microsoft-azure-cosmos-db Documents API

Documents operations

OpenAPI Specification

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openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Azure Cosmos DB REST Collections Documents API
  description: The Azure Cosmos DB REST API provides data plane operations for documents, collections, databases, users, and stored procedures within a Cosmos DB account using the SQL (Core) API. Authentication uses master keys or Azure AD tokens via the Authorization header.
  version: '2018-12-31'
servers:
- url: https://{account}.documents.azure.com
  variables:
    account:
      default: myaccount
      description: Cosmos DB account name
security:
- masterKey: []
tags:
- name: Documents
  description: Documents operations
paths:
  /dbs/{databaseId}/colls/{collectionId}/docs:
    parameters:
    - name: databaseId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - name: collectionId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: listDocuments
      summary: Cosmos DB List documents
      description: Lists documents in a collection.
      tags:
      - Documents
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of documents
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
    post:
      operationId: createDocument
      summary: Cosmos DB Create document
      description: Creates a new document.
      tags:
      - Documents
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Document created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /dbs/{databaseId}/colls/{collectionId}/docs/{documentId}:
    parameters:
    - name: databaseId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - name: collectionId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - name: documentId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: getDocument
      summary: Cosmos DB Get document
      description: Retrieves a document.
      tags:
      - Documents
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Document
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
    put:
      operationId: replaceDocument
      summary: Cosmos DB Replace document
      description: Replaces an existing document.
      tags:
      - Documents
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Document replaced
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
    delete:
      operationId: deleteDocument
      summary: Cosmos DB Delete document
      description: Deletes a document.
      tags:
      - Documents
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Document deleted
components:
  securitySchemes:
    masterKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: Master key or resource token in Authorization header
externalDocs:
  description: Azure Cosmos DB REST API Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cosmos-db/
x-generated-from: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cosmos-db/
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