# Azure Service Bus Messages API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/azure-service-bus/microsoft-azure-service-bus-messages-api/  
**Provider:** Azure Service Bus — https://apis.io/providers/azure-service-bus/  
**Base URL:** https://{namespace}.servicebus.windows.net/  
**Documentation:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/servicebus/

Azure Service Bus Messages API is one of 6 APIs that [Azure Service Bus](https://apis.io/providers/azure-service-bus/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Message. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and an API reference.

The Messages API from Azure Service Bus — 3 operation(s) for messages.

## Operations (5)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/{queuePath}/messages` | Service Bus Send message |
| POST | `/{queuePath}/messages/head` | Service Bus Receive and delete |
| DELETE | `/{queuePath}/messages/head` | Service Bus Peek-lock message |
| DELETE | `/{queuePath}/messages/{messageId}/{lockToken}` | Service Bus Complete message |
| PUT | `/{queuePath}/messages/{messageId}/{lockToken}` | Service Bus Renew lock |

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-service-bus/refs/heads/main/openapi/azure-service-bus-messages-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/servicebus/
- **Authentication** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/eventhub/authenticate-shared-access-signature
- **Reference** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/servicebus/resourceprovider

## Other Azure Service Bus APIs (5)

- [Azure Service Bus Namespaces API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-service-bus/azure-service-bus-namespaces-api/)
- [Azure Service Bus Queues API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-service-bus/azure-service-bus-queues-api/)
- [Azure Service Bus Subscriptions API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-service-bus/azure-service-bus-subscriptions-api/)
- [Azure Service Bus Topics API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-service-bus/azure-service-bus-topics-api/)
- [Azure Service Bus Management REST API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-service-bus/management-api/)

## Tags

Message

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