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Azure Networking Virtual Networks API

Operations for creating, updating, deleting, and listing Azure Virtual Networks within subscriptions and resource groups.

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Azure Networking Virtual Networks API is one of 25 APIs that Azure Networking publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Virtual Networks. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 9 operations across 4 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2024-05-01.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://management.azure.com.

9 operations 4 paths 8 schemas 2 DELETE4 GET1 PATCH2 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2024-05-01
Base URL
https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Contact
Microsoft Azure Support
License
Microsoft API License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Azure Networking Virtual Networks API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2Auth) using the implicit flow, exposing 1 scope. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • OAuth2Auth — Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Paths & Operations 9

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 2 DELETE, 4 GET, 1 PATCH, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Virtual Networks 9

Operations for creating, updating, deleting, and listing Azure Virtual Networks within subscriptions and resource groups.

GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks
Azure Networking List virtual networks
VirtualNetworks_List 3 params → 200401404
GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/{virtualNetworkName}
Azure Networking Get virtual network
VirtualNetworks_Get 4 params → 200401404
PUT
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/{virtualNetworkName}
Azure Networking Create or update virtual network
VirtualNetworks_CreateOrUpdate 4 params body → 200201400401
DELETE
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/{virtualNetworkName}
Azure Networking Delete virtual network
VirtualNetworks_Delete 4 params → 200202204401
GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks
Azure Networking List all virtual networks
VirtualNetworks_ListAll 2 params → 200401
GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/{name}
Azure Virtual Network REST API Get resource
getVirtualnetworks 4 params → 200404default
PUT
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/{name}
Azure Virtual Network REST API Create or update resource
createOrUpdateVirtualnetworks 4 params body → 200201default
PATCH
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/{name}
Azure Virtual Network REST API Update resource
updateVirtualnetworks 4 params body → 200default
DELETE
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/{name}
Azure Virtual Network REST API Delete resource
deleteVirtualnetworks 4 params → 200202204default

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Resource (6 properties), VirtualNetwork (6 properties), Subnet (3 properties), VirtualNetworkPeering (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

VirtualNetworkListResult
object
Response for the ListVirtualNetworks API service call.
2 properties
ErrorResponse
object
1 property
Resource
object
6 properties
VirtualNetwork
object
A virtual network in a resource group.
6 properties
DhcpOptions
object
DhcpOptions contains an array of DNS servers.
1 property
VirtualNetworkPeering
object
Peerings in a virtual network resource.
3 properties
AddressSpace
object
AddressSpace contains an array of IP address ranges.
1 property
Subnet
object
Subnet in a virtual network resource.
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

microsoft-azure-networking-virtual-networks-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
microsoft-azure-networking:microsoft-azure-networking-virtual-networks-api
Base URL
https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks
Docs
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/virtual-network/
Provider
Azure Networking
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