The Azure Blob Storage Connector can be configured using the Rest API. It requires the following entities to be created:

  • Credential
  • Connection
  • Connector
  • Seed

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

Create Credential


Field

Required

Default

Multiple

NotesExample
typeYes-No

The value must be "azure-blob".

"azure-blob"

descriptionYes-NoName of the credential object.

"Azure Blob StorageCredential"

propertiesYes-NoConfiguration object
accountKeyYes-NoAzure Account Key"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

Example

POST aspire/_api/credentials
{
    "type": "azure-blob",
    "description": "<Connector Name> Credential",
    "properties": {
		"accountKey": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
    }
}

Update Credential


Field

Required

Default

Multiple

NotesExample
idYes-NoID of the credential to update."2f287669-d163-4e35-ad17-6bbfe9df3778"
descriptionYes-NoName of the credential object.

"Azure Blob StorageCredential"

propertiesYes-NoConfiguration object
accountKeyYes-NoAzure Account Key"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

Example 

PUT aspire/_api/credentials/2a5ca234-e328-4d40-bb2a-2df3e550b065
{
    "id": "2a5ca234-e328-4d40-bb2a-2df3e550b065",
    "description": "<Connector Name> Credential",
    "properties": {   
		"accountKey": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"     
	}
}

Create Connection


Field

Required

Default

Multiple

Notes

Example

typeYes-No

The value must be azure-blob

azure-blob

descriptionYes-NoName of the connection object.

"MyAzure Blob StorageConnection"

throttlePolicyNo-NoID of the throttle policy that applies to this connection object."f5587cee-9116-4011-b3a9-6b235b333a1b"
credentialYes-NoID of the credential that applies to this connection object."d42e1872-02c8-4a90-a714-44f15577389a"
routingPoliciesNo[ ]YesThe IDs of the routing policies that this connection will use.["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7", "b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"]
propertiesYes-NoConfiguration object
urlYes-NoBase path. All the seeds will be prefixed with this value to form the full url"https://accountname.blob.core.windows.net"
storageConnectionStringYes-NoAzure Storage Connection String. Set the value of 'AccountKey' to '${accountKey}'. '${accountKey}' will be replaced with the value from the Credentials"DefaultEndpointsProtocol=http;AccountName=myAccount;AccountKey=${accountKey};EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net"
indexContainersNoTRUENoSelect if containers are to be indexed.TRUE
scanRecursivelyNoTRUENoSelect if subfolders are to be scanned.TRUE
scanExcludedItemsNoFALSENoSelect so that the scanner will scan sub items of container items excluded by a patternFALSE
includesNo-YesList of regex URL patterns to include[{"include":".*tmp[^/]$"}]
includeNo-Noregex URL patterns to include".*tmp[^/]$"
excludesNo-YesList of regex URL patterns to exclude[{"include":".*tmp[^/]$"}]
excludeNo-Noregex URL patterns to exclude".*tmp[^/]$"

Example

POST aspire/_api/connections
{
    "type": "azure-blob",
	"credential": "d42e1872-02c8-4a90-a714-44f15577389a",
    "throttlePolicy": "",
    "routingPolicies": ["5c7274ef-429b-46ef-8f73-f010e479a467", "9dee4fba-14f2-4afc-a74d-297bcbbd359a"],
    "description": "<Connector Name> Test Connector",
    "properties": {
		"url": "https://accountname.blob.core.windows.net",
		"storageConnectionString": "DefaultEndpointsProtocol=http;AccountName=myAccount;AccountKey=${accountKey};EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net",
	 	"indexContainers": true,
        "scanRecursively": true,
        "scanExcludedItems": false,
        "includes": [
            {
                "include": ".*tmp[^/]$"
            }
        ],
        "excludes": [
            {
                "exclude": ".*tmp[^/]$"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Update Connection


Field

Required

Default

Multiple

Notes

Example

idYes-NoID of the connection to update"89d6632a-a296-426c-adb0-d442adcab4b0",
descriptionNo-NoName of the connection object.

"MyConnection"

throttlePolicyNo-NoID of the throttle policy that applies to this connection object."f5587cee-9116-4011-b3a9-6b235b333a1b"
credentialNo-NoID of the credential that applies to this connection object."d42e1872-02c8-4a90-a714-44f15577389a"
routingPoliciesNo[ ]YesThe IDs of the routing policies that this connection will use.["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7", "b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"]
propertiesYes-NoConfiguration object
urlYes-NoBase path. All the seeds will be prefixed with this value to form the full url"https://accountname.blob.core.windows.net"
storageConnectionStringYes-NoAzure Storage Connection String. Set the value of 'AccountKey' to '${accountKey}'. '${accountKey}' will be replaced with the value from the Credentials"DefaultEndpointsProtocol=http;AccountName=myAccount;AccountKey=${accountKey};EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net"
indexContainersNoTRUENoSelect if containers are to be indexed.TRUE
scanRecursivelyNoTRUENoSelect if subfolders are to be scanned.TRUE
scanExcludedItemsNoFALSENoSelect so that the scanner will scan sub items of container items excluded by a patternFALSE
includesNo-YesList of regex URL patterns to include[{"include":".*tmp[^/]$"}]
includeNo-Noregex URL patterns to include".*tmp[^/]$"
excludesNo-YesList of regex URL patterns to exclude[{"include":".*tmp[^/]$"}]
excludeNo-Noregex URL patterns to exclude".*tmp[^/]$"

