# Alluxio Proxy REST API Documentation
HTTP://[Alluxio Proxy Hostname]/api/v1
The Alluxio Proxy acts as a REST gateway for clients to communicate with the Alluxio system. There are three different endpoints:
1. The Proxy endpoint gives general info about the proxy service.
1. The Paths endpoint provides a RESTful gateway to the Alluxio file system for metadata operations.
1. The Streams endpoint provides a RESTful gateway to the Alluxio file system for data operations.
# APIs
# Definitions