# ReleaseEipAddresses

## 1. API Description

This API (ReleaseEipAddresses) is used to release one or multiple elastic IPs.

{% hint style="info" %} <mark style="color:blue;">**Note**</mark>

* <mark style="color:blue;">Elastic IPs in recycle bin will be remained for 24 hours.</mark>
* <mark style="color:blue;">Only operations on elastic IPs in recycle bin with the status of</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">`RECYCLE`</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">are supported.</mark>
* <mark style="color:blue;">Batch operations are supported. The maximum number of elastic IPs in each request is 100.</mark>
  {% endhint %}

## 2. Input Parameters

The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters.

| Parameter Name | Required | Type            | Description                                                                                                                                                               |
| -------------- | -------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| eipIds         | Yes      | Array of String | <p>IDs of elastic IPs.</p><p>To obtain IDs of the elastic IPs, you can call DescribeEipAddresses and look for eipId in the response.</p><p>Value range: \[1.0, 100.0]</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> |

## 4. Code Example

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{% tab title="Example" %}
**Release two elastic IPs**

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

Request：
{
    "eipIds": ["eipId1","eipId2"]
}

Response：
{
  "requestId": "T05992D0C-7E8B-4047-B0C0-780F2CD549D3",
  "response": {
    "requestId": "T05992D0C-7E8B-4047-B0C0-780F2CD549D3"
  }
}
```

{% 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                                         |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| 403              | OPERATION\_DENIED\_EIP\_NOT\_RECYCLED | The specified elastic IP is not in the recycle bin. |


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