Example

{
    "id": "89d6632a-a296-426c-adb0-d442adcab4b0",
	"type": "azure-blob",
	"credential": "d42e1872-02c8-4a90-a714-44f15577389a",
    "throttlePolicy": "",
    "routingPolicies": ["5c7274ef-429b-46ef-8f73-f010e479a467", "9dee4fba-14f2-4afc-a74d-297bcbbd359a"],
    "description": "<Connector Name> Test Connector",
    "properties": {
 		"url": "https://accountname.blob.core.windows.net",
		"storageConnectionString": "DefaultEndpointsProtocol=http;AccountName=myAccount;AccountKey=${accountKey};EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net",
	 	"indexContainers": true, 
        "scanRecursively": true,
        "scanExcludedItems": false,
        "includes": [
            {
                "include": ".*tmp[^/]$"
            }
        ],
        "excludes": [
            {
                "exclude": ".*tmp[^/]$"
            }
        ]     
	}
}

Create Connector Instance


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

Update Connector Instance


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

Create Seed


Field

Required

Default

Multiple

Notes

Example

seedYes-No<seed description>
typeYes-No

The value must be azure-blob.

azure-blob

descriptionYes-NoName of the seed object.

"My Azure Blob Storage Seed"

connectorYes-NoThe ID of the connector to be used with this seed. The connector type must match the seed type."82f7f0a4-8d28-47ce-8c9d-e3ca414b0d31"
connectionYes-NoThe ID of the connection to be used with this seed. The connection type must match the seed type."602d3700-28dd-4a6a-8b51-e4a663fe9ee6"
workflowsNo[ ]YesThe IDs 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 connection object."f5587cee-9116-4011-b3a9-6b235b333a1b"
routingPoliciesNo[ ]YesThe IDs 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"]
propertiesYes-NoConfiguration object
seedYes-NoThis value must be azure_blob_seed"azure_blob_seed"
pathNo-NoPath to the element to be crawled"/sample/path"

Example 

POST aspire/_api/seeds
{
    "type": "azure-blob",
    "seed": "directory",
    "connector": "82f7f0a4-8d28-47ce-8c9d-e3ca414b0d31",
    "description": "<connector>_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": {
        "seed": "azure_blob_seed",           
		"path": "/sample/path" 
  	}
}

Update Seed


Field

Required

Default

Multiple

Notes

Example

idYes-NoId of the seed to update."2f287669-d163-4e35-ad17-6bbfe9df3778"
seedNo-No<seed description>
descriptionNo-NoName of the seed object.

"MyAzure Blob StorageSeed"

connectorNo-NoThe ID of the connector to be used with this seed. The connector type must match the seed type."82f7f0a4-8d28-47ce-8c9d-e3ca414b0d31"
connectionNo-NoThe ID of the connection to be used with this seed. The connection type must match the seed type."602d3700-28dd-4a6a-8b51-e4a663fe9ee6"
workflowsNo[ ]YesThe IDs of the workflows that will be executed for the documents crawled.["f8c414cb-1f5d-42ef-9cc9-5696c3f0bda4"]
workflows.addNo[ ]YesThe IDs of the workflows to add.["f8c414cb-1f5d-42ef-9cc9-5696c3f0bda4"]
workflows.removeNo[ ]YesThe IDs of the workflows to remove.["f8c414cb-1f5d-42ef-9cc9-5696c3f0bda4"]
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 seed will use.["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7", "b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"]
routingPolicies.addNo[ ]YesThe IDs of the routingPolicies to add.["b4d2579f-1a0a-4a8b-9fd4-d42780003b36"]
routingPolicies.removeNo[ ]YesThe IDs of the routingPolicies to remove.["313de87c-3cb9-4fe0-a2cb-17f75ce7d0c7"]
tagsNo[ ]YesThe tags of the seed. These can be used to filter the seed.["tag1", "tag3"]
tags.addNo[ ]YesThe tags to add["tag4"]
tags.removeNo[ ]YesThe tags to remove["tag2"]
propertiesYes-NoConfiguration object
seedYes-NoThis value must be azure_blob_seed"azure_blob_seed"
pathNo-NoPath to the element to be crawled"/sample/path"

Example 

PUT aspire/_api/seeds/2f287669-d163-4e35-ad17-6bbfe9df3778
{
    "id": "2f287669-d163-4e35-ad17-6bbfe9df3778",
    "seed": "<seed example>",
    "connector": "82f7f0a4-8d28-47ce-8c9d-e3ca414b0d31",
    "description": "<connector>_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": {        
		"seed": "azure_blob_seed",
        "path": "/sample/path"
	}
}
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