get_ec2_instance_price: Get EC2 instance pricing (live, cached, with static fallback)
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get_ec2_instance_price R Documentation
Get EC2 instance pricing (live, cached, with static fallback)
Description
Looks up the current AWS price for an instance type. On-Demand rates come from
the AWS Pricing API and Spot rates from EC2 spot-price history; both are cached
per session. Any failure (offline, missing perms, unknown type) falls back to a
built-in static rate, so cost estimates always return a number.
Usage
get_ec2_instance_price(instance_type, use_spot = FALSE, region = NULL)
Arguments
instance_type
EC2 instance type (e.g., "c7g.xlarge")
use_spot
Whether to use spot pricing
region
AWS region (default: from config or "us-east-1")
Value
Price per hour in USD
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| get_ec2_instance_price | R Documentation |
Get EC2 instance pricing (live, cached, with static fallback)
Description
Looks up the current AWS price for an instance type. On-Demand rates come from the AWS Pricing API and Spot rates from EC2 spot-price history; both are cached per session. Any failure (offline, missing perms, unknown type) falls back to a built-in static rate, so cost estimates always return a number.
Usage
get_ec2_instance_price(instance_type, use_spot = FALSE, region = NULL)
Arguments
instance_type |
EC2 instance type (e.g., "c7g.xlarge") |
use_spot |
Whether to use spot pricing |
region |
AWS region (default: from config or "us-east-1") |
Value
Price per hour in USD
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