Azure Virtual Machines Usage API

The Usage API from Azure Virtual Machines — 1 operation(s) for usage.

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GET /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/locations/{location}/usages Usage list #

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microsoft-azure-virtual-machines-usage-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Azure Compute resource management API. Usage API
  version: '2026-04-01'
  description: Compute Client
  x-typespec-generated:
  - emitter: '@azure-tools/typespec-autorest'
servers:
- url: https://management.azure.com
security:
- azure_auth:
  - user_impersonation
tags:
- name: Usage
paths:
  /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/locations/{location}/usages:
    get:
      operationId: Usage_List
      tags:
      - Usage
      description: Gets, for the specified location, the current compute resource usage information as well as the limits for compute resources under the subscription.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiVersionParameter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LocationParameter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The request has succeeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListUsagesResult'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CloudError'
      x-ms-pageable:
        nextLinkName: nextLink
      summary: Usage list
      x-summary-source: derived
components:
  parameters:
    SubscriptionIdParameter:
      name: subscriptionId
      in: path
      description: The ID of the target subscription.
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        minLength: 1
    LocationParameter:
      name: location
      in: path
      description: The name of Azure region.
      required: true
      x-ms-parameter-location: method
      schema:
        type: string
        minLength: 1
    ApiVersionParameter:
      name: api-version
      in: query
      description: The API version to use for this operation.
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        minLength: 1
  schemas:
    ApiError:
      type: object
      properties:
        details:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorBase'
          x-ms-identifiers:
          - message
          - target
          description: The Api error details
        innererror:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/InnerError'
          description: The Api inner error
        code:
          type: string
          description: The error code.
        target:
          type: string
          description: The target of the particular error.
        message:
          type: string
          description: The error message.
      description: Api error.
    CloudError:
      type: object
      x-ms-external: true
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
      description: An error response from the Compute service.
    UsageName:
      type: object
      description: The Usage Names.
      properties:
        value:
          type: string
          description: The name of the resource.
        localizedValue:
          type: string
          description: The localized name of the resource.
    Usage:
      type: object
      description: Describes Compute Resource Usage.
      properties:
        unit:
          type: string
          description: An enum describing the unit of usage measurement.
          enum:
          - Count
          x-ms-enum:
            modelAsString: false
        currentValue:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: The current usage of the resource.
        limit:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: The maximum permitted usage of the resource.
        name:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UsageName'
          description: The name of the type of usage.
      required:
      - unit
      - currentValue
      - limit
      - name
    ListUsagesResult:
      type: object
      description: The List Usages operation response.
      properties:
        value:
          type: array
          description: The list of compute resource usages.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Usage'
          x-ms-identifiers: []
        nextLink:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: The URI to fetch the next page of compute resource usage information. Call ListNext() with this to fetch the next page of compute resource usage information.
      required:
      - value
  securitySchemes:
    azure_auth:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        implicit:
          scopes:
            user_impersonation: impersonate your user account
          authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize
      description: Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.
x-ms-paths:
  ? /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/locations/{location}/publishers/{publisherName}/artifacttypes/vmimage/offers/{offer}/skus/{skus}/versions?$expand=Properties
  : get:
      operationId: VirtualMachineImages_ListWithProperties
      tags:
      - VirtualMachineImages
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiVersionParameter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LocationParameter'
      - name: publisherName
        in: path
        description: A valid image publisher.
        required: true
        type: string
      - name: offer
        in: path
        description: A valid image publisher offer.
        required: true
        type: string
      - name: skus
        in: path
        description: A valid image SKU.
        required: true
        type: string
      - name: $expand
        in: query
        description: The expand expression to apply on the operation.
        required: true
        type: string
      - name: $top
        in: query
        required: false
        type: integer
        format: int32
      - name: $orderby
        in: query
        required: false
        type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Azure operation completed successfully.
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/VirtualMachineImage'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CloudError'