How to get a list of available instance types on Amazon EC2?

Question

Is there an API to get a list of available instance types on EC2?

I can see that there is a price list JSON file that you can download but it\'s 70 megabytes which is no

Answer 1

There is no API to retrieve a list of Amazon EC2 instance types.

You could use some 3rd-party sites:

• http://www.ec2instances.info/
• http://ec2pricing.net/
• https://gist.github.com/ilyash/4573706