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Pure Storage Directories API

Important file system directories should be set up as managed directories. Managed directoriescan have policies attached to them. Managed directories differ from standard directories in thatthey provide space reporting and metrics.

Pure Storage Directories API is one of 130 APIs that Pure Storage publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 12 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Directories. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, an API reference, API documentation, code examples, a JSON-LD context, and 12 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 32 operations across 15 paths, and defines 62 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.52.

Requests are made against a single base URL, /.

32 operations 15 paths 62 schemas 8 DELETE14 GET1 PATCH9 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.52
Server
/
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 32

Across 15 paths, the API surfaces 32 operations — 8 DELETE, 14 GET, 1 PATCH, 9 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Directories 32

Important file system directories should be set up as managed directories. Managed directories can have policies attached to them. Managed directories differ from standard directo…

GET
/api/2.52/directories
Pure Storage List Directories
18 params → 200207
POST
/api/2.52/directories
Pure Storage Create or Copy Directory
10 params body → 200
DELETE
/api/2.52/directories
Pure Storage Delete Managed Directories
5 params → 200
PATCH
/api/2.52/directories
Pure Storage Modify a Managed Directory
5 params body → 200
GET
/api/2.52/directories/groups
Pure Storage List Group with Content in Directories
17 params → 200207
POST
/api/2.52/directories/locks/nlm-reclamations
Pure Storage Create NLM Reclamation
2 params → 200
GET
/api/2.52/directories/performance
Pure Storage List Directory Performance Data
19 params → 200207
GET
/api/2.52/directories/policies
Pure Storage List Policies
15 params → 200207
GET
/api/2.52/directories/policies/audit-file
Pure Storage List Audit Policies Attached to a Directory
15 params → 200207
POST
/api/2.52/directories/policies/audit-file
Pure Storage Create a Membership Between a Directory and One or More Audit Policies
5 params body → 200
DELETE
/api/2.52/directories/policies/audit-file
Pure Storage Delete a Membership Between a Directory and One or More Audit Policies
7 params → 200
GET
/api/2.52/directories/policies/autodir
Pure Storage List Auto Managed Directory Policies Attached to a Directory
15 params → 200207
POST
/api/2.52/directories/policies/autodir
Pure Storage Create a Membership Between a Directory with One or More Auto Managed Directory Policies
5 params body → 200
DELETE
/api/2.52/directories/policies/autodir
Pure Storage Delete a Membership Between a Directory and One or More Auto Managed Directory Policies
7 params → 200
GET
/api/2.52/directories/policies/nfs
Pure Storage List NFS Policies Attached to a Directory
15 params → 200207
POST
/api/2.52/directories/policies/nfs
Pure Storage Create a Membership Between a Directory and One or More NFS Policies
5 params body → 200
DELETE
/api/2.52/directories/policies/nfs
Pure Storage Delete a Membership Between a Directory and One or More NFS Policies
9 params → 200
GET
/api/2.52/directories/policies/quota
Pure Storage List Quota Policies Attached to a Directory
15 params → 200207
POST
/api/2.52/directories/policies/quota
Pure Storage Create a Membership Between a Directory and One or More Quota Policies
6 params body → 200
DELETE
/api/2.52/directories/policies/quota
Pure Storage Delete a Membership Between a Directory and One or More Quota Policies
7 params → 200
GET
/api/2.52/directories/policies/smb
Pure Storage List SMB Policies Attached to a Directory
15 params → 200207
POST
/api/2.52/directories/policies/smb
Pure Storage Create a Membership Between a Directory and One or More SMB Policies
5 params body → 200
DELETE
/api/2.52/directories/policies/smb
Pure Storage Delete a Membership Between a Directory and One or More SMB Policies
9 params → 200
GET
/api/2.52/directories/policies/snapshot
Pure Storage List Snapshot Policies Attached to a Directory
15 params → 200207
POST
/api/2.52/directories/policies/snapshot
Pure Storage Create a Membership Between a Directory with One or More Snapshot Policies
5 params body → 200
DELETE
/api/2.52/directories/policies/snapshot
Pure Storage Delete a Membership Between a Directory and One or More Snapshot Policies
7 params → 200
GET
/api/2.52/directories/policies/user-group-quota
Pure Storage List User-group-quota Policies Attached to a Directory
15 params → 200207
POST
/api/2.52/directories/policies/user-group-quota
Pure Storage Create a Membership Between a Directory and One or More User-group-quota Policies
6 params body → 200
DELETE
/api/2.52/directories/policies/user-group-quota
Pure Storage Delete a Membership Between a Directory and One or More User-group-quota Policies
8 params → 200
GET
/api/2.52/directories/space
Pure Storage List Directory Space Information
17 params → 200207
GET
/api/2.52/directories/users
Pure Storage List Users with Content in Directories
17 params → 200207
GET
/api/1.5/directories
Pure Storage Get Managed Directories
11 params → 200400403404429500

