Azure Files Share API

The share API from Azure Files — 13 operation(s) for share.

Operations 17

PUT /{shareName}?restype=share Share create #
GET /{shareName}?restype=share Share get properties #
DELETE /{shareName}?restype=share Share delete #
PUT /{shareName}?restype=share&comp=lease&acquire Share acquire lease #
PUT /{shareName}?restype=share&comp=lease&release Share release lease #
PUT /{shareName}?restype=share&comp=lease&change Share change lease #
PUT /{shareName}?restype=share&comp=lease&renew Share renew lease #
PUT /{shareName}?restype=share&comp=lease&break Share break lease #
PUT /{shareName}?restype=share&comp=snapshot Share create snapshot #
PUT /{shareName}?restype=share&comp=filepermission Share create permission #
GET /{shareName}?restype=share&comp=filepermission Share get permission #
PUT /{shareName}?restype=share&comp=properties Share set properties #
PUT /{shareName}?restype=share&comp=metadata Share set metadata #
GET /{shareName}?restype=share&comp=acl Share get access policy #
PUT /{shareName}?restype=share&comp=acl Share set access policy #
GET /{shareName}?restype=share&comp=stats Share get statistics #
PUT /{shareName}?restype=share&comp=undelete Share restore #

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OpenAPI Specification

azure-file-storage-share-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Azure Files FileREST Share API
  version: '2026-10-06'
  description: Azure Files FileREST data-plane API (service version 2026-10-06). Converted from Microsoft's published Swagger 2.0 contract in github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs (specification/storage/data-plane/FileStorage/stable/2026-10-06/file.json). Microsoft distinguishes operations by query string (x-ms-paths); path keys keep those query discriminators verbatim.
servers:
- url: https://{account-name}.file.core.windows.net
  description: Azure Files storage account endpoint (the spec templates the host as {url})
  variables:
    account-name:
      default: myaccount
      description: Storage account name
security:
- File_shared_key: []
tags:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/azure-file-storage/openapi/azure-file-storage-share-api-openapi.yml