# OSF Files API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-files-api/  
**Provider:** OSF — https://apis.io/providers/osf/  
**Base URL:** https://api.osf.io  
**Documentation:** https://developer.osf.io

OSF Files API is one of 41 APIs that [OSF](https://apis.io/providers/osf/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include File. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

The Files API from OSF — 5 operation(s) for files.

## Operations (6)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/files/{file_id}/` | Retrieve a file |
| PATCH | `/files/{file_id}/` | Update a file |
| GET | `/files/{file_id}/versions/` | List all file versions |
| GET | `/files/{file_id}/versions/{version_id}/` | Retrieve a file version |
| GET | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/files/` | List storage providers for a preprint |
| GET | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/files/osfstorage/` | List files for a preprint in osfstorage |

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/osf/openapi/osf-files-api-openapi.yml

## Other OSF APIs (12)

- [OSF API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-api/)
- [OSF Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-actions-api/)
- [OSF Applications API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-applications-api/)
- [OSF Base API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-base-api/)
- [OSF CEDAR Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-cedar-metadata-api/)
- [OSF Citations API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-citations-api/)
- [OSF Collection Providers API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-collection-providers-api/)
- [OSF Collection Submission Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-collection-submission-actions-api/)
- [OSF Collection Submissions API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-collection-submissions-api/)
- [OSF Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-collections-api/)
- [OSF Comments API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-comments-api/)
- [OSF Contributors API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-contributors-api/)

## Tags

File

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