Azure Retail Prices API missing prices

Question

Arushi Gaur 0

Hey,
I am trying to query preview version of Azure retail prices API (https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?api-version=2023-01-01-preview&$filter=serviceName eq 'Virtual Machines' and armSkuName eq 'Standard_HX176rs' and armRegionName eq 'westus3') and it is returning empty list of items.
Response:**
{**"BillingCurrency": "USD","CustomerEntityId": "Default","CustomerEntityType": "Retail","Items": [],"NextPageLink": null,"Count": **0}
**
Also, when I am trying to for some other machines(example : Standard_B16ls_v2), the response is missing prices that were present earlier.

I just wanted to confirm if my query is correct or if there has been some change in the API.

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2024-02-12T12:53:47.8233333+00:00

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2024-02-14T05:59:53.8666667+00:00

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2024-02-12T12:53:47.8233333+00:00

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Answer 1

Hello @Arushi Gaur Thank you for reaching out to us on Microsoft Q&A platform. Happy to help!

Based on the details provided in the original post, I see that you are unable to retrieve the pricing for HX-series VM using Azure Retail Prices API. This is because, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1526983/azure-retail-prices-api-missing-prices - HX-series VM is not available in West US 3 region. Same can be verified in the VM pricing page https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/details/virtual-machines/windows/#pricing:

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Hence, even via the Retail Price API, the response will be empty.

Also B16lsv2 is available in west us 3 region and we are getting the response while calling the Retail Price API: https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?api-version=2023-01-01-preview&$filter=serviceName eq 'Virtual Machines' and armSkuName eq 'Standard_B16ls_v2' and armRegionName eq 'westus3'

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Hope this clarifies. Do let us know if you have any questions in this matter!

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