Services - Check Name Availability

Service:

Search Management

API Version:

2023-11-01

Checks whether or not the given search service name is available for use. Search service names must be globally unique since they are part of the service URI (https://.search.windows.net).

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Search/checkNameAvailability?api-version=2023-11-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
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.

Request Body

Name	Required	Type	Description
name	True	string	The search service name to validate. Search service names must only contain lowercase letters, digits or dashes, cannot use dash as the first two or last one characters, cannot contain consecutive dashes, and must be between 2 and 60 characters in length.
type	True	ResourceType	The type of the resource whose name is to be validated. This value must always be 'searchServices'.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	CheckNameAvailabilityOutput	The name check completed. The response contains details of whether the name is valid and available. If the name is invalid, the response also contains a message explaining why not.
Other Status Codes	CloudError	HTTP 400 (Bad Request): The given resource type is not 'searchServices'.

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

SearchCheckNameAvailability

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/subid/providers/Microsoft.Search/checkNameAvailability?api-version=2023-11-01

{
  "name": "mysearchservice",
  "type": "searchServices"
}

Java

import com.azure.resourcemanager.search.models.CheckNameAvailabilityInput;

/**
 * Samples for Services CheckNameAvailability.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/search/resource-manager/Microsoft.Search/stable/2023-11-01/examples/SearchCheckNameAvailability.
     * json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: SearchCheckNameAvailability.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void searchCheckNameAvailability(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.searchServices().manager().serviceClient().getServices().checkNameAvailabilityWithResponse(
            new CheckNameAvailabilityInput().withName("mysearchservice"), null, com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

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Go

package armsearch_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/search/armsearch"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/7e29dd59eef13ef347d09e41a63f2585be77b3ca/specification/search/resource-manager/Microsoft.Search/stable/2023-11-01/examples/SearchCheckNameAvailability.json
func ExampleServicesClient_CheckNameAvailability() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armsearch.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	res, err := clientFactory.NewServicesClient().CheckNameAvailability(ctx, armsearch.CheckNameAvailabilityInput{
		Name: to.Ptr("mysearchservice"),
		Type: to.Ptr("searchServices"),
	}, &armsearch.SearchManagementRequestOptions{ClientRequestID: nil}, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	// You could use response here. We use blank identifier for just demo purposes.
	_ = res
	// If the HTTP response code is 200 as defined in example definition, your response structure would look as follows. Please pay attention that all the values in the output are fake values for just demo purposes.
	// res.CheckNameAvailabilityOutput = armsearch.CheckNameAvailabilityOutput{
	// 	Message: to.Ptr(""),
	// 	IsNameAvailable: to.Ptr(false),
	// 	Reason: to.Ptr(armsearch.UnavailableNameReasonAlreadyExists),
	// }
}

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JavaScript

const { SearchManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-search");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Checks whether or not the given search service name is available for use. Search service names must be globally unique since they are part of the service URI (https://<name>.search.windows.net).
 *
 * @summary Checks whether or not the given search service name is available for use. Search service names must be globally unique since they are part of the service URI (https://<name>.search.windows.net).
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/search/resource-manager/Microsoft.Search/stable/2023-11-01/examples/SearchCheckNameAvailability.json
 */
async function searchCheckNameAvailability() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["SEARCH_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "subid";
  const name = "mysearchservice";
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new SearchManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.services.checkNameAvailability(name);
  console.log(result);
}

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dotnet

using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Azure;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Resources;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Search;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Search.Models;

// Generated from example definition: specification/search/resource-manager/Microsoft.Search/stable/2023-11-01/examples/SearchCheckNameAvailability.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "Services_CheckNameAvailability" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

// get your azure access token, for more details of how Azure SDK get your access token, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/sdk/authentication?tabs=command-line
TokenCredential cred = new DefaultAzureCredential();
// authenticate your client
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(cred);

// this example assumes you already have this SubscriptionResource created on azure
// for more information of creating SubscriptionResource, please refer to the document of SubscriptionResource
string subscriptionId = "subid";
ResourceIdentifier subscriptionResourceId = SubscriptionResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId);
SubscriptionResource subscriptionResource = client.GetSubscriptionResource(subscriptionResourceId);

// invoke the operation
SearchServiceNameAvailabilityContent content = new SearchServiceNameAvailabilityContent("mysearchservice");
SearchServiceNameAvailabilityResult result = await subscriptionResource.CheckSearchServiceNameAvailabilityAsync(content);

Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded: {result}");

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Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "nameAvailable": false,
  "reason": "AlreadyExists",
  "message": ""
}

Definitions

Name	Description
CheckNameAvailabilityInput	Input of check name availability API.
CheckNameAvailabilityOutput	Output of check name availability API.
CloudError	Contains information about an API error.
CloudErrorBody	Describes a particular API error with an error code and a message.
ResourceType	The type of the resource whose name is to be validated. This value must always be 'searchServices'.
UnavailableNameReason	The reason why the name is not available. 'Invalid' indicates the name provided does not match the naming requirements (incorrect length, unsupported characters, etc.). 'AlreadyExists' indicates that the name is already in use and is therefore unavailable.

CheckNameAvailabilityInput

Input of check name availability API.

Name	Type	Description
name	string	The search service name to validate. Search service names must only contain lowercase letters, digits or dashes, cannot use dash as the first two or last one characters, cannot contain consecutive dashes, and must be between 2 and 60 characters in length.
type	ResourceType	The type of the resource whose name is to be validated. This value must always be 'searchServices'.

CheckNameAvailabilityOutput

Output of check name availability API.

Name	Type	Description
message	string	A message that explains why the name is invalid and provides resource naming requirements. Available only if 'Invalid' is returned in the 'reason' property.
nameAvailable	boolean	A value indicating whether the name is available.
reason	UnavailableNameReason	The reason why the name is not available. 'Invalid' indicates the name provided does not match the naming requirements (incorrect length, unsupported characters, etc.). 'AlreadyExists' indicates that the name is already in use and is therefore unavailable.

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).

ResourceType

The type of the resource whose name is to be validated. This value must always be 'searchServices'.

Name	Type	Description
searchServices	string	'searchServices' is the only resource type whose name can be validated.

UnavailableNameReason

The reason why the name is not available. 'Invalid' indicates the name provided does not match the naming requirements (incorrect length, unsupported characters, etc.). 'AlreadyExists' indicates that the name is already in use and is therefore unavailable.

Name	Type	Description
AlreadyExists	string	The search service name is already assigned to a different search service.
Invalid	string	The search service name does not match naming requirements.