Azure Automation Watcher API
The Watcher API from Azure Automation — 4 operation(s) for watcher.
The Watcher API from Azure Automation — 4 operation(s) for watcher.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Microsoft Azure Automation Watcher API
version: '2024-10-23'
x-typespec-generated:
- emitter: '@azure-tools/typespec-autorest'
description: 'Operations tagged Watcher across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: microsoft-azure-automation-openapi.json, microsoft-azure-automation-management-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://management.azure.com
security:
- azure_auth:
- user_impersonation
tags:
- name: Watcher
paths:
? /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/{automationAccountName}/watchers
: get:
operationId: Watcher_ListByAutomationAccount
tags:
- Watcher
description: Retrieve a list of watchers.
externalDocs:
url: http://aka.ms/azureautomationsdk/watcheroperations
parameters:
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
- name: automationAccountName
in: path
description: The name of the automation account.
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: $filter
in: query
description: The filter to apply on the operation.
required: false
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Azure operation completed successfully.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/WatcherListResult'
default:
description: An unexpected error response.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/definitions/ErrorResponse
x-ms-examples:
List watchers by Automation Account:
$ref: ./examples/listWatchersByAutomationAccount.json
x-ms-pageable:
nextLinkName: nextLink
summary: Watcher list by automation account
x-summary-source: derived
servers:
- url: https://management.azure.com
? /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/{automationAccountName}/watchers/{watcherName}
: get:
operationId: Watcher_Get
tags:
- Watcher
description: Retrieve the watcher identified by watcher name.
externalDocs:
url: http://aka.ms/azureautomationsdk/watcheroperations
parameters:
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
- name: automationAccountName
in: path
description: The name of the automation account.
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: watcherName
in: path
description: The watcher name.
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Azure operation completed successfully.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Watcher'
default:
description: An unexpected error response.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/definitions/ErrorResponse
x-ms-examples:
Get watcher:
$ref: ./examples/getWatcher.json
summary: Watcher get
x-summary-source: derived
put:
operationId: Watcher_CreateOrUpdate
tags:
- Watcher
description: Create the watcher identified by watcher name.
externalDocs:
url: http://aka.ms/azureautomationsdk/watcheroperations
parameters:
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
- name: automationAccountName
in: path
description: The name of the automation account.
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: watcherName
in: path
description: The watcher name.
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Resource 'Watcher' update operation succeeded
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Watcher'
'201':
description: Resource 'Watcher' create operation succeeded
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Watcher'
default:
description: An unexpected error response.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/definitions/ErrorResponse
x-ms-examples:
Create or update watcher:
$ref: ./examples/createOrUpdateWatcher.json
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Watcher'
description: The create or update parameters for watcher.
required: true
summary: Watcher create or update
x-summary-source: derived
patch:
operationId: Watcher_Update
tags:
- Watcher
description: Update the watcher identified by watcher name.
externalDocs:
url: http://aka.ms/azureautomationsdk/watcheroperations
parameters:
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
- name: automationAccountName
in: path
description: The name of the automation account.
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: watcherName
in: path
description: The watcher name.
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Azure operation completed successfully.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Watcher'
default:
description: An unexpected error response.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/definitions/ErrorResponse
x-ms-examples:
Update watcher:
$ref: ./examples/updateWatcher.json
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/WatcherUpdateParameters'
description: The update parameters for watcher.
required: true
summary: Watcher update
x-summary-source: derived
delete:
operationId: Watcher_Delete
tags:
- Watcher
description: Delete the watcher by name.
externalDocs:
url: http://aka.ms/azureautomationsdk/watcheroperations
parameters:
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
- name: automationAccountName
in: path
description: The name of the automation account.
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: watcherName
in: path
description: The watcher name.
