Azure Data Factory REST API

Azure Data Factory REST API enables programmatic management of data integration pipelines for orchestrating data movement and transformation at scale. It supports creating pipelines, datasets, linked services, triggers, and data flows for ETL and ELT workloads across cloud and on-premises data stores.

OpenAPI Specification

microsoft-azure-data-factory-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Azure Data Factory REST API
  description: Azure Data Factory is a hybrid data integration service. The REST API manages factories,
    pipelines, datasets, linked services, triggers, integration runtimes, and pipeline runs.
  version: '2024-01-01'
externalDocs:
  description: Azure Data Factory REST API Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/datafactory/
servers:
- url: https://management.azure.com
  description: Azure Resource Manager
tags:
- name: Factories
  description: Factories operations
- name: Pipelines
  description: Pipelines operations
- name: Datasets
  description: Datasets operations
- name: Linked Services
  description: Linked Services operations
- name: Triggers
  description: Triggers operations
- name: Operations
  description: Operations operations
security:
- azure_auth:
  - user_impersonation
paths:
  /providers/Microsoft.DataFactory/operations:
    get:
      operationId: listOperations
      summary: Azure Data Factory REST API List operations
      description: Lists all available REST API operations for Microsoft.DataFactory.
      tags:
      - Operations
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/apiVersion'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Operations list
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/OperationList'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.DataFactory/factories:
    get:
      operationId: listFactoriesBySubscription
      summary: Azure Data Factory REST API List by subscription
      description: Lists all factories resources within the specified subscription.
      tags:
      - Factories
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/subscriptionId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/apiVersion'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Resource list
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceList'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DataFactory/factories:
    get:
      operationId: listFactoriesByResourceGroup
      summary: Azure Data Factory REST API List by resource group
      description: Lists all factories resources within the specified resource group.
      tags:
      - Factories
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/subscriptionId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/resourceGroupName'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/apiVersion'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Resource list
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceList'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DataFactory/factories/{name}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/subscriptionId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/resourceGroupName'
    - name: name
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Name of the resource.
      schema:
        type: string
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/apiVersion'
    get:
      operationId: getFactories
      summary: Azure Data Factory REST API Get resource
      description: Gets a specific factories resource.
      tags:
      - Factories
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Resource
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Resource'
        '404':
          description: Not found
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    put:
      operationId: createOrUpdateFactories
      summary: Azure Data Factory REST API Create or update resource
      description: Creates or updates a factories resource.
      tags:
      - Factories
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Resource'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Resource updated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Resource'
        '201':
          description: Resource created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Resource'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    patch:
      operationId: updateFactories
      summary: Azure Data Factory REST API Update resource
      description: Updates a factories resource.
      tags:
      - Factories
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Resource updated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Resource'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteFactories
      summary: Azure Data Factory REST API Delete resource
      description: Deletes a factories resource.
      tags:
      - Factories
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Resource deleted
        '202':
          description: Deletion accepted
        '204':
          description: Resource not found or already deleted
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
components:
  parameters:
    subscriptionId:
      name: subscriptionId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The ID of the target subscription.
      schema:
        type: string
    resourceGroupName:
      name: resourceGroupName
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The name of the resource group.
      schema:
        type: string
    apiVersion:
      name: api-version
      in: query
      required: true
      description: The API version to use for this operation.
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    Resource:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Resource ID.
        name:
          type: string
          description: Resource name.
        type:
          type: string
          description: Resource type.
        location:
          type: string
          description: Resource location.
        tags:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
        properties:
          type: object
          description: Resource-specific properties.
    ResourceList:
      type: object
      properties:
        value:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Resource'
        nextLink:
          type: string
          description: URL to the next page of results.
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
            target:
              type: string
    Operation:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        display:
          type: object
          properties:
            provider:
              type: string
            resource:
              type: string
            operation:
              type: string
            description:
              type: string
        isDataAction:
          type: boolean
    OperationList:
      type: object
      properties:
        value:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Operation'
        nextLink:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    azure_auth:
      type: oauth2
      description: Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.
      flows:
        implicit:
          authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize
          scopes:
            user_impersonation: Impersonate your user account
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