Check Name Availability
The Check Name Availability operation checks if a new job collection with the given name may be created, or if it is unavailable. The result of the operation is a Boolean ‘true’ or ‘false.’
Request
The Check Name Availability request is specified as follows. Replace <subscription-id> with your subscription ID, <cloud-service-id> with your cloud service ID, and <job-collection-id> with the ID of the job collection whose availability you would like to check.
Method |
Request URI |
---|---|
POST |
https://management.core.windows.net/<subscription-id>/cloudservices/<cloud-service-id>/resources/scheduler/jobCollections/?op=checknameavailability&resourceName=<job-collection-id> |
URI Parameters
Parameter |
Description |
---|---|
op |
Required. Set to value “checknameavailability” for this operation |
resourceName |
Required. Set to the name of the job collection whose availability you’d like to check |
Request Headers
The following table describes required and optional request headers.
Request Header |
Description |
---|---|
x-ms-version |
Required. Specifies the version of the operation to use for this request. This header should be set to 2013-06-01 or a later version. |
Request Body
None.
Response
The response includes an HTTP status code, a set of response headers, and a response body.
Status Code
A successful operation returns status code 200 (OK).
Response Headers
The response for this operation includes the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTP headers. All standard headers conform to the HTTP/1.1 protocol specification.
Response Header |
Description |
---|---|
x-ms-request-id |
A value that uniquely identifies a request made against the Management service. For an asynchronous operation, you can call get operation status with the value of the header to determine whether the operation is complete, has failed, or is still in progress. See Tracking Asynchronous Service Management Requests for more information. |
Response Body
The format of the response body is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ResourceNameAvailabilityResponse xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<IsAvailable>false</IsAvailable>
</ResourceNameAvailabilityResponse>
Key Elements
Below are key elements of the response body:
IsAvailable
Contains the decision on whether or not the resource name (the name of the job collection being queried) is available to be created.
Authorization
Any management certificate associated with the subscription specified by <Subscription-Id> can be used to authenticate this operation. For additional details, see Authenticating Service Management Requests
Sample Request and Response
The following sample URI makes a request for fictional subscription named mysub and fictional cloud service mycs:
GET https://management.core.windows.net/mysub/cloudservices/mycs/resources/scheduler/jobCollections/?op=checknameavailability&resourceName=JC1 HTTP/1.1
The request is sent with the following headers:
x-ms-version: 2013-06-01
Host: management.core.windows.net
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8
The request is sent with the following XML body:
(Empty)
After the request has been sent, the following response is returned:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Cache-Control: no-cache
Content-Length: 203
Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8
Server: 1.0.6198.12 (rd_rdfe_stable.131001-0757) Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
x-ms-servedbyregion: ussouth
x-ms-request-id: dc15a602d28b203ab4b748251ffca86f
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 06:46:46 GMT
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ResourceNameAvailabilityResponse xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<IsAvailable>false</IsAvailable>
</ResourceNameAvailabilityResponse>
See Also
What is Scheduler?
Get Started Using Scheduler in the Management Portal
Scheduler Concepts, Terminology, and Entity Hierarchy
How to Build Complex Schedules and Advanced Recurrence with Azure Scheduler
Scheduler PowerShell Cmdlets Reference
Scheduler High-Availability and Reliability
Scheduler Outbound Authentication
Scheduler Limits, Defaults, and Error Codes
Plans and Billing in Azure Scheduler
Azure Scheduler Pricing
Azure Scheduler Videos
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