Azure Application Gateway

Azure Application Gateway is Microsoft's managed layer-7 (HTTP/HTTPS) load balancer and reverse proxy with an optional Web Application Firewall. It is provisioned and managed through the Azure Resource Manager REST API (management.azure.com, Microsoft.Network resource provider), the Azure CLI (az network application-gateway), and the Azure SDKs for Python, JavaScript, .NET, Java and Go.

Azure Application Gateway publishes 5 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Application Gateway Private Endpoint Connections API, Application Gateway Private Link Resources API, Subscriptions API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Layer-7, Load Balancing, Reverse Proxy, WAF, and Microsoft Azure.

The Azure Application Gateway catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Azure Application Gateway’s developer surface includes CLI, changelog, getting-started guide, documentation, authentication, developer portal, pricing, and 42 more developer resources.

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64.3/100 strong ▲ 25.6 Agent 31/100 agent ready saas Full breakdown ↓
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AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 published contract 1 MCP Servers 3 Agent Skills

Layer-7Load Balancing Reverse Proxy WAF Microsoft Azure Web Application Firewall

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Information Technology Management

BC-600

Application Gateways

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 64.3/100 · strong

Contract Quality 10.6 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 9.9 / 15

Access Clarity 8.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 7.0 / 10

Contract Governance 2.0 / 9

Discoverability 6.2 / 8

Regulatory Posture 6.8 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0 Ask about this →
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link Ask about this →
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document Ask about this →
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented) Ask about this →
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks Ask about this →
Documented Reversibility +6 pts — a reversal operation in the contract, graded up when a window is documented too Ask about this →

6 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 56.5 — up to +10.9 composite points Ask about this →
Contract Governance scores 22.0 — up to +9.4 composite points Ask about this →
Access Clarity scores 53.2 — up to +9.4 composite points Ask about this →

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Network Edge (CDN, networking, peering, edge compute)	undeclared	-	-	-
Cisco DevNet Ecosystem (builders on Meraki, Catalyst, ISE, ThousandEyes, Splunk)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 3

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (documented)

OpenAPI

AGENT SKILL

manage-application-gateway

AGENT SKILL

manage-waf-policy

AGENT SKILL

Azure Application Gateway API pricing

Not yet checked against Azure Application Gateway's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free
Professional paid	Free
Enterprise enterprise	—

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Rate limits

Microsoft.Network write / delete (PUT): 1,000 per 5 minutes
Microsoft.Network read (GET): 10,000 per 5 minutes
ARM subscription reads (bucket size): Subscription reads 250 25

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Microsoft Azure Application Gateway Context

120 classes · 212 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

Azure Application Gateway API Rules

58 rules · 50 error-severity 7 warn-severity 1 info-severity

SPECTRAL

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Azure Application Gateway Trust Center

GDPR

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Azure Application Gateway Scopes

1 scope · implicit

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Azure Application Gateway Agentic Access

7 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Portal

Portal

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

AIPreferences

AIPreferences

Agent Surfaces 6

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

MCPServer

WellKnown

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

Design & Contract 9

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

JSONLD

Vocabulary

DataModel

Idempotency

Conventions

Lifecycle

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

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Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CLI

CLI

SDKs

SDKs

Packages

Packages

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 9

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Compliance

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

Security

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

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Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

ChangeLog

RateLimits

Support

Commercial 7

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

Pricing

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

UsageTerms

DataLicense

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Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 4