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Resource deleted successfully.
default:
description: An unexpected error response.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/definitions/ErrorResponse
x-ms-examples:
Delete watcher:
$ref: ./examples/deleteWatcher.json
summary: Watcher delete
x-summary-source: derived
servers:
- url: https://management.azure.com
? /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/{automationAccountName}/watchers/{watcherName}/start
: post:
operationId: Watcher_Start
tags:
- Watcher
description: Resume the watcher identified by watcher name.
externalDocs:
url: http://aka.ms/azureautomationsdk/watcheroperations
parameters:
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
- name: automationAccountName
in: path
description: The name of the automation account.
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: watcherName
in: path
description: The watcher name.
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: The request has succeeded.
default:
description: An unexpected error response.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/definitions/ErrorResponse
x-ms-examples:
Start Watcher:
$ref: ./examples/startWatcher.json
summary: Watcher start
x-summary-source: derived
servers:
- url: https://management.azure.com
? /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/{automationAccountName}/watchers/{watcherName}/stop
: post:
operationId: Watcher_Stop
tags:
- Watcher
description: Resume the watcher identified by watcher name.
externalDocs:
url: http://aka.ms/azureautomationsdk/watcheroperations
parameters:
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
- name: automationAccountName
in: path
description: The name of the automation account.
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: watcherName
in: path
description: The watcher name.
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: The request has succeeded.
default:
description: An unexpected error response.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/definitions/ErrorResponse
x-ms-examples:
Start Watcher:
$ref: ./examples/stopWatcher.json
summary: Watcher stop
x-summary-source: derived
servers:
- url: https://management.azure.com
components:
schemas:
WatcherUpdateParameters:
type: object
properties:
properties:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/WatcherUpdateProperties'
description: Gets or sets the watcher update properties.
x-ms-client-flatten: true
name:
type: string
description: Gets or sets the name of the resource.
Watcher:
type: object
description: Definition of the watcher type.
properties:
properties:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/WatcherProperties'
description: Gets or sets the watcher properties.
x-ms-client-flatten: true
etag:
type: string
description: Gets or sets the etag of the resource.
tags:
type: object
description: Resource tags.
additionalProperties:
type: string
x-ms-mutability:
- read
- update
- create
location:
type: string
description: The geo-location where the resource lives
x-ms-mutability:
- read
- create
allOf:
- $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v5/types.json#/definitions/ProxyResource
WatcherProperties:
type: object
description: Definition of the watcher properties
properties:
executionFrequencyInSeconds:
type: integer
format: int64
description: Gets or sets the frequency at which the watcher is invoked.
scriptName:
type: string
description: Gets or sets the name of the script the watcher is attached to, i.e. the name of an existing runbook.
scriptParameters:
type: object
description: Gets or sets the parameters of the script.
additionalProperties:
type: string
scriptRunOn:
type: string
description: Gets or sets the name of the hybrid worker group the watcher will run on.
status:
type: string
description: Gets the current status of the watcher.
readOnly: true
creationTime:
type: string
format: date-time
description: Gets or sets the creation time.
readOnly: true
lastModifiedTime:
type: string
format: date-time
description: Gets or sets the last modified time.
readOnly: true
lastModifiedBy:
type: string
description: Details of the user who last modified the watcher.
readOnly: true
description:
type: string
description: Gets or sets the description.
WatcherListResult:
type: object
description: The response of a Watcher list operation.
properties:
value:
type: array
description: The Watcher items on this page
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Watcher'
nextLink:
type: string
format: uri
description: The link to the next page of items
required:
- value
WatcherUpdateProperties:
type: object
description: The properties of the update watcher operation.
properties:
executionFrequencyInSeconds:
type: integer
format: int64
description: Gets or sets the frequency at which the watcher is invoked.
securitySchemes:
azure_auth:
type: oauth2
flows:
implicit:
scopes:
user_impersonation: impersonate your user account
authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize
description: Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.
x-refined-from:
- microsoft-azure-automation-openapi.json
- microsoft-azure-automation-management-openapi.yml