azure-cosmos-pylisted
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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
| Client | Purpose | Get From |
|--------|---------|----------|
| `CosmosClient` | Account-level operations | Direct instantiation |
| `DatabaseProxy` | Database operations | `client.get_database_client()` |
| `ContainerProxy` | Container/item operations | `database.get_container_client()` |
## Core Workflow
### Setup Database and Container
```python
# 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": "e