azure-monitor-query-py
Enables your agent to fetch log and metric data from Azure Monitor with Python. Helps analyze information programmatically.
What it does
This tool lets you query log and metric data from Azure Monitor. You can look for information about your application and infrastructure performance.
When to use it
- ✓When you want to see how many times a specific error occurred in the last 24 hours.
- ✓To check a server's CPU usage over the last 7 days.
- ✓To find the slowest requests for an application.
Example of what to ask your AI
“Show the number of requests by result code in the last 2 hours.”
Want more? Open the sections below.
How to use
The easiest way: copy the message below and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI. It reads the skill and follows the instructions.
Skill link
Ready-to-paste message
How it works
You write a question in a special language (Kusto) to find the data you need. The tool then sends this question to Azure and shows you the results.
Installation
Easiest way: copy the skill link and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor asking it to follow the instructions.
In the terminal (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor), in your project folder:
npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill azure-monitor-query-pyOr download just the file:
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/main/plugins/agentic-awesome-skills-claude/skills/azure-monitor-query-py/SKILL.md -o SKILL.mdTechnical content (original SKILL.md)
Original text by the author, straight from GitHub.
Azure Monitor Query SDK for Python
Query logs and metrics from Azure Monitor and Log Analytics workspaces.
Installation
pip install azure-monitor-query
Environment Variables
# Log Analytics
AZURE_LOG_ANALYTICS_WORKSPACE_ID=<workspace-id>
# Metrics
AZURE_METRICS_RESOURCE_URI=/subscriptions/<sub>/resourceGroups/<rg>/providers/<provider>/<type>/<name>
Authentication
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
Logs Query Client
Basic Query
from azure.monitor.query import LogsQueryClient
from datetime import timedelta
client = LogsQueryClient(credential)
query = """
AppRequests
| where TimeGenerated > ago(1h)
| summarize count() by bin(TimeGenerated, 5m), ResultCode
| order by TimeGenerated desc
"""
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
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
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
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
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
from azure.monitor.query import MetricsQueryClient
from datetime import timedelta
metrics_client = MetricsQueryClient(credential)
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
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
response = metrics_client.query_resource(
resource_uri=resource_uri,
metric_names=["Requests"],
timespan=timedelta(hours=1),
filter="ApiName eq 'GetBlob'"
)
List Metric Definitions
definitions = metrics_client.list_metric_definitions(resource_uri)
for definition in definitions:
print(f"{definition.name}: {definition.unit}")
List Metric Namespaces
namespaces = metrics_client.list_metric_namespaces(resource_uri)
for ns in namespaces:
print(ns.fully_qualified_namespace)
Async Clients
from azure.monitor.query.aio import LogsQueryClient, MetricsQueryClient
from azure.identity.aio import DefaultAzureCredential
async def query_logs():
credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
client = LogsQueryClient(credential)
response = await client.query_workspace(
workspace_id=workspace_id,
…
FAQ
What are 'logs' and 'metrics'?
Logs are records of events that happened (like errors or requests). Metrics are numerical data about performance (like CPU or network usage).
What is a 'Log Analytics workspace'?
It's a place where Azure stores logs collected from your services.
Do I need to know how to code to use this?
You don't need to be an experienced programmer. The tool helps you ask the right questions to get the data you need.
Details
Original description by the author
Azure Monitor Query SDK for Python. Use for querying Log Analytics workspaces and Azure Monitor metrics.
Popularity
- GitHub stars
- 48k
- Ranking position
- #2356
- License
- MIT
- Updated
- 10/15/2026
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