azure-monitor-query-py — Claude Code skill: setup and usage

---
name: azure-monitor-query-py
description: |
  Azure Monitor Query SDK for Python. Use for querying Log Analytics workspaces and Azure Monitor metrics.
  Triggers: "azure-monitor-query", "LogsQueryClient", "MetricsQueryClient", "Log Analytics", "Kusto queries", "Azure metrics".
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Microsoft
  version: "1.0.0"
  package: azure-monitor-query
---

# Azure Monitor Query SDK for Python

Query logs and metrics from Azure Monitor and Log Analytics workspaces.

## Installation

```bash
pip install azure-monitor-query
```

## Environment Variables

```bash
# Log Analytics
AZURE_LOG_ANALYTICS_WORKSPACE_ID=<workspace-id>  # Required for log queries

# Metrics
AZURE_METRICS_RESOURCE_URI=/subscriptions/<sub>/resourceGroups/<rg>/providers/<provider>/<type>/<name>  # Required for metric queries
AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod # Required only if DefaultAzureCredential is used in production
```

## Authentication & Lifecycle

> **🔑 Two rules apply to every code sample below:**
>
> 1. **Prefer `DefaultAzureCredential`.** It works locally (Azure CLI / VS Code / Developer CLI) and in Azure (managed identity, workload identity) with no code change. Avoid connection strings, account/API keys — they bypass Entra audit and rotation.
>    - Local dev: `DefaultAzureCredential` works as-is.
>    - Production: set `AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod` (or `AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=<specific_credential>`) to constrain the credential chain to production-safe credentials.
> 2. **Wrap every client in a context manager** so HTTP transports, sockets, and token caches are released deterministically:
>    - Sync: `with <Client>(...) as client:`
>    - Async: `async with <Client>(...) as client:` **and** `async with DefaultAzureCredential() as credential:` (from `azure.identity.aio`)
>
> Snippets may abbreviate this setup, but production code should always follow both rules.

```python
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential, ManagedIdentityCredential

# Local dev: DefaultAzureCredential. Production: set AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod or AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=<specific_credential>
credential = DefaultAzureCredential(require_envvar=True)
# Or use a specific credential directly in production:
# See https://learn.microsoft.com/python/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-python#credential-classes
# credential = ManagedIdentityCredential()
```

## Logs Query Client

### Basic Query

```python
from azure.monitor.query import LogsQueryClient
from datetime import timedelta

query = """
AppRequests
| where TimeGenerated > ago(1h)
| summarize count() by bin(TimeGenerated, 5m), ResultCode
| order by TimeGenerated desc
"""

with LogsQueryClient(credential) as client:
    response = client.query_workspace(
        workspace_id=os.environ["AZURE_LOG_ANALYTICS_WORKSPACE_ID"],
        query=query,
        timespan=timedelta(hours=1)
    )

    for table in response.tables:
        for row in table.rows:
            print(row)
```

### Query with Time Range

```python
from datetime import datetime, timezone

response = client.query_workspace(
    workspace_id=workspace_id,
    query="AppRequests | take 10",
    timespan=(
        datetime(2024, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
        datetime(2024, 1, 2, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
    )
)
```

### Convert to DataFrame

```python
import pandas as pd

response = client.query_workspace(workspace_id, query, timespan=timedelta(hours=1))

if response.tables:
    table = response.tables[0]
    df = pd.DataFrame(data=table.rows, columns=[col.name for col in table.columns])
    print(df.head())
```

### Batch Query

```python
from azure.monitor.query import LogsBatchQuery

queries = [
    LogsBatchQuery(workspace_id=workspace_id, query="AppRequests | take 5", timespan=timedelta(hours=1)),
    LogsBatchQuery(workspace_id=workspace_id, query="AppExceptions | take 5", timespan=timedelta(hours=1))
]

responses = client.query_batch(queries)

for response in responses:
    if response.tables:
        print(f"Rows: {len(response.tables[0].rows)}")
```

### Handle Partial Results

```python
from azure.monitor.query import LogsQueryStatus

response = client.query_workspace(workspace_id, query, timespan=timedelta(hours=24))

if response.status == LogsQueryStatus.PARTIAL:
    print(f"Partial results: {response.partial_error}")
elif response.status == LogsQueryStatus.FAILURE:
    print(f"Query failed: {response.partial_error}")
```

