Amazon Billing And Cost Management

Amazon Billing And Cost Management Cost And Usage API

Query cost and usage data

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 3

POST /GetCostAndUsage Get Cost And Usage #
POST /GetCostAndUsageWithResources Get Cost And Usage With Resources #
POST /GetDimensionValues Get Dimension Values #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/ce-api.html
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APIReference
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/latest/APIReference/
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Documentation
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/budgets-managing-costs.html

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

amazon-billing-and-cost-management-cost-and-usage-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: AWS Cost Explorer Cost And Usage API
  description: The AWS Cost Explorer API provides programmatic access to AWS cost and usage data. Query, filter, group, and aggregate cost data, generate forecasts, detect anomalies, and get rightsizing and Savings Plans recommendations.
  version: '2017-10-25'
  contact:
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  termsOfService: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
servers:
- url: https://ce.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  description: AWS Cost Explorer (Global endpoint via us-east-1)
security:
- aws_iam: []
tags:
- name: Cost And Usage
  description: Query cost and usage data
paths:
  /GetCostAndUsage:
    post:
      operationId: GetCostAndUsage
      summary: Get Cost And Usage
      description: Retrieves cost and usage metrics for your account. You can specify which cost and usage-related metric that you want the request to return, and filter and group your data by various dimensions, such as SERVICE or AZ, in a specific time range.
      tags:
      - Cost And Usage
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetCostAndUsageRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Cost and usage data returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetCostAndUsageResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/DataUnavailableException'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/LimitExceededException'
  /GetCostAndUsageWithResources:
    post:
      operationId: GetCostAndUsageWithResources
      summary: Get Cost And Usage With Resources
      description: Retrieves cost and usage metrics with resources for your account. Supports resource-level data for EC2 instances.
      tags:
      - Cost And Usage
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetCostAndUsageRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Cost and usage with resources returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetCostAndUsageResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/DataUnavailableException'
  /GetDimensionValues:
    post:
      operationId: GetDimensionValues
      summary: Get Dimension Values
      description: Retrieves all available filter values for a specified filter over a period of time. For example, you can search the EC2 cost category entries for a specific month.
      tags:
      - Cost And Usage
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                TimePeriod:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/DateInterval'
                Dimension:
                  type: string
                  description: The name of the dimension (e.g., SERVICE, REGION, AZ, LINKED_ACCOUNT, USAGE_TYPE, OPERATION)
                SearchString:
                  type: string
                Context:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Dimension values returned
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/DataUnavailableException'
components:
  schemas:
    Expression:
      type: object
      description: Filter expression to apply to cost and usage data. Can filter by dimensions, tags, or cost categories.
      properties:
        Dimensions:
          type: object
          properties:
            Key:
              type: string
            Values:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
        Tags:
          type: object
          properties:
            Key:
              type: string
            Values:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
        And:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        Or:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        Not:
          type: object
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        Message:
          type: string
        Code:
          type: string
    DateInterval:
      type: object
      required:
      - Start
      - End
      properties:
        Start:
          type: string
          description: Start of the time period in YYYY-MM-DD format
          example: '2026-01-01'
        End:
          type: string
          description: End of the time period in YYYY-MM-DD format
          example: '2026-04-01'
    GroupDefinition:
      type: object
      properties:
        Type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - DIMENSION
          - TAG
          - COST_CATEGORY
        Key:
          type: string
    GetCostAndUsageRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - TimePeriod
      - Granularity
      - Metrics
      properties:
        TimePeriod:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DateInterval'
        Granularity:
          type: string
          enum:
          - DAILY
          - MONTHLY
          - HOURLY
        Filter:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Expression'
        Metrics:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: 'Metrics to return. Options: AmortizedCost, BlendedCost, NormalizedUsageAmount, UnblendedCost, UsageQuantity, NetAmortizedCost, NetUnblendedCost'
        GroupBy:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupDefinition'
        NextPageToken:
          type: string
    GetCostAndUsageResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        ResultsByTime:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              TimePeriod:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DateInterval'
              Total:
                type: object
              Groups:
                type: array
              Estimated:
                type: boolean
        DimensionValueAttributes:
          type: array
        NextPageToken:
          type: string
  responses:
    DataUnavailableException:
      description: The requested data is unavailable
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    LimitExceededException:
      description: You've exceeded the limit for this resource
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    aws_iam:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: AWS Signature Version 4 authentication
externalDocs:
  description: AWS Cost Explorer API Reference
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/latest/APIReference/