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Vendors

Leadership

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: microsoft-azure-application-gateway
name: Azure Application Gateway
description: Azure Application Gateway is Microsoft's managed layer-7 (HTTP/HTTPS) load balancer and reverse proxy with an
  optional Web Application Firewall. It is provisioned and managed through the Azure Resource Manager REST API (management.azure.com,
  Microsoft.Network resource provider), the Azure CLI (az network application-gateway), and the Azure SDKs for Python, JavaScript,
  .NET, Java and Go.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-azure-application-gateway.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-application-gateway/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-11-12'
tags:
- Layer-7
- Load Balancing
- Reverse Proxy
- WAF
- Microsoft Azure
- Web Application Firewall
tags_raw:
- Layer 7
- Load Balancing
- Reverse Proxy
- WAF
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-vocabulary.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-data-model.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-cli.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-conventions.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-conventions.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/trust-center
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-lifecycle.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-problem-types.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-llms.txt
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-mcp.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-www-security.txt
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-security.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-well-known.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-vendors.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-packages.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-packages.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/security
- type: Leadership
  url: https://news.microsoft.com/leadership
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/changelog
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/adaptive-cards/sdk/rendering-cards/android/getting-started
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.azure.com/
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-finops.yml
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-capability-edges.yml
  name: Azure Application Gateway Business Capability Map
- type: Website
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Azure
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: Support
  url: https://support.microsoft.com/
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://portal.azure.com/llms.txt
- url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/feed/
  type: Blog
- type: UsageTerms
  url: terms/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-terms-of-service.yml
- type: AIPreferences
  url: ai-preferences/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-ai-preferences.yml
- type: DataLicense
  url: data-license/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-data-license.yml
apis:
- aid: microsoft-azure-application-gateway:microsoft-azure-application-gateway-applicationgatewayprivateendpointconnections-api
  name: Azure Application Gateway Application Gateway Private Endpoint Connections API
  description: The ApplicationGatewayPrivateEndpointConnections API from Azure Application Gateway — 2 operation(s) for applicationgatewayprivateendpointconnections.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/application-gateway/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com
  tags:
  - ApplicationGatewayPrivateEndpointConnections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-applicationgatewayprivateendpointconnections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/application-gateway/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-application-gateway-private-endpoint-connection-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-application-gateway-private-endpoint-connection-list-result-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-application-gateway:microsoft-azure-application-gateway-applicationgatewayprivatelinkresources-api
  name: Azure Application Gateway Application Gateway Private Link Resources API
  description: The ApplicationGatewayPrivateLinkResources API from Azure Application Gateway — 1 operation(s) for applicationgatewayprivatelinkresources.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/application-gateway/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com
  tags:
  - ApplicationGatewayPrivateLinkResources
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-applicationgatewayprivatelinkresources-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/application-gateway/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-application-gateway-private-link-resource-list-result-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-application-gateway:microsoft-azure-application-gateway-subscriptions-api
  name: Azure Application Gateway Subscriptions API
  description: The Subscriptions API from Azure Application Gateway — 2 operation(s) for subscriptions.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/application-gateway/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com
  tags:
  - Subscription
  tags_raw:
  - Subscriptions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-subscriptions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/application-gateway/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-application-gateway-waf-dynamic-manifest-result-list-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-application-gateway-waf-dynamic-manifest-result-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-application-gateway:microsoft-azure-application-gateway-webapplicationfirewallpolicies-api
  name: Azure Application Gateway Web Application Firewall Policies API
  description: The WebApplicationFirewallPolicies API from Azure Application Gateway — 3 operation(s) for webapplicationfirewallpolicies.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/application-gateway/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com
  tags:
  - WebApplicationFirewallPolicies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-webapplicationfirewallpolicies-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/application-gateway/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-web-application-firewall-policy-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-web-application-firewall-policy-list-result-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-application-gateway:microsoft-azure-application-gateway-application-gateways-api
  name: Azure Application Gateway Application Gateways API
  description: The Application Gateways API from Azure Application Gateway — 14 operation(s) for application gateways.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/application-gateway/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com
  tags:
  - Application Gateways
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-application-gateways-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/application-gateway/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-application-gateway-on-demand-probe-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-application-gateway-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-application-gateway-available-ssl-predefined-policies-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-application-gateway-backend-health-on-demand-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-application-gateway-ssl-predefined-policy-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-application-gateway-application-gateway-available-ssl-options-schema.json
x-parent: microsoft-azure
x-relationship: product
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-11-12'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 5
  pass: local-v6

Azure Application Gateway API — frequently asked questions

Does Azure Application Gateway have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 5 APIs from Azure Application Gateway, including Azure Application Gateway Application Gateway Private Endpoint Connections API, Azure Application Gateway Application Gateway Private Link Resources API and Azure Application Gateway Subscriptions API, and 2 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Azure Application Gateway API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for Azure Application Gateway, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Azure Application Gateway API?

Azure Application Gateway uses bearer-token authentication (oauth2 · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Azure Application Gateway Authentication.

How much does the Azure Application Gateway API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Azure Application Gateway, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Does Azure Application Gateway have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Azure Application Gateway.

Is the Azure Application Gateway API ready for AI agents?

Azure Application Gateway has a Kin Score of 64.3 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 31.0 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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