# Amazon EFS Filesystems API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/amazon-efs/amazon-efs-filesystems-api/  
**Provider:** Amazon EFS — https://apis.io/providers/amazon-efs/  
**Base URL:** https://elasticfilesystem.amazonaws.com

Amazon EFS Filesystems API is one of 2 APIs that [Amazon EFS](https://apis.io/providers/amazon-efs/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Filesystem. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, pricing, a getting-started guide, an API reference, and 2 JSON Schemas.

The Filesystems API from Amazon EFS — 2 operation(s) for filesystems.

## Operations (3)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/2015-02-01/file-systems` | Amazon EFS Create File System |
| GET | `/2015-02-01/file-systems` | Amazon EFS Describe File Systems |
| DELETE | `/2015-02-01/file-systems/{FileSystemId}` | Amazon EFS Delete File System |

## Machine-readable artifacts (12)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-efs/refs/heads/main/openapi/amazon-efs-filesystems-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/efs/latest/ug/
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-efs/refs/heads/main/json-schema/amazon-efs-filesystem-schema.json
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-efs/refs/heads/main/json-ld/amazon-efs-context.jsonld
- **Pricing** — https://aws.amazon.com/efs/pricing/
- **GettingStarted** — https://aws.amazon.com/efs/getting-started/
- **FAQ** — https://aws.amazon.com/efs/faqs/
- **APIReference** — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/efs/latest/ug/API_Reference.html
- **Documentation** — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/efs/
- **Security** — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/efs/latest/ug/security.html
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-efs/refs/heads/main/json-structure/amazon-efs-filesystem-structure.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-efs/refs/heads/main/examples/amazon-efs-filesystem-example.json

## Other Amazon EFS APIs (1)

- [Amazon EFS Mount Targets API](https://apis.io/apis/amazon-efs/amazon-efs-mount-targets-api/)

## Tags

Filesystem

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