Api Management Service - Check Name Availability

Checks availability and correctness of a name for an API Management service.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.ApiManagement/checkNameAvailability?api-version=2024-05-01

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
subscriptionId
path True

string

uuid

The ID of the target subscription. The value must be an UUID.

api-version
query True

string

The API version to use for this operation.

Request Body

Name Required Type Description
name True

string

The name to check for availability.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

ApiManagementServiceNameAvailabilityResult

The result of check name availability.

Other Status Codes

ErrorResponse

Error response describing why the operation failed.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name Description
user_impersonation impersonate your user account

Examples

ApiManagementServiceCheckNameAvailability

Sample request

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/providers/Microsoft.ApiManagement/checkNameAvailability?api-version=2024-05-01

{
  "name": "apimService1"
}

Sample response

{
  "nameAvailable": true,
  "reason": "Valid",
  "message": ""
}

Definitions

Name Description
ApiManagementServiceCheckNameAvailabilityParameters

Parameters supplied to the CheckNameAvailability operation.

ApiManagementServiceNameAvailabilityResult

Response of the CheckNameAvailability operation.

ErrorAdditionalInfo

The resource management error additional info.

ErrorDetail

The error detail.

ErrorResponse

Error response

NameAvailabilityReason

Invalid indicates the name provided does not match the resource provider’s naming requirements (incorrect length, unsupported characters, etc.) AlreadyExists indicates that the name is already in use and is therefore unavailable.

ApiManagementServiceCheckNameAvailabilityParameters

Parameters supplied to the CheckNameAvailability operation.

Name Type Description
name

string

The name to check for availability.

ApiManagementServiceNameAvailabilityResult

Response of the CheckNameAvailability operation.

Name Type Description
message

string

If reason == invalid, provide the user with the reason why the given name is invalid, and provide the resource naming requirements so that the user can select a valid name. If reason == AlreadyExists, explain that is already in use, and direct them to select a different name.

nameAvailable

boolean

True if the name is available and can be used to create a new API Management service; otherwise false.

reason

NameAvailabilityReason

Invalid indicates the name provided does not match the resource provider’s naming requirements (incorrect length, unsupported characters, etc.) AlreadyExists indicates that the name is already in use and is therefore unavailable.

ErrorAdditionalInfo

The resource management error additional info.

Name Type Description
info

object

The additional info.

type

string

The additional info type.

ErrorDetail

The error detail.

Name Type Description
additionalInfo

ErrorAdditionalInfo[]

The error additional info.

code

string

The error code.

details

ErrorDetail[]

The error details.

message

string

The error message.

target

string

The error target.

ErrorResponse

Error response

Name Type Description
error

ErrorDetail

The error object.

NameAvailabilityReason

Invalid indicates the name provided does not match the resource provider’s naming requirements (incorrect length, unsupported characters, etc.) AlreadyExists indicates that the name is already in use and is therefore unavailable.

Name Type Description
AlreadyExists

string

Invalid

string

Valid

string