Getting started

Use the following information to learn how to authenticate, send API requests, and complete basic operations by using the Rackspace Cloud Files API.

For more information about Cloud Files concepts and API operations, see the Storage API reference and the CDN API reference.

• Get your credentials
• Send API requests to Cloud Files
• Authenticate to the Rackspace Cloud
• Cloud Files concepts
• Create and manage object storage
• Other tools and applications for Cloud Files

To start using the API and run the examples in this section, you need the following items:

• Rackspace Cloud account. If you don’t have one, sign up for a Rackspace Cloud account.

• Command-line tool or browser client for communicating with the API service.