Generating AWS billing details using aws java applications

Question

Would it be possible to use application say Java API to generate billing information from aws for ec2 instances, s3 buckets and ebs volumes. Can we have an api that gives specific entity wise hourly billing reports. Do we have such applications that are there in the market and I do not know of?

Comments

Woah nice. I'm interested in this idea. I'd fancy one myself.

Answer 1

There definitely are no applications that give you AWS billing information. However you may consider this,

Start by turning on the detailed billing report I am referring to a Dashboard:

1. Configure the kind of billing reports to be generated

2. AWS will generate billing info as CSV files to a (pre)configured bucket several times an hour

3. Use may use REST API or S3 Java API to get the information from the bucket when needed. And you should be good to go.

Answer 2

Billing Reports are generated as CSV files and include plenty of details:

Here is a list of the fields (read the documentation for more information):

• Invoice ID
• Payer Account Name and ID
• Linked Account Name and ID (for Consolidated Billing)
• Record Type
• Record ID
• Billing Period Start and End Dates
• Invoice Date
• Taxation Address
• Payer Purchase Order Number
• Product Code
• Product Name
• Seller of Record
• Usage Type
• Operation
• Rate ID
• Item Description
• Usage Start and Usage End Date and Time
• Usage Quantity
• Blended Rate (for Consolidated Billing)
• Currency Code
• Cost Before Tax
• Credits
• Tax Amount
• Tax Type
• Total Cost

Referred AWS documentation: Programmatic Access to AWS Billing Data

Answer 3

To get started, all you need to do is to provide an Amazon S3 bucket for your billing data, give the AWS Billing system permission to write to it, and visit the Billing Preferences page to enable programmatic access:

Once you have done this, we will generate an Estimated bill several times per day and store it in the bucket, where you can download and process it as desired. We will also generate a Final bill at the conclusion of each billing period.

Answer 4

AWS has released the CostExplorer API for the Java SDK. You can find the documentation here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaSDK/latest/javadoc/index.html