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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Microsoft Azure Azure Data Lake Storage REST File and…
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$.info
$.paths['/{filesystem}/{path}'].get
$.paths['/{filesystem}/{path}'].put
$.paths['/{filesystem}/{path}'].post
$.paths['/{filesystem}/{path}'].delete
$.paths['/{filesystem}/{path}'].patch
$.paths['/{filesystem}/{path}'].head
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# Generated by API Evangelist (build-phrasing.py). Our phrasing, not observed demand.
overlay: 1.0.0
info:
title: API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Microsoft Azure Azure Data Lake Storage REST File and…
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/microsoft-azure-file-and-directory-operations-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
generator: build-phrasing.py
label: Generated by API Evangelist
operations: 6
- target: $.paths['/{filesystem}/{path}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Read a Data Lake file's contents
effect: read
questions:
- How do I download a file from a Data Lake Storage Gen2 filesystem?
- Can I read only part of a file using a byte range?
instructions:
- text: Read file {path} in filesystem {filesystem}.
slots:
filesystem: path.filesystem
path: path.path
- text: Download bytes {Range} of {path} in {filesystem}.
slots:
filesystem: path.filesystem
path: path.path
Range: header.Range
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/{filesystem}/{path}'].put
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Create or rename a file or directory
effect: write
questions:
- How do I create a new directory in a Data Lake filesystem?
- Can I rename or move a file to a new path?
instructions:
- text: Create a {resource} at {path} in filesystem {filesystem}.
slots:
filesystem: path.filesystem
path: path.path
resource: query.resource
- text: Rename {source} to {path} in filesystem {filesystem}.
slots:
filesystem: path.filesystem
path: path.path
source: header.x-ms-rename-source
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/{filesystem}/{path}'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Acquire or manage a lease on a path
effect: write
questions:
- How do I lock a Data Lake file so others cannot write or delete it?
- Can I renew, break or release a lease on a path?
instructions:
- text: '{action} a lease on {path} in filesystem {filesystem}.'
slots:
filesystem: path.filesystem
path: path.path
action: header.x-ms-lease-action
- text: Acquire a {duration}-second lease on {path} in {filesystem}.
slots:
filesystem: path.filesystem
path: path.path
duration: header.x-ms-lease-duration
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/{filesystem}/{path}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Delete a file or directory
effect: destructive
questions:
- How do I delete a file or folder from a Data Lake filesystem?
- Can I delete a directory and everything under it recursively?
instructions:
- text: Delete {path} from filesystem {filesystem}.
slots:
filesystem: path.filesystem
path: path.path
- text: Recursively delete directory {path} in {filesystem}.
slots:
filesystem: path.filesystem
path: path.path
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/{filesystem}/{path}'].patch
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Append, flush or set ACLs on a path
effect: write
questions:
- How do I append data to a Data Lake file and then flush it?
- Can I set the owner, permissions or ACL on a file or directory?
instructions:
- text: Run {action} on {path} in filesystem {filesystem} at position {position}.
slots:
filesystem: path.filesystem
path: path.path
action: query.action
position: query.position
- text: Set the access control list on {path} in {filesystem} to {acl}.
slots:
filesystem: path.filesystem
path: path.path
acl: header.x-ms-acl
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/{filesystem}/{path}'].head
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get properties, status or ACL of a path
effect: read
questions:
- What system and user properties does a Data Lake file have?
- How do I read the access control list on a directory?
instructions:
- text: Get the properties of {path} in filesystem {filesystem}.
slots:
filesystem: path.filesystem
path: path.path
- text: Show the ACL of {path} in {filesystem} with action {action}.
slots:
filesystem: path.filesystem
path: path.path
action: query.action
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
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