# Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 REST API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-blob-storage/azure-data-lake-storage-gen2-rest-api/  
**Provider:** Azure Blob Storage — https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-azure-blob-storage/  
**Base URL:** https://{accountName}.dfs.core.windows.net  
**Documentation:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/data-lake-storage-gen2

Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 REST API is one of 12 APIs that [Azure Blob Storage](https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-azure-blob-storage/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Big Data, Data Lake, Filesystem, and Hierarchical Namespace. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, and pricing.

The Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 REST APIs allow interaction with Azure Blob Storage through a file system interface. They enable creation and management of file systems, directories, and files on storage accounts with hierarchical namespace enabled, supporting big data analytics workloads.

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/data-lake-storage-gen2
- **Reference** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/datalakestoragegen2/filesystem
- **Authentication** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/authorize-requests-to-azure-storage
- **GettingStarted** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/data-lake-storage-introduction
- **Pricing** — https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/storage/blobs/
- **SDKs** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blobs-introduction#client-libraries
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-blob-storage/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Azure Blob Storage APIs (11)

- [Azure Blob Storage Append Blobs API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-blob-storage/microsoft-azure-blob-storage-append-blobs-api/)
- [Azure Blob Storage Azure Blob Storage REST API API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-blob-storage/microsoft-azure-blob-storage-azure-blob-storage-rest-api-api/)
- [Azure Blob Storage Blobs API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-blob-storage/microsoft-azure-blob-storage-blobs-api/)
- [Azure Blob Storage Block Blobs API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-blob-storage/microsoft-azure-blob-storage-block-blobs-api/)
- [Azure Blob Storage ?comp=blobs API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-blob-storage/microsoft-azure-blob-storage-comp-blobs-api/)
- [Azure Blob Storage Containers API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-blob-storage/microsoft-azure-blob-storage-containers-api/)
- [Azure Blob Storage Page Blobs API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-blob-storage/microsoft-azure-blob-storage-page-blobs-api/)
- [Azure Blob Storage ?restype=service&comp=batch API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-blob-storage/microsoft-azure-blob-storage-restype-service-comp-batch-api/)
- [Azure Blob Storage ?restype=service&comp=properties API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-blob-storage/microsoft-azure-blob-storage-restype-service-comp-properties-api/)
- [Azure Blob Storage ?restype=service&comp=stats API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-blob-storage/microsoft-azure-blob-storage-restype-service-comp-stats-api/)
- [Azure Blob Storage ?restype=service&comp=userdelegationkey API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-blob-storage/microsoft-azure-blob-storage-restype-service-comp-userdelegationkey-api/)

## Tags

Big Data, Data Lake, Filesystem, Hierarchical Namespace

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