# Azure Files FileREST API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/azure-file-storage/filerest-api/  
**Provider:** Azure Files — https://apis.io/providers/azure-file-storage/  
**Base URL:** https://{account-name}.file.core.windows.net  
**Documentation:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/file-service-rest-api

Azure Files FileREST API is one of 6 APIs that [Azure Files](https://apis.io/providers/azure-file-storage/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Azure Files, File Shares, Data Plane, Storage, and Azure. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Data-plane HTTPS REST API for operations on file shares, directories, and files in Azure Files, including create, copy, lease, list, range, and snapshot operations. Authentication uses shared key, shared access signatures (SAS), or Microsoft Entra ID OAuth 2.0 bearer tokens.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/file-service-rest-api
- **Operations on Shares** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/operations-on-shares--file-service-
- **Operations on Files** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/operations-on-files
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-file-storage/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Azure Files APIs (5)

- [Azure Storage Resource Provider API (File Services / Shares)](https://apis.io/apis/azure-file-storage/storage-rp-api/)
- [Azure Files Account API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-file-storage/azure-file-storage-account-api/)
- [Azure Files Directories API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-file-storage/azure-file-storage-directories-api/)
- [Azure Files Files API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-file-storage/azure-file-storage-files-api/)
- [Azure Files Shares API](https://apis.io/apis/azure-file-storage/azure-file-storage-shares-api/)

## Tags

Azure Files, File Shares, Data Plane, Storage, Azure

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