Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) Domains.directory Object API

The domains.directoryObject API from Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) — 3 operation(s) for domains.directoryobject.

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Operations 3

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET /domains/{domain-id}/domainNameReferences List objects that reference a domain · List domainNameReferences #
Ask an LLM
“Which users and groups are still using a domain I want to remove?”
“What's blocking me from deleting a domain from my tenant?”
Tell an agent
List the directory objects that reference domain {domain}.
Show every user and group still using domain {domain}.
GET /domains/{domain-id}/domainNameReferences/{directoryObject-id} Get one object that references a domain · Get domainNameReferences from domains #
Ask an LLM
“Does a particular user still reference a given domain?”
“Can I read a single object from a domain's references?”
Tell an agent
Get object {object_id} from the references of domain {domain}.
Check how directory object {object_id} uses domain {domain}.
GET /domains/{domain-id}/domainNameReferences/$count Count objects that reference a domain · Get the number of the resource #
Ask an LLM
“How many objects still reference a domain?”
“Is a domain completely unused yet?”
Tell an agent
Count the objects that reference domain {domain}.
Tell me how many users and groups still use domain {domain}.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/overview
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Authentication
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/auth/
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Documentation
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/change-notifications-overview

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-ad/refs/heads/main/openapi/azure-ad-domains-directoryobject-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/sdks-overview
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ChangeLog
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/changelog
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Webhooks
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-ad/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/azure-ad-change-notifications-webhooks.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

azure-ad-domains-directoryobject-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Identity.DirectoryManagement Domains.directory Object API
  version: v1.0
servers:
- url: https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/
  description: Core
security:
- azureaadv2: []
tags:
- name: domains.directoryObject
paths:
  /domains/{domain-id}/domainNameReferences:
    get:
      tags:
      - domains.directoryObject
      summary: List domainNameReferences
      description: Retrieve a list of directoryObject with a reference to the domain. The returned list will contain all directory objects that have a dependency on the domain.
      externalDocs:
        description: Find more info here
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/domain-list-domainnamereferences?view=graph-rest-1.0
      operationId: domain_ListDomainNameReference
      parameters:
      - name: domain-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of domain
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: domain
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/top'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/skip'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/search'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/filter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/count'
      - name: $orderby
        in: query
        description: Order items by property values
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          uniqueItems: true
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: $select
        in: query
        description: Select properties to be returned
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          uniqueItems: true
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: $expand
        in: query
        description: Expand related entities
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          uniqueItems: true
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      responses:
        2XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/microsoft.graph.directoryObjectCollectionResponse'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-pageable:
        nextLinkName: '@odata.nextLink'
        operationName: listMore
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
  /domains/{domain-id}/domainNameReferences/{directoryObject-id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - domains.directoryObject
      summary: Get domainNameReferences from domains
      description: The objects such as users and groups that reference the domain ID. Read-only, Nullable. Doesn't support $expand. Supports $filter by the OData type of objects returned. For example, /domains/{domainId}/domainNameReferences/microsoft.graph.user and /domains/{domainId}/domainNameReferences/microsoft.graph.group.
      operationId: domain_GetDomainNameReference
      parameters:
      - name: domain-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of domain
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: domain
      - name: directoryObject-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of directoryObject
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: directoryObject
      - name: $select
        in: query
        description: Select properties to be returned
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          uniqueItems: true
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: $expand
        in: query
        description: Expand related entities
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          uniqueItems: true
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      responses:
        2XX:
          description: Retrieved navigation property
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.directoryObject'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
  /domains/{domain-id}/domainNameReferences/$count:
    get:
      tags:
      - domains.directoryObject
      summary: Get the number of the resource
      operationId: domain.domainNameReference_GetCount
      parameters:
      - name: domain-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of domain
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: domain
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/search'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/filter'
      responses:
        2XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ODataCountResponse'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
components:
  responses:
    error:
      description: error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.ODataError'
    ODataCountResponse:
      description: The count of the resource
      content:
        text/plain:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ODataCountResponse'
    microsoft.graph.directoryObjectCollectionResponse:
      description: Retrieved collection
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.directoryObjectCollectionResponse'
  schemas:
    microsoft.graph.entity:
      title: entity
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The unique identifier for an entity. Read-only.
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
    microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.InnerError:
      type: object
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
      description: The structure of this object is service-specific
    microsoft.graph.directoryObject:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.entity'
      - title: directoryObject
        type: object
        properties:
          deletedDateTime:
            pattern: ^[0-9]{4,}-(0[1-9]|1[012])-(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])T([01][0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]([.][0-9]{1,12})?(Z|[+-][0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9])$
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
            description: Date and time when this object was deleted. Always null when the object hasn't been deleted.
            format: date-time
        additionalProperties:
          type: object
    microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.ODataError:
      required:
      - error
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.MainError'
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
    microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.ErrorDetails:
      required:
      - code
      - message
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        target:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
    microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.MainError:
      required:
      - code
      - message
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
          x-ms-primary-error-message: true
        target:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        details:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.ErrorDetails'
        innerError:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.InnerError'
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
    ODataCountResponse:
      type: integer
      format: int32
    microsoft.graph.directoryObjectCollectionResponse:
      title: Collection of directoryObject
      type: object
      properties:
        value:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.directoryObject'
        '@odata.nextLink':
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
  parameters:
    count:
      name: $count
      in: query
      description: Include count of items
      style: form
      explode: false
      schema:
        type: boolean
    search:
      name: $search
      in: query
      description: Search items by search phrases
      style: form
      explode: false
      schema:
        type: string
    top:
      name: $top
      in: query
      description: Show only the first n items
      style: form
      explode: false
      schema:
        minimum: 0
        type: integer
      example: 50
    skip:
      name: $skip
      in: query
      description: Skip the first n items
      style: form
      explode: false
      schema:
        minimum: 0
        type: integer
    filter:
      name: $filter
      in: query
      description: Filter items by property values
      style: form
      explode: false
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    azureaadv2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token
          scopes: {}