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This is the Amazon EC2 API Reference. It provides descriptions, API request parameters, and the XML response for each of the Amazon EC2 Query API actions. Note that the Amazon EC2 API includes actions for Amazon EC2 plus additional services, such as Amazon EBS and Amazon VPC.
Alternatively, use one of the following methods to access the Amazon EC2 API, instead of using the Query API directly:
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Learn about using the Query API |
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Learn about the permissions required to call an Amazon EC2 API action |
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Get the list of API actions by service and resource |
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Get the alphabetical list of API actions |
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Get descriptions of the API error codes |