Azure Data Lake Storage

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Azure Data Lake Storage provides storage for Hadoop and other big data workloads.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET List Filesystems

List filesystems and their properties in given account.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31?prefix=example&timeout=1&resource=account&maxResults=1&continuation=example

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/?prefix=example&timeout=1&resource=account&maxResults=1&continuation=example"

import requests
params = {
    "prefix": "example",
    "timeout": "1",
    "resource": "account",
    "maxResults": "1",
    "continuation": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/');
url.searchParams.set('prefix', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('timeout', '1');
url.searchParams.set('resource', 'account');
url.searchParams.set('maxResults', '1');
url.searchParams.set('continuation', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("prefix", "example")
	q.Set("timeout", "1")
	q.Set("resource", "account")
	q.Set("maxResults", "1")
	q.Set("continuation", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "prefix" => "example",
  "timeout" => "1",
  "resource" => "account",
  "maxResults" => "1",
  "continuation" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/?" . http_build_query([
    "prefix" => "example",
    "timeout" => "1",
    "resource" => "account",
    "maxResults" => "1",
    "continuation" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET List Paths

List filesystem paths and their properties.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/{filesystem}?upn=true&timeout=1&resource=filesystem&directory=example&recursive=true&maxResults=1&continuation=example

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/{filesystem}?upn=true&timeout=1&resource=filesystem&directory=example&recursive=true&maxResults=1&continuation=example"

import requests
params = {
    "upn": "true",
    "timeout": "1",
    "resource": "filesystem",
    "directory": "example",
    "recursive": "true",
    "maxResults": "1",
    "continuation": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/{filesystem}",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/{filesystem}');
url.searchParams.set('upn', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('timeout', '1');
url.searchParams.set('resource', 'filesystem');
url.searchParams.set('directory', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('recursive', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('maxResults', '1');
url.searchParams.set('continuation', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/{filesystem}")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("upn", "true")
	q.Set("timeout", "1")
	q.Set("resource", "filesystem")
	q.Set("directory", "example")
	q.Set("recursive", "true")
	q.Set("maxResults", "1")
	q.Set("continuation", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/{filesystem}")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "upn" => "true",
  "timeout" => "1",
  "resource" => "filesystem",
  "directory" => "example",
  "recursive" => "true",
  "maxResults" => "1",
  "continuation" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/{filesystem}?" . http_build_query([
    "upn" => "true",
    "timeout" => "1",
    "resource" => "filesystem",
    "directory" => "example",
    "recursive" => "true",
    "maxResults" => "1",
    "continuation" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Read File

Read the contents of a file. For read operations, range requests are supported. This operation supports conditional HTTP requests. For more information, see [Specifying Conditional Headers for Blob Service Operations](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/specifying-conditional

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/{filesystem}/{path}?timeout=1

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/{filesystem}/{path}?timeout=1"

import requests
params = {
    "timeout": "1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/{filesystem}/{path}",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/{filesystem}/{path}');
url.searchParams.set('timeout', '1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/{filesystem}/{path}")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("timeout", "1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/{filesystem}/{path}")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "timeout" => "1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/storage-DataLakeStorage/2019-10-31/{filesystem}/{path}?" . http_build_query([
    "timeout" => "1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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See official documentation for authentication and setup.

What can you build with Azure Data Lake Storage?

Azure Data Lake Storage is a Cloud API. Developers commonly use cloud APIs for:

provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure
automating deployments and container orchestration
monitoring uptime and performance metrics
managing storage buckets and databases
setting up auto-scaling and load balancing

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. Azure Data Lake Storage is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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