# Azure Cosmos DB Data Plane REST API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/azure-cosmos-db/data-plane-api/  
**Provider:** Azure Cosmos DB — https://apis.io/providers/azure-cosmos-db/  
**Base URL:** https://{databaseaccount}.documents.azure.com  
**Documentation:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cosmos-db/

Azure Cosmos DB Data Plane REST API is one of 11 APIs that [Azure Cosmos DB](https://apis.io/providers/azure-cosmos-db/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Cosmos DB, NoSQL, SQL API, Documents, and Azure. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

REST API for creating, querying, and managing databases, containers, items, stored procedures, triggers, user-defined functions, users, and permissions. Authentication uses master keys, resource tokens, or Microsoft Entra ID bearer tokens with HMAC-signed authorization headers.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cosmos-db/
- **Access Control** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cosmos-db/access-control-on-cosmosdb-resources
- **Resource URI Syntax** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cosmos-db/cosmosdb-resource-uri-syntax-for-rest
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-cosmos-db/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Azure Cosmos DB APIs (10)

- [Azure Cosmos DB Resource Provider API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-cosmos-db/resource-provider-api/)
- [Azure Cosmos DB Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-cosmos-db/azure-cosmos-db-collections-api/)
- [Azure Cosmos DB Databases API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-cosmos-db/azure-cosmos-db-databases-api/)
- [Azure Cosmos DB Documents API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-cosmos-db/azure-cosmos-db-documents-api/)
- [Azure Cosmos DB Offers API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-cosmos-db/azure-cosmos-db-offers-api/)
- [Azure Cosmos DB Permissions API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-cosmos-db/azure-cosmos-db-permissions-api/)
- [Azure Cosmos DB Stored Procedures API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-cosmos-db/azure-cosmos-db-stored-procedures-api/)
- [Azure Cosmos DB Triggers API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-cosmos-db/azure-cosmos-db-triggers-api/)
- [Azure Cosmos DB User Defined Functions API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-cosmos-db/azure-cosmos-db-user-defined-functions-api/)
- [Azure Cosmos DB Users API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-cosmos-db/azure-cosmos-db-users-api/)

## Tags

Cosmos DB, NoSQL, SQL API, Documents, Azure

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