Get Container Instance Deletion Cost

curl --request GET \
  --url http://169.254.169.254/v1/deletion-cost \
  --header 'Metadata: <metadata>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Metadata: '<metadata>'}};

fetch('http://169.254.169.254/v1/deletion-cost', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "http://169.254.169.254/v1/deletion-cost",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Metadata: <metadata>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "http://169.254.169.254/v1/deletion-cost"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Metadata", "<metadata>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://169.254.169.254/v1/deletion-cost")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Metadata"] = '<metadata>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "deletion_cost": 100
}

{
  "code": "container-not-found",
  "detail": "The container instance could not be found.",
  "errors": {},
  "instance": "https://leaf.salad.com/i/5e76d3ae-6660-444e-a7c4-7a3999023fb6",
  "status": 404,
  "title": "Not Found",
  "type": "https://leaf.salad.com/e/container-group-not-found"
}

{
  "code": "container-not-found",
  "detail": "The container instance could not be found.",
  "errors": {},
  "instance": "https://leaf.salad.com/i/5e76d3ae-6660-444e-a7c4-7a3999023fb6",
  "status": 404,
  "title": "Not Found",
  "type": "https://leaf.salad.com/e/container-group-not-found"
}

{
  "code": "container-not-found",
  "detail": "The container instance could not be found.",
  "errors": {},
  "instance": "https://leaf.salad.com/i/5e76d3ae-6660-444e-a7c4-7a3999023fb6",
  "status": 404,
  "title": "Not Found",
  "type": "https://leaf.salad.com/e/container-group-not-found"
}

GET

deletion-cost

Get Container Instance Deletion Cost

curl --request GET \
  --url http://169.254.169.254/v1/deletion-cost \
  --header 'Metadata: <metadata>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Metadata: '<metadata>'}};

fetch('http://169.254.169.254/v1/deletion-cost', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "http://169.254.169.254/v1/deletion-cost",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Metadata: <metadata>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "http://169.254.169.254/v1/deletion-cost"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Metadata", "<metadata>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://169.254.169.254/v1/deletion-cost")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Metadata"] = '<metadata>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "deletion_cost": 100
}

{
  "code": "container-not-found",
  "detail": "The container instance could not be found.",
  "errors": {},
  "instance": "https://leaf.salad.com/i/5e76d3ae-6660-444e-a7c4-7a3999023fb6",
  "status": 404,
  "title": "Not Found",
  "type": "https://leaf.salad.com/e/container-group-not-found"
}

{
  "code": "container-not-found",
  "detail": "The container instance could not be found.",
  "errors": {},
  "instance": "https://leaf.salad.com/i/5e76d3ae-6660-444e-a7c4-7a3999023fb6",
  "status": 404,
  "title": "Not Found",
  "type": "https://leaf.salad.com/e/container-group-not-found"
}

{
  "code": "container-not-found",
  "detail": "The container instance could not be found.",
  "errors": {},
  "instance": "https://leaf.salad.com/i/5e76d3ae-6660-444e-a7c4-7a3999023fb6",
  "status": 404,
  "title": "Not Found",
  "type": "https://leaf.salad.com/e/container-group-not-found"
}

Last Updated: May 10, 2025

Headers

Metadata

string

required

A custom request header required by all operations.

Allowed value: "true"

Response

The deletion cost of the current container instance.

deletion_cost

integer<int32>

required

An integer value that identifies the relative cost to the application running across the container group if the current container instance is deleted. A higher value indicates a higher cost, and a lower value indicates a lower cost. If the container group is scaled down, the scheduler will attempt to delete the container instances with the lowest deletion costs first.

Required range: -2147483648 <= x <= 2147483647

Example:

100