Common request parameters

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The Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API is a Remote Procedure Call (RPC) API. Therefore, all API requests must include common request parameters.

Request example

http://imageprocess.cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com/?Signature=NAxwl1W9ROkidJfGeZrsKUXw%2BQ****
&AccessKeyId=testId
&Action=Covid19Cad
&Format=JSON
&RegionId=cn-shanghai
&SignatureMethod=HMAC-SHA1
&SignatureNonce=313ef0fb-0393-464f-a6e2-59d9ca2585b1
&SignatureVersion=1.0
&Timestamp=2020-03-12T08%3A18%3A18Z
&Version=2020-03-20

Request parameters

Name

Type

Required

Description

Signature

String

Yes

The request signature, which is the final generated signature string. For more information, see Request signature.

AccessKeyId

String

Yes

The AccessKey ID used to access the service. For more information, see Create an AccessKey.

Action

String

Yes

The name of the API operation.

Format

String

No

The format of the response message.

Valid values: JSON (default) and XML.

RegionId

String

No

The region ID.

Example: cn-shanghai.

SignatureMethod

String

Yes

The signature method.

Set the value to HMAC-SHA1.

SignatureNonce

String

Yes

A unique random number for the signature. It is used to prevent replay attacks. Use a different random number for each request. In Java, generate this number using java.util.UUID.randomUUID().

SignatureVersion

String

Yes

The version of the signature algorithm.

Set the value to 1.0.

Timestamp

String

Yes

The request timestamp. The time must be in UTC and follow the ISO 8601 standard. The format is YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ.

For example, 2019-10-13T10:00:00Z represents 18:00:00 on October 13, 2019 (UTC+8).

Version

String

Yes

The version of the API operation. The format is YYYY-MM-DD.

Set the value to 2020-03-20.