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Azure Databricks Clusters API

Manage Databricks clusters for running Apache Spark workloads. Create, start, restart, resize, terminate, and permanently delete clusters.

Azure Databricks Clusters API is one of 38 APIs that Azure Databricks publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Cluster. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, an API reference, a JSON-LD context, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 13 operations across 13 paths, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{databricks_instance}.azuredatabricks.net/api.

13 operations 13 paths 10 schemas 4 GET9 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.1.0
Base URL
https://.azuredatabricks.net/api
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Azure Databricks Clusters API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth). It supports OAuth 2.0 (AzureADToken) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 1 scope. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • BearerAuth — Databricks personal access token. Pass the token in the Authorization header as Bearer .
  • AzureADToken — Azure Active Directory token for authenticating with Azure Databricks. Supports both user and service principal authentication.

Paths & Operations 13

Across 13 paths, the API surfaces 13 operations — 4 GET, 9 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Clusters 13

Manage Databricks clusters for running Apache Spark workloads. Create, start, restart, resize, terminate, and permanently delete clusters.

POST
/2.0/clusters/create
Azure Databricks Create a New Cluster
createCluster body → 200400401403429500
POST
/2.0/clusters/edit
Azure Databricks Edit a Cluster
editCluster body → 200400401403429500
POST
/2.0/clusters/start
Azure Databricks Start a Terminated Cluster
startCluster body → 200400401403429500
POST
/2.0/clusters/restart
Azure Databricks Restart a Running Cluster
restartCluster body → 200400401403429500
POST
/2.0/clusters/delete
Azure Databricks Terminate a Cluster
terminateCluster body → 200400401403429500
POST
/2.0/clusters/permanent-delete
Azure Databricks Permanently Delete a Cluster
permanentDeleteCluster body → 200400401403429500
GET
/2.0/clusters/get
Azure Databricks Get Cluster Information
getCluster 1 param → 200400401403404429500
GET
/2.0/clusters/list
Azure Databricks List All Clusters
listClusters 1 param → 200401403429500
POST
/2.0/clusters/pin
Azure Databricks Pin a Cluster
pinCluster body → 200400401403429500
POST
/2.0/clusters/unpin
Azure Databricks Unpin a Cluster
unpinCluster body → 200400401403429500
POST
/2.0/clusters/events
Azure Databricks List Cluster Events
listClusterEvents body → 200400401403429500
GET
/2.0/clusters/spark-versions
Azure Databricks List Available Spark Versions
listSparkVersions → 200401429500
GET
/2.0/clusters/list-node-types
Azure Databricks List Available Node Types
listNodeTypes → 200401429500

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ClusterInfo (37 properties), CreateClusterRequest (20 properties), NodeType (8 properties), SparkNode (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AutoScale
object
2 properties 2 required
SparkNode
object
6 properties
ClusterEvent
object
4 properties
InitScriptInfo
object
Configuration for a cluster init script
4 properties
ClusterInfo
object
37 properties
ClusterLogConf
object
Configuration for delivering Spark logs to a destination
2 properties
NodeType
object
8 properties
CreateClusterRequest
object
20 properties 1 required
AzureAttributes
object
Attributes specific to Azure Databricks clusters
3 properties
Error
object
2 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

microsoft-azure-databricks-clusters-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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