation purchases. These recommendations might help you to reduce your costs. Reservations provide a discounted hourly rate (up
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetReservationUtilizationRetrieves the reservation utilization for your account. Management account in an organization have access to member accounts. You can filter data by dimensions
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetRightsizingRecommendation<p>Creates recommendations that help you save cost by identifying idle and underutilized Amazon EC2 instances.</p> <p>Recommendations are generated to either do
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetSavingsPlansCoverage<p>Retrieves the Savings Plans covered for your account. This enables you to see how much of your cost is covered by a Savings Plan. An organization’s managemen
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetSavingsPlansPurchaseRecommendationRetrieves the Savings Plans recommendations for your account. First use <code>StartSavingsPlansPurchaseRecommendationGeneration</code> to generate a new set of
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetSavingsPlansUtilization<p>Retrieves the Savings Plans utilization for your account across date ranges with daily or monthly granularity. Management account in an organization have acc
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetSavingsPlansUtilizationDetails<p>Retrieves attribute data along with aggregate utilization and savings data for a given time period. This doesn't support granular or grouped data (daily/mont
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetTagsQueries for available tag keys and tag values for a specified period. You can search the tag values for an arbitrary string.
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.GetUsageForecastRetrieves a forecast for how much Amazon Web Services predicts that you will use over the forecast time period that you select, based on your past usage.
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.ListCostAllocationTagsGet a list of cost allocation tags. All inputs in the API are optional and serve as filters. By default, all cost allocation tags are returned.
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.ListCostCategoryDefinitionsReturns the name, Amazon Resource Name (ARN), <code>NumberOfRules</code> and effective dates of all Cost Categories defined in the account. You have the option
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.ListSavingsPlansPurchaseRecommendationGenerationRetrieves a list of your historical recommendation generations within the past 30 days.
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.ListTagsForResourceReturns a list of resource tags associated with the resource specified by the Amazon Resource Name (ARN).
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.ProvideAnomalyFeedbackModifies the feedback property of a given cost anomaly.
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.StartSavingsPlansPurchaseRecommendationGeneration<p>Requests a Savings Plans recommendation generation. This enables you to calculate a fresh set of Savings Plans recommendations that takes your latest usage d
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.TagResource<p>An API operation for adding one or more tags (key-value pairs) to a resource.</p> <p>You can use the <code>TagResource</code> operation with a resource that
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.UntagResourceRemoves one or more tags from a resource. Specify only tag keys in your request. Don't specify the value.
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.UpdateAnomalyMonitorUpdates an existing cost anomaly monitor. The changes made are applied going forward, and doesn't change anomalies detected in the past.
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.UpdateAnomalySubscriptionUpdates an existing cost anomaly monitor subscription.
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.UpdateCostAllocationTagsStatusUpdates status for cost allocation tags in bulk, with maximum batch size of 20. If the tag status that's updated is the same as the existing tag status, the req
POST/#X-Amz-Target=AWSInsightsIndexService.UpdateCostCategoryDefinitionUpdates an existing Cost Category. Changes made to the Cost Category rules will be used to categorize the current month’s expenses and future expenses. This won

Questions

Does the AWS Cost Explorer Service API need an API key?

Yes. The AWS Cost Explorer Service API uses API key authentication; the documentation explains how to get credentials.

Does the AWS Cost Explorer Service API support HTTPS?

Yes, the AWS Cost Explorer Service API is served over HTTPS.

How many endpoints does the AWS Cost Explorer Service API have?

Its OpenAPI description lists 37 endpoints in version 2017-10-25. All of them are shown on this page.

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