Using Azure Resource Graph returned Sku name to call Pricing API

Question

I am querying the resource graph to get all disks. For a disk I get the returned sku (in my case Standard_LRS) and region . I am then using this sku name and region to query the price sheet api. My goal is to get the cost for this type of disks, but the price sheet api return a lot of results. Which sku should I use to determine a price for the disk.

The calculator estimates a cost of 1.54$ for a S4 HDD in Germany West Central.
Can I make the same estimation using the price sheet api and the information from the resource graph api?

Additionally, can I use the azure calculator via an api call ?

Answer 1

@Stanislav Fotev Greetings!

To determine the cost for a specific disk type using the Price Sheet API, you'll need to use multiple filters/combination of those to get the unique value for the correct SKU. This section in the doc https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cost-management/retail-prices/azure-retail-prices#api-filters mentions multiple filter parameters.

Here's how you can do it:

Use the endpoint https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?api-version=2023-01-01-preview

Add query parameters to filter by the SKU and region. For example:

https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?api-version=2023-01-01-preview&$filter=serviceName eq 'Storage' and skuName eq 'Standard_LRS' and regionName eq 'Germany West Central'

The API will return a JSON response with the pricing details for the specified SKU and region.

You can compare the API response with the Azure Pricing Calculator to ensure the estimated cost matches2. For example, if the calculator estimates $1.54 for a S4 HDD in Germany West Central, you should see a similar price in the API response.

Regarding your question about using the Azure calculator via an API call, unfortunately, there isn't a direct API call to the Azure Pricing Calculator. However, you can use the Price Sheet API to programmatically retrieve pricing information and build your own cost estimation tool.

Hope this helps. Please post a reply if you need further assistance.

Answer 2

Hi
I am working on a powershell script to find out the existing disk cost price per month. I am trying to use Azure Pricing API
To get the price I need Location, SKUName, ProductType

-DiskSku "E20 LRS" -currencyCode "USD" -region "eastus"

Hoever to get the Existing disk info I am using Get-AzDisk cmdlet and I am getting these info

But skuName I am not getting.

Need info on from where can we fetch that?

Kindly help