## Metrics Query Client

### Query Resource Metrics

```python
from azure.monitor.query import MetricsQueryClient
from datetime import timedelta

with MetricsQueryClient(credential) as metrics_client:
    response = metrics_client.query_resource(
        resource_uri=os.environ["AZURE_METRICS_RESOURCE_URI"],
        metric_names=["Percentage CPU", "Network In Total"],
        timespan=timedelta(hours=1),
        granularity=timedelta(minutes=5)
    )

    for metric in response.metrics:
        print(f"{metric.name}:")
        for time_series in metric.timeseries:
            for data in time_series.data:
                print(f"  {data.timestamp}: {data.average}")
```

### Aggregations

```python
from azure.monitor.query import MetricAggregationType

response = metrics_client.query_resource(
    resource_uri=resource_uri,
    metric_names=["Requests"],
    timespan=timedelta(hours=1),
    aggregations=[
        MetricAggregationType.AVERAGE,
        MetricAggregationType.MAXIMUM,
        MetricAggregationType.MINIMUM,
        MetricAggregationType.COUNT
    ]
)
```

### Filter by Dimension

```python
response = metrics_client.query_resource(
    resource_uri=resource_uri,
    metric_names=["Requests"],
    timespan=timedelta(hours=1),
    filter="ApiName eq 'GetBlob'"
)
```

### List Metric Definitions

```python
definitions = metrics_client.list_metric_definitions(resource_uri)
for definition in definitions:
    print(f"{definition.name}: {definition.unit}")
```

### List Metric Namespaces

```python
namespaces = metrics_client.list_metric_namespaces(resource_uri)
for ns in namespaces:
    print(ns.fully_qualified_namespace)
```

## Async Clients

```python
from azure.monitor.query.aio import LogsQueryClient, MetricsQueryClient
from azure.identity.aio import DefaultAzureCredential

async def query_logs():
    async with DefaultAzureCredential() as credential:
        async with LogsQueryClient(credential) as client:
            response = await client.query_workspace(
                workspace_id=workspace_id,
                query="AppRequests | take 10",
                timespan=timedelta(hours=1)
            )
            return response
```

## Common Kusto Queries

```kusto
// Requests by status code
AppRequests
| summarize count() by ResultCode
| order by count_ desc

// Exceptions over time
AppExceptions
| summarize count() by bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)

// Slow requests
AppRequests
| where DurationMs > 1000
| project TimeGenerated, Name, DurationMs
| order by DurationMs desc

// Top errors
AppExceptions
| summarize count() by ExceptionType
| top 10 by count_
```

## Client Types

| Client | Purpose |
|--------|---------|
| `LogsQueryClient` | Query Log Analytics workspaces |
| `MetricsQueryClient` | Query Azure Monitor metrics |

## Best Practices

1. **Pick sync OR async and stay consistent.** Do not mix `azure.xxx` sync clients with `azure.xxx.aio` async clients in the same call path. Choose one mode per module.
2. **Always use context managers for clients and async credentials.** Wrap every client in `with Client(...) as client:` (sync) or `async with Client(...) as client:` (async). For async `DefaultAzureCredential` from `azure.identity.aio`, also use `async with credential:` so tokens and transports are cleaned up.
3. **Use `DefaultAzureCredential`** for portable auth across local dev and Azure (avoid connection strings / API keys when possible).
4. **Use timedelta** for relative time ranges
4. **Handle partial results** for large queries
5. **Use batch queries** when running multiple queries
6. **Set appropriate granularity** for metrics to reduce data points
7. **Convert to DataFrame** for easier data analysis
8. **Use aggregations** to summarize metric data
9. **Filter by dimensions** to narrow metric results

## Reference Files

| File | Contents |
|------|----------|
| [references/capabilities.md](references/capabilities.md) | Additional non-hero capabilities, operation-group coverage, and production checklists. |
| [references/non-hero-scenarios.md](references/non-hero-scenarios.md) | Dedicated non-hero examples for secondary/advanced scenarios. |