# InquiryPriceCreateEipAddress

## 1. API Description

This API (InquiryPriceCreateEipAddress) is used to query the price of creating elastic IP.

## 2. Input Parameters

The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters.

| Parameter Name   | Required | Type                                                                       | Description                                                                                                                                                             |
| ---------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| zoneId           | Yes      | String                                                                     | Zone ID to which the elastic IP belongs.                                                                                                                                |
| eipChargeType    | Yes      | [ChargeType](/api-reference/compute/bmc/datastructure.md#chargetype)       | <p>Elastic IP pricing model .</p><p>PREPAID: subscription</p><p>POSTPAID: pay-as-you-go</p>                                                                             |
| eipChargePrepaid | No       | [ChargePrepaid](/api-reference/compute/bmc/datastructure.md#chargeprepaid) | Details of the monthly subscription, including the purchase period, auto-renewal. It is required if the `eipChargeType` is `PREPAID`.                                   |
| amount           | No       | Integer                                                                    | <p>Quantity of elastic IPs.</p><p>Value range: 1-100.</p><p>Default value: 1.</p><p>Value range: \[1, 100]</p><p>Default value: 1</p>                                   |
| netmask          | No       | Integer                                                                    | <p>The netmask.</p><p>You can obtain the list of available netmasks from the DescribeEipAvailableResources API.</p><p>Value range: \[1, 32]</p><p>Default value: 32</p> |

## 3. Output Parameters

| Parameter Name | Type                                                               | Description                                                                                                           |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| requestId      | String                                                             | <p>The unique request ID, which is returned for each request.</p><p>RequestId is required for locating a problem.</p> |
| eipPrice       | [PriceItem](/api-reference/compute/bmc/datastructure.md#priceitem) | Price of the elastic IP.                                                                                              |

## 4. Code Example

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{% tab title="Example" %}
**Query the pay-as-you-go price of creating an elastic IP**

```json
POST /api/v2/bmc HTTP/1.1
Host: console.zenlayer.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-ZC-Action: InquiryPriceCreateEipAddress
<Common Request Params>

Request：
{
    "zoneId": "SEL-A",
    "eipChargeType": "POSTPAID"
}

Response：
{
  "requestId": "T05992D0C-7E8B-4047-B0C0-780F2CD549D3",
  "response": { 
    "requestId": "T05992D0C-7E8B-4047-B0C0-780F2CD549D3",
    "eipPrice": {
      "discount": 100.0,
      "discountPrice": null,
      "originalPrice": null,
      "unitPrice": 0.63,
      "discountUnitPrice": 0.63,
      "chargeUnit": "HOUR",
      "stepPrices": null
    },
  }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## 5. Developer Resources

Zenlayer Cloud API 2.0 integrates [SDKs](/api-reference/api-introduction/toolkit/api-sdk.md)，to make it easier for you to call APIs. More programming languages will be supported.

## 6. Error Codes

The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see [Common Error Codes](/api-reference/api-introduction/instruction/commonerrorcode.md).

| HTTP Status Code | Error Code                         | Description                                 |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| 400              | INVALID\_EIP\_TYPE\_ZONE\_NO\_SELL | Elastic IPs not available for sale in zone. |
| 404              | INVALID\_ZONE\_NOT\_FOUND          | Zone not found.                             |


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