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The File System Group Expansion Connector can be configured using the Rest API. It requires the following entities to be created:

  • Connection
  • Connector
  • Seed

Bellow Below are the examples of how to create the Connection and the Seed. For the Connector, please check this page.

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Create Connection


Field
Optional
RequiredDefaultMultipleNotesExample
type
No
Yes-NoThe value must be "group-expansion"."group-expansion"
description
No
Yes-NoName of the connection object."MyGroupExpansionConnection"
throttlePolicy
Yes
No-No
Id
ID of the throttle policy that applies to this connection object."f5587cee-9116-4011-b3a9-6b235b333a1b"
routingPolicies
Yes
No[ ]YesThe
ids
IDs of the routing policies that this connection will use.["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7", "b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"]

Example

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Saga_json
TitlePOST aspire/_api/connections
{
    "type": "group-expansion",
    "description": "MyGroupExpansionConnection",
}

Update Connection


Field
Optional
RequiredDefaultMultipleNotesExample
id
No
Yes-No
Id
ID of the connection to update"89d6632a-a296-426c-adb0-d442adcab4b0",
description
No
Yes-NoName of the connection object."MyGroupExpansionConnection"
throttlePolicy
Yes
No-No
Id
ID of the throttle policy that applies to this connection object."f5587cee-9116-4011-b3a9-6b235b333a1b"
routingPolicies
Yes
No[ ]YesThe
ids
IDs of the routing policies that this connection will use.["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7", "b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"]

Example

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title
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TitlePUT aspire/_api/connections/89d6632a-a296-426c-adb0-d442adcab4b0
{
    "id": "89d6632a-a296-426c-adb0-d442adcab4b0",
    "description": "MyGroupExpansionConnection",
}

Create Connector


For the creation of the Connector object using the Rest API, check this page

Update Connector


For the update of the Connector object using the Rest API, check this page

Create Seed


FieldRequiredDefaultMultipleNotesExample
seedYes-NoPut a placeholder here"seed_placeholder"
typeYes-NoThe value must be "group-expansion"."group-expansion"
descriptionYes-NoName of the seed object."MyGroupExpansionSeed"
connectorYes-NoID of the connector to be used with this seed. The connector type must match the seed type."82f7f0a4-8d28-47ce-8c9d-e3ca414b0d31"
connectionYes-NoID of the connection to be used with this seed. The connection type must match the seed type."602d3700-28dd-4a6a-8b51-e4a663fe9ee6"
workflowsNo[ ]YesIDs of the workflows that will be executed for the documents crawled.["f8c414cb-1f5d-42ef-9cc9-5696c3f0bda4"]
throttlePolicyNo-NoID of the throttle policy that applies to this seed object."f5587cee-9116-4011-b3a9-6b235b333a1b"
routingPoliciesNo[ ]YesIDs of the routing policies that this seed will use.["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7", "b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"]
tagsNo[ ]YesThe tags of the seed. These can be used to filter the seed.["tag1", "tag2"]
propertiesNo-NoConfiguration object
seedsIncludedNo-yesThose seeds will be included in crawling identities["5b9f4074-01a3-4d86-8642-32a6f27179d4"]
seedsExcludedNo-yesThose seeds will be excluded from crawling identities["5b9f4074-01a3-4d86-8642-32a6f27179d4"]
seedsIdentities localNo-yesCustom mapping local
idYes-noSeed ID for the mapping

"5b9f4074-01a3-4d86-8642-32a6f27179d4"

identityKeyTypeYes-noThe value must be "local""local"
identityKeyAttrYes-noThe name of the mapping attribute"someAttributeName"
seedsIdentities externalNo-yesCustom mapping external
idYes-noThe seed ID for the mapping.

"5b9f4074-01a3-4d86-8642-32a6f27179d4"

identityKeyTypeYes-noThe value must be "external""external"
identityKeyAttrYes-noThe name of the mapping attribute in external seed."someAttributeName"
externalSeedYes-noThe external seed ID."5b9f4074-01a3-4d86-8642-32a6f27179d4"
externalLookupAttributeYes-noThe external lookup attribute name."externalLookupAttrName"

Example

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titlePOST aspire/_api/seeds
{
    "type": "group-expansion",
    "seed": "seed_placeholder",
    "connector": "82f7f0a4-8d28-47ce-8c9d-e3ca414b0d31",
    "description": "GroupExpansion_Test_Seed",
    "throttlePolicy": "6b8b5f23-fc77-47a1-9b58-106577162e7b",
    "routingPolicies": ["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7", "b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"],
    "connection": "602d3700-28dd-4a6a-8b51-e4a663fe9ee6",
    "workflows": ["f8c414cb-1f5d-42ef-9cc9-5696c3f0bda4"],
    "tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
    "properties": {
       "seedsIncluded": [
           "5b9f4074-01a3-4d86-8642-32a6f27179d4"
        ],
       "seedsExcluded": [],
       "seedsIdentities": [
           {
             "id": "5b9f4074-01a3-4d86-8642-32a6f27179d4",
             "identityKeyType": "local",
             "identityKeyAttr": "someAttrName"
            }
       ]
    }
}

Update Seed


FieldRequiredDefaultMultipleNotesExample
idYes-NoID of the seed to update"2f287669-d163-4e35-ad17-6bbfe9df3778"
(see the "Create seed" for other fields)




Example

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titlePUT aspire/_api/seeds/2f287669-d163-4e35-ad17-6bbfe9df3778
{
    "id": "2f287669-d163-4e35-ad17-6bbfe9df3778",
    "connector": "82f7f0a4-8d28-47ce-8c9d-e3ca414b0d31",
    "description": "FileSystem_Test_Seed",
    "throttlePolicy": "6b8b5f23-fc77-47a1-9b58-106577162e7b",
    "routingPolicies": ["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7", "b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"],
    "connection": "602d3700-28dd-4a6a-8b51-e4a663fe9ee6",
    "workflows": ["b255e950-1dac-46dc-8f86-1238b2fbdf27", "f8c414cb-1f5d-42ef-9cc9-5696c3f0bda4"],
    "tags": ["tag", "tag2"],
    "properties": {
       "seedsIncluded": [
           "5b9f4074-01a3-4d86-8642-32a6f27179d4"
        ],
       "seedsExcluded": [],
       "seedsIdentities": [
           {
             "id": "5b9f4074-01a3-4d86-8642-32a6f27179d4",
             "identityKeyType": "local",
             "identityKeyAttr": "someAttrName"
            }
       ]
    }
}