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Azure Cosmos DB SDK for Python (NoSQL API). Use for document CRUD, queries, containers, and globally distributed data.

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Azure Cosmos DB SDK for Python

Client library for Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL API — globally distributed, multi-model database.

Installation

bash
pip install azure-cosmos azure-identity

Environment Variables

bash
COSMOS_ENDPOINT=https://<account>.documents.azure.com:443/
COSMOS_DATABASE=mydb
COSMOS_CONTAINER=mycontainer

Authentication

python
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.cosmos import CosmosClient
credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
endpoint = "https://<account>.documents.azure.com:443/"
client = CosmosClient(url=endpoint, credential=credential)

Client Hierarchy

ClientPurposeGet From
CosmosClientAccount-level operationsDirect instantiation
DatabaseProxyDatabase operationsclient.get_database_client()
ContainerProxyContainer/item operationsdatabase.get_container_client()

Core Workflow

Confirm account/database/container, partition-key definition and authorized budget before provisioning or changing throughput. create_*_if_not_exists does not reconcile an existing container configuration. Examples use different key paths; do not combine them against one container. Tenant partitioning is not authorization isolation. Use ETag conditions for read-modify-write operations and explicit logical-operation deduplication for retries. Change feed is not a globally ordered, exactly-once ledger; checkpoint only after successful idempotent processing and verify the pinned SDK checkpoint API.

Setup Database and Container
python
from azure.cosmos import PartitionKey
# Get or create database
database = client.create_database_if_not_exists(id="mydb")
# Get or create container with partition key
container = database.create_container_if_not_exists(
id="mycontainer",
partition_key=PartitionKey(path="/category")
)
# Get existing
database = client.get_database_client("mydb")
container = database.get_container_client("mycontainer")
Create Item
python
item = {
"id": "item-001", # Required: unique within partition
"category": "electronics", # Partition key value
"name": "Laptop",
"price": 999.99,
"tags": ["computer", "portable"]
}
created = container.create_item(body=item)
print(f"Created: {created['id']}")
Read Item
python
# Read requires id AND partition key
item = container.read_item(
item="item-001",
partition_key="electronics"
)
print(f"Name: {item['name']}")
Update Item (Replace)
python
item = container.read_item(item="item-001", partition_key="electronics")
item["price"] = 899.99
item["on_sale"] = True
updated = container.replace_item(item=item["id"], body=item)
Upsert Item
python
# Create if not exists, replace if exists
item = {
"id": "item-002",
"category": "electronics",
"name": "Tablet",
"price": 499.99
}
result = container.upsert_item(body=item)
Delete Item
python
container.delete_item(
item="item-001",
partition_key="electronics"
)

Queries

Basic Query
python
# Query within a partition (efficient)
query = "SELECT * FROM c WHERE c.price < @max_price"
items = container.query_items(
query=query,
parameters=[{"name": "@max_price", "value": 500}],
partition_key="electronics"
)
for item in items:
print(f"{item['name']}: ${item['price']}")
Cross-Partition Query
python
# Cross-partition (more expensive, use sparingly)
query = "SELECT * FROM c WHERE c.price < @max_price"
items = container.query_items(
query=query,
parameters=[{"name": "@max_price", "value": 500}],
enable_cross_partition_query=True
)
for item in items:
print(item)
Query with Projection
python
query = "SELECT c.id, c.name, c.price FROM c WHERE c.category = @category"
items = container.query_items(
query=query,
parameters=[{"name": "@category", "value": "electronics"}],
partition_key="electronics"
)
Read All Items
python
# Read all in a partition
items = container.read_all_items() # Cross-partition
# Or with partition key
items = container.query_items(
query="SELECT * FROM c",
partition_key="electronics"
)

Partition Keys

Critical: Always include partition key for efficient operations.

python
from azure.cosmos import PartitionKey
# Single partition key
container = database.create_container_if_not_exists(
id="orders",
partition_key=PartitionKey(path="/customer_id")
)
# Hierarchical partition key (preview)
container = database.create_container_if_not_exists(
id="events",
partition_key=PartitionKey(path=["/tenant_id", "/user_id"])
)

Throughput

python
# Create container with provisioned throughput
container = database.create_container_if_not_exists(
id="mycontainer",
partition_key=PartitionKey(path="/pk"),
offer_throughput=400 # RU/s
)
# Read current throughput
offer = container.get_throughput()
print(f"Throughput: {offer.offer_throughput} RU/s")
# Update throughput
container.replace_throughput(throughput=1000)

Async Client

python
from azure.cosmos.aio import CosmosClient
from azure.identity.aio import DefaultAzureCredential
async def cosmos_operations():
async with DefaultAzureCredential() as credential, CosmosClient(endpoint, credential=credential) as client:
database = client.get_database_client("mydb")
container = database.get_container_client("mycontainer")
# Create
await container.create_item(body={"id": "1", "pk": "test"})
# Read
item = await container.read_item(item="1", partition_key="test")
# Query
async for item in container.query_items(
query="SELECT * FROM c",
partition_key="test"
):
print(item)
import asyncio
asyncio.run(cosmos_operations())

Error Handling

python
from azure.cosmos.exceptions import CosmosHttpResponseError
try:
item = container.read_item(item="nonexistent", partition_key="pk")
except CosmosHttpResponseError as e:
if e.status_code == 404:
print("Item not found")
elif e.status_code == 429:
print(f"Rate limited. Retry after: {e.headers.get('x-ms-retry-after-ms')}ms")
else:
raise

Best Practices

  1. Always specify partition key for point reads and queries
  2. Use parameterized queries to prevent injection and improve caching
  3. Avoid cross-partition queries when possible
  4. Use stable IDs carefully; upsert replaces existing contents and is not a concurrency or logical-operation deduplication guarantee
  5. Use async client for high-throughput scenarios
  6. Design partition key for even data distribution
  7. Use `read_item` instead of query for single document retrieval

Reference Files

FileContents
references/partitioning.mdPartition key strategies, hierarchical keys, hot partition detection and mitigation
references/query-patterns.mdQuery optimization, aggregations, pagination, transactions, change feed
scripts/setup_cosmos_container.pyCLI tool for creating containers with partitioning, throughput, and indexing

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