aid: azure-openai
name: Azure OpenAI Service
description: >-
  Azure OpenAI Service (part of Microsoft Foundry Models) provides REST API
  access to OpenAI models including GPT, o-series reasoning models, DALL-E,
  Whisper, and embedding models, hosted within Microsoft Azure with enterprise
  security, regional availability, private networking, content filtering, and
  Microsoft Entra ID integration. The data-plane REST API exposes endpoints
  for chat completions, completions, embeddings, image generation, audio
  transcription/translation, fine-tuning, and the Responses API, while the
  control-plane API manages Azure OpenAI resources and deployments.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - AI
  - LLM
  - Generative AI
  - Azure
  - OpenAI
  - Foundation Models
  - Chat Completions
  - Embeddings
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-openai/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: azure-openai:inference-api
    name: Azure OpenAI Inference REST API
    description: >-
      Data-plane REST API for running inference against deployed Azure OpenAI
      models, including chat completions, completions, embeddings, image
      generation, and audio transcription/translation. Authenticate with API
      key (api-key header) or Microsoft Entra ID bearer token.
    humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/reference
    baseURL: https://{your-resource-name}.openai.azure.com/openai
    tags:
      - Inference
      - Chat Completions
      - Embeddings
      - Image Generation
      - Audio
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/reference
      - type: API Reference (Latest)
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/latest
      - type: API Reference (Preview)
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/reference-preview-latest
      - type: OpenAPI Source
        url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/cognitiveservices/data-plane/AzureOpenAI
  - aid: azure-openai:responses-api
    name: Azure OpenAI Responses API
    description: >-
      Stateful, agent-friendly API for building multi-turn AI experiences with
      tool use, file inputs, and conversation state managed on the service side.
    humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/responses
    baseURL: https://{your-resource-name}.openai.azure.com/openai/responses
    tags:
      - Responses
      - Agents
      - Tool Use
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/responses
  - aid: azure-openai:control-plane
    name: Azure OpenAI Control Plane API
    description: >-
      Azure Resource Manager (ARM) REST API for creating and managing Azure
      OpenAI accounts, model deployments, network rules, and other resource
      configuration.
    humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cognitiveservices/
    baseURL: https://management.azure.com
    tags:
      - ARM
      - Control Plane
      - Deployments
      - Resource Management
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cognitiveservices/
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-services/openai-service
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/
  - type: API Reference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/reference
  - type: Quickstart
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/quickstart
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/cognitive-services/openai-service/
  - type: Sign Up
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
  - type: GitHub Samples
    url: https://github.com/Azure-Samples/Azure-OpenAI-Docs-Samples
  - type: OpenAPI Source
    url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/cognitiveservices/data-plane/AzureOpenAI
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com