Low-level API for Amazon EC2 - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
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Low-level API for Amazon EC2

The low-level API for Amazon EC2 is the protocol-level interface for Amazon EC2. When using the low-level API, you must format every HTTPS request correctly and add a valid digital signature to every request. For more information, see Making requests to the Amazon EC2 API in the Amazon EC2 API Reference. Alternatively, you can use an Amazon SDK, which constructs and signs the requests on your behalf. For more information, see Using an Amazon SDK.

The Amazon EC2 API consists of actions and data types for multiple services. To view the actions for each service, see the following pages in the Amazon EC2 API Reference.