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

  • Connection
  • Connector
  • Seed

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


FieldRequiredDefaultMultipleNotesExample
typeYes-NoThe value must be "group-expansion"."group-expansion"
descriptionYes-NoName of the connection object."MyGroupExpansionConnection"
throttlePolicyNo-NoId of the throttle policy that applies to this connection object."f5587cee-9116-4011-b3a9-6b235b333a1b"
routingPoliciesNo[ ]YesThe 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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titlePOST aspire/_api/connections
{
    "type": "group-expansion",
    "description": "MyGroupExpansionConnection",
}

Update Connection


FieldRequiredDefaultMultipleNotesExample
idYes-NoId of the connection to update"89d6632a-a296-426c-adb0-d442adcab4b0",
descriptionYes-NoName of the connection object."MyGroupExpansionConnection"
throttlePolicyNo-NoId of the throttle policy that applies to this connection object."f5587cee-9116-4011-b3a9-6b235b333a1b"
routingPoliciesNo[ ]YesThe ids of the routing policies that this connection will use.["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7", "b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"]

Example

Code Block
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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


Field
Optional
RequiredDefaultMultipleNotesExample
seed
No
Yes-NoPut a placeholder here"seed_placeholder"
type
No
Yes-NoThe value must be "group-expansion"."group-expansion"
description
No
Yes-NoName of the seed object."MyGroupExpansionSeed"
connector
No
Yes-NoThe id of the connector to be used with this seed. The connector type must match the seed type."82f7f0a4-8d28-47ce-8c9d-e3ca414b0d31"
connection
No
Yes-NoThe id of the connection to be used with this seed. The connection type must match the seed type."602d3700-28dd-4a6a-8b51-e4a663fe9ee6"
workflows
Yes
No[ ]YesThe ids of the workflows that will be executed for the documents crawled.["f8c414cb-1f5d-42ef-9cc9-5696c3f0bda4"]
throttlePolicy
Yes
No-NoId of the throttle policy that applies to this seed object."f5587cee-9116-4011-b3a9-6b235b333a1b"
routingPolicies
Yes
No[ ]YesThe ids of the routing policies that this seed will use.["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7", "b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"]
tags
Yes
No[ ]YesThe tags of the seed. These can be used to filter the seed["tag1", "tag2"]
properties
Yes
No-NoConfiguration object
seedsIncluded
yes
No-yesThose seeds will be included in crawling identities["5b9f4074-01a3-4d86-8642-32a6f27179d4"]
seedsExcluded
yes
No-yesThose seeds will be excluded from crawling identities["5b9f4074-01a3-4d86-8642-32a6f27179d4"]
seedsIdentities local
yes
No-yesCustom mapping local
id
no
Yes-noThe seed id for the mapping

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

identityKeyType
no
Yes-noThe value must be "local""local"
identityKeyAttr
no
Yes-noThe name of the mapping attribute"someAttributeName"
seedsIdentities external
yes
No-yesCustom mapping external
id
no
Yes-noThe seed id for the mapping

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

identityKeyType
no
Yes-noThe value must be "external""external"
identityKeyAttr
no
Yes-noThe name of the mapping attribute in external seed"someAttributeName"
externalSeed
no
Yes-noThe external seed id"5b9f4074-01a3-4d86-8642-32a6f27179d4"
externalLookupAttribute
no
Yes-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


FieldOptionalRequiredDefaultMultipleNotesExample
idNoYes-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"
            }
       ]
    }
}

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