- URL:https://[root]/portals/[portalID]/datastores
 - Operations:Add to Server, Describe Datastore, Get Servers for Data Store, Publish Datasets, Refresh Server, Remove From Server, Validate Datastore
 - Child Resources:All Datasets
 - Version Introduced:10.7.1
 
Example usage
Below is a sample ArcGIS Enterprise request URL used to access the datastores resource:
https://machine.domain.com/webadaptor/sharing/rest/portals/0123456789ABCDEF/datastores?f=pjsonDescription
The datastores resource page provides access to operations that allow you to do the following:
- Validate a data store against your server.
 - Register a data store to your server.
 - Retrieve a list of servers your data store is registered to.
 - Refresh your data store registration information in the server.
 - Unregister a data store from your server.
 
Outside of these operations, users also have the ability to bulk publish layers from a data store, retrieve a list of previously published layers, and delete bulk-published layers. For more information, see Publish layers in bulk from a user-managed data store.
Request parameters
| Parameter | Details | 
|---|---|
| f | The response format. The default format is html. Value: html | json  | 
JSON Response example
{"success": true}