services	platforms	author
cosmos-db	python	arramac

Developing a Python app using Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed multi-model database. One of the supported APIs is the SQL API, which provides a JSON document model with SQL querying and JavaScript procedural logic. This sample shows you how to use the Azure Cosmos DB with the SQL API to store and access data from a Python application.

Running this sample

• Before you can run this sample, you must have the following prerequisites:

  • Visual Studio 2015 or higher.
  • Python Tools for Visual Studio from GitHub.
  • Python 2.7 from python.org

• Then, clone this repository using git clone git@github.com:Azure-Samples/azure-cosmos-db-documentdb-python-getting-started.git

• Next, substitute the endpoint and authorization key in DocumentDBGetStarted.py with your Cosmos DB account's values.

• Press F5 to run the application.

About the code

The code included in this sample is intended to get you quickly started with a Python application that connects to Azure Cosmos DB with the SQL API.

More information

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Azure Cosmos DB: SQL API
• Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK
• Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK Reference Documentation