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Azure Front Door

Azure Front Door Service enables you to define, manage, and monitor the global routing for your web traffic. The REST API supports configuring routing rules, backend pools, health probes, caching policies, and WAF rules for secure and performant application delivery at the edge.

Azure Front Door publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Operations API and Profiles API. Tagged areas include CDN, Edge, Global Routing, Load Balancing, and WAF.

Azure Front Door’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, pricing, support, and 7 more developer resources.

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44.4/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
2 APIs
CDNEdgeGlobal RoutingLoad BalancingWAF

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 44.4/100 · developing
Contract Quality 13.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20
Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Azure Front Door Operations API

Operations operations

Azure Front Door Profiles API

Profiles operations

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Azure Front Door REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Microsoft Azure Front Door Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Microsoft Azure Front Door Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Microsoft Azure Front Door Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Microsoft Azure Front Door Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Microsoft Azure Front Door Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Microsoft Azure Front Door Scopes

1 scope · implicit

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Microsoft Azure Front Door Agentic Access

7 operations · 3 acting

7 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: microsoft-azure-front-door
name: Azure Front Door
description: Azure Front Door Service enables you to define, manage, and monitor the global routing for your web traffic.
  The REST API supports configuring routing rules, backend pools, health probes, caching policies, and WAF rules for secure
  and performant application delivery at the edge.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-azure-front-door.png
tags:
- CDN
- Edge
- Global Routing
- Load Balancing
- WAF
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-front-door/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: microsoft-azure-front-door:microsoft-azure-front-door-operations-api
  name: Azure Front Door Operations API
  description: Operations operations
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/frontdoor/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags:
  - Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-front-door-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/frontdoor/
- aid: microsoft-azure-front-door:microsoft-azure-front-door-profiles-api
  name: Azure Front Door Profiles API
  description: Profiles operations
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/frontdoor/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags:
  - Profiles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-front-door-profiles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/frontdoor/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-azure-front-door-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-azure-front-door-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-azure-front-door-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/microsoft-azure-front-door-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
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com