Request Parameters Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

EstimateTemplateCost

Returns the estimated monthly cost of a template. The return value is an Amazon Simple Monthly Calculator URL with a query string that describes the resources required to run the template.

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

Parameters.member.N

A list of Parameter structures that specify input parameters.

Type: Array of Parameter objects

Required: No

TemplateBody

Structure containing the template body with a minimum length of 1 byte and a maximum length of 51,200 bytes. (For more information, go to Template Anatomy in the Amazon CloudFormation User Guide.)

Conditional: You must pass TemplateBody or TemplateURL. If both are passed, only TemplateBody is used.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.

Required: No

TemplateURL

Location of file containing the template body. The URL must point to a template that's located in an Amazon S3 bucket or a Systems Manager document. For more information, go to Template Anatomy in the Amazon CloudFormation User Guide. The location for an Amazon S3 bucket must start with https://.

Conditional: You must pass TemplateURL or TemplateBody. If both are passed, only TemplateBody is used.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

Required: No

Response Elements

The following element is returned by the service.

Url

An Amazon Simple Monthly Calculator URL with a query string that describes the resources required to run the template.

Type: String

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

Examples

EstimateTemplateCost

This example illustrates one usage of EstimateTemplateCost.

Sample Request



https://cloudformation.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
 ?Action=EstimateTemplateCost
 &TemplateURL= https://s3.amazonaws.com/cloudformation-samples-us-east-1/Drupal_Simple.template
 &Version=2010-05-15
 &SignatureVersion=2
 &Timestamp=2011-12-04T22%3A26%3A28.000Z
 &AWSAccessKeyId=[AWS Access KeyID]
 &Signature=[Signature]

Sample Response



<Response xmlns="http://cloudformation.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-15/">
  <EstimateTemplateCostResult>
    <Url>http://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/calc5.html?key=cf-2e351785-e821-450c-9d58-625e1e1ebfb6</Url>
  </EstimateTemplateCostResult>
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>b9b4b068-3a41-11e5-94eb-example</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</Response>