# Directus REST API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/directus/rest-api/  
**Provider:** Directus — https://apis.io/providers/directus/  
**Documentation:** https://directus.com/docs/api

Directus REST API is one of 2 APIs that [Directus](https://apis.io/providers/directus/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include REST, CRUD, Collection, Authentication, and File. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.

Auto-generated REST API built on top of any SQL database schema. Provides full CRUD operations on all collections, authentication endpoints, file management, user and role management, and system configuration. The API is dynamically generated from the connected database schema and includes filtering, sorting, pagination, and field selection via query parameters.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://directus.com/docs/api
- **Reference** — https://directus.com/docs/api/items
- **Authentication** — https://directus.com/docs/auth
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/directus/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Directus APIs (1)

- [Directus GraphQL API](https://apis.io/apis/directus/graphql-api/)

## Tags

REST, CRUD, Collection, Authentication, File

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/directus/rest-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/directus/.