Query Keys - Create

Generates a new query key for the specified search service. You can create up to 50 query keys per service.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Search/searchServices/{searchServiceName}/createQueryKey/{name}?api-version=2023-11-01

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
name
path True

string

The name of the new query API key.

resourceGroupName
path True

string

The name of the resource group within the current subscription. You can obtain this value from the Azure Resource Manager API or the portal.

searchServiceName
path True

string

The name of the search service associated with the specified resource group.

subscriptionId
path True

string

The unique identifier for a Microsoft Azure subscription. You can obtain this value from the Azure Resource Manager API, command line tools, or the portal.

api-version
query True

string

The API version to use for each request.

Request Header

Name Required Type Description
x-ms-client-request-id

string

uuid

A client-generated GUID value that identifies this request. If specified, this will be included in response information as a way to track the request.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

QueryKey

The query key was successfully created and is in the response. You can use the query key as the value of the 'api-key' parameter in the data plane REST API or an Azure SDK to perform read-only operations on your Search indexes such as querying and looking up documents by ID.

Other Status Codes

CloudError

HTTP 404 (Not Found): The subscription, resource group, or search service could not be found. HTTP 409 (Conflict): The specified subscription is disabled.

Security

azure_auth

Microsoft Entra ID OAuth2 authorization flow.

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

Scopes

Name Description
user_impersonation impersonate your user account

Examples

SearchCreateQueryKey

Sample Request

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/subid/resourceGroups/rg1/providers/Microsoft.Search/searchServices/mysearchservice/createQueryKey/Query key for browser-based clients?api-version=2023-11-01

Sample Response

{
  "name": "Query key for browser-based clients",
  "key": "<a query API key>"
}

Definitions

Name Description
CloudError

Contains information about an API error.

CloudErrorBody

Describes a particular API error with an error code and a message.

QueryKey

Describes an API key for a given search service that has permissions for query operations only.

CloudError

Contains information about an API error.

Name Type Description
error

CloudErrorBody

Describes a particular API error with an error code and a message.

CloudErrorBody

Describes a particular API error with an error code and a message.

Name Type Description
code

string

An error code that describes the error condition more precisely than an HTTP status code. Can be used to programmatically handle specific error cases.

details

CloudErrorBody[]

Contains nested errors that are related to this error.

message

string

A message that describes the error in detail and provides debugging information.

target

string

The target of the particular error (for example, the name of the property in error).

QueryKey

Describes an API key for a given search service that has permissions for query operations only.

Name Type Description
key

string

The value of the query API key.

name

string

The name of the query API key; may be empty.