Alias - Create
Use to create an alias.
Note
Azure Maps Creator retirement
The Azure Maps Creator indoor map service is now deprecated and will be retired on 9/30/25. For more information, see End of Life Announcement of Azure Maps Creator.
The Create
API is an HTTP POST
request that allows the caller to create an alias and optionally assign it to a resource. An alias can reference an ID generated by a creator service, but cannot reference another alias ID.
To create your alias, you will use a POST
request. If you would like to assign the alias during the creation, you will pass the resourceId
query parameter.
The Create API returns a HTTP 201 Created
response with the alias resource in the body.
A sample response from creating an alias:
{
"createdTimestamp": "2020-02-13T21:19:11.123Z",
"aliasId": "a8a4b8bb-ecf4-fb27-a618-f41721552766",
"creatorDataItemId": "e89aebb9-70a3-8fe1-32bb-1fbd0c725f14",
"lastUpdatedTimestamp": "2020-02-13T21:19:22.123Z"
}
POST https://{geography}.atlas.microsoft.com/aliases?api-version=2.0
POST https://{geography}.atlas.microsoft.com/aliases?api-version=2.0&creatorDataItemId={creatorDataItemId}
Name | In | Required | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
geography
|
path | True |
string |
This parameter specifies where the Azure Maps Creator resource is located. Valid values are us and eu. |
api-version
|
query | True |
string |
Version number of Azure Maps API. |
creator
|
query |
string |
The unique id that references a creator data item to be aliased. |
Name | Required | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|
x-ms-client-id |
string |
Specifies which account is intended for usage in conjunction with the Microsoft Entra ID security model. It represents a unique ID for the Azure Maps account and can be retrieved from the Azure Maps management plane Account API. To use Microsoft Entra ID security in Azure Maps see the following articles for guidance. |
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
201 Created |
Content created successfully. The response body contains the newly created alias id Headers Access-Control-Expose-Headers: string |
|
Other Status Codes |
An unexpected error occurred. |
These are the Microsoft Entra OAuth 2.0 Flows. When paired with Azure role-based access control it can be used to control access to Azure Maps REST APIs. Azure role-based access controls are used to designate access to one or more Azure Maps resource account or sub-resources. Any user, group, or service principal can be granted access via a built-in role or a custom role composed of one or more permissions to Azure Maps REST APIs.
To implement scenarios, we recommend viewing authentication concepts. In summary, this security definition provides a solution for modeling application(s) via objects capable of access control on specific APIs and scopes.
- This security definition requires the use of the
x-ms-client-id
header to indicate which Azure Maps resource the application is requesting access to. This can be acquired from the Maps management API.
The Authorization URL
is specific to the Azure public cloud instance. Sovereign clouds have unique Authorization URLs and Azure Active directory configurations.
*
The Azure role-based access control is configured from the Azure management plane via Azure portal, PowerShell, CLI, Azure SDKs, or REST APIs.
*
Usage of the Azure Maps Web SDK allows for configuration based setup of an application for multiple use cases.
- For more information on Microsoft identity platform, see Microsoft identity platform overview.
Type:
oauth2
Flow:
implicit
Authorization URL:
https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize
Name | Description |
---|---|
https://atlas.microsoft.com/.default | https://atlas.microsoft.com/.default |
This is a shared key that is provisioned when you Create an Azure Maps account in the Azure portal or using PowerShell, CLI, Azure SDKs, or REST API.
With this key, any application can access all REST API. In other words, this key can be used as a master key in the account that they are issued in.
For publicly exposed applications, our recommendation is to use the confidential client applications approach to access Azure Maps REST APIs so your key can be securely stored.
Type:
apiKey
In:
query
This is a shared access signature token is created from the List SAS operation on the Azure Maps resource through the Azure management plane via Azure portal, PowerShell, CLI, Azure SDKs, or REST APIs.
With this token, any application is authorized to access with Azure role-based access controls and fine-grain control to the expiration, rate, and region(s) of use for the particular token. In other words, the SAS Token can be used to allow applications to control access in a more secured way than the shared key.
For publicly exposed applications, our recommendation is to configure a specific list of allowed origins on the Map account resource to limit rendering abuse and regularly renew the SAS Token.
Type:
apiKey
In:
header
Sample request
POST https://us.atlas.microsoft.com/aliases?api-version=2.0
Sample response
{
"createdTimestamp": "2021-05-01T01:02:03.456Z",
"aliasId": "25084fb7-307a-4720-8f91-7952a0b91012",
"creatorDataItemId": null,
"lastUpdatedTimestamp": "2021-05-01T01:02:03.456Z"
}
Name | Description |
---|---|
Alias |
Detailed information for the alias. |
Error |
The resource management error additional info. |
Error |
The error detail. |
Error |
Error response |
Detailed information for the alias.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
aliasId |
string |
The id for the alias. |
createdTimestamp |
string |
The created timestamp for the alias. |
creatorDataItemId |
string |
The id for the creator data item that this alias references (could be null if the alias has not been assigned). |
lastUpdatedTimestamp |
string |
The timestamp of the last time the alias was assigned. |
The resource management error additional info.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
info |
object |
The additional info. |
type |
string |
The additional info type. |
The error detail.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
additionalInfo |
The error additional info. |
|
code |
string |
The error code. |
details |
The error details. |
|
message |
string |
The error message. |
target |
string |
The error target. |
Error response
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
error |
The error object. |