Schemas 62

The contract defines 62 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are _space (13 properties), DirectoryPost (4 properties), _directorypolicyexportpostPolicies (4 properties), _fixedReference_2 (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

_arrays
object
1 property
ResourceDirectorySpaceGetResponse
ExportPolicyAttachmentMixin
object
3 properties
_builtIn
object
A built-in resource. Many are singletons predefined by Purity (e.g., support settings). Some correspond to a piece of software, like an app, or hardware, like…
2 properties
Directory
_space
object
13 properties
Error
object
1 property
UserGroupQuotaLimitedBy
object
2 properties
_errorcontextresponseErrors
object
3 properties
_directorypolicyexportpostPolicies
object
4 properties
_limitedBy
object
2 properties
DirectoryPolicyPost
object
1 property
_workloadConfigurationReferencePost
object
The workload to which the resource is added. Set one of id or name, and configuration to add the resource to the workload and configure it based on the configu…
DirectoryLockNlmReclamationResponse
object
1 property
DirectoryResponse
object
1 property
_serverReference
object
An object that is server-aware and can be associated to a server.
1 property
PolicyMemberExport
_builtInAsOf
A built-in resource. Many are singletons predefined by Purity (e.g., support settings). Some correspond to a piece of software, like an app, or hardware, like…
_newName
object
1 property
DirectoryLockNlmReclamation
PolicyMember
_policy_member_base
DirectoryGetResponse
PolicyMemberResponse
object
1 property
DirectoryGroup
PolicyMemberExportGetResponse
_timeAware
object
1 property
_directorypolicypostPolicies
object
1 property
_resource
object
An ordinary (as opposed to built-in) resource that can be created, named, renamed or deleted by the user. This might be a virtual resource (e.g., a file system…
2 properties
_fixedReferenceWithType
_fixedReference_2
object
3 properties
_errorErrors
object
2 properties
_workloadConfigurationReferencePatch
object
The instruction for removing the resource from the workload. Setting the id or name of the workload to an empty string ("") removes the resource.
DirectoryPolicyExportPost
object
1 property
ResourceDirectorySpace
DirectoryGetResponse_2
_fixedReferenceFqdn
DirectoryResponse_2
object
1 property
DirectoryUser
_workloadConfigurationReference
object
A reference to the workload that is managing this resource. The name and configuration may show as the string "(unknown)" briefly after a failover.
UserGroupSpace
object
2 properties
UserGroup
object
3 properties
_referenceWithFixedType
object
3 properties
DirectoriesGroupsGetResponse
DirectoryPost
object
4 properties
PageInfo_2
object
2 properties
_errorContextResponse
object
1 property
PolicyMemberGetResponse
DirectoriesGroupsResponse
object
1 property
PageInfo
object
3 properties
DirectoriesUsersGetResponse
DirectoryPerformance
PolicyMemberExportResponse
object
1 property
_reference
object
2 properties
_arraysBuiltIn
A built-in resource that exists on one or multiple arrays.
_context
object
1 property
ErrorNoContext
object
1 property
DirectoryPatch
_fixedReference
object
2 properties
DirectoriesUsersResponse
object
1 property
DirectoryPerformanceGetResponse
Directory_2

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

pure-storage-directories-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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