How to create REST connection

This article outlines the steps to create REST connection.

Supported authentication types

This REST connector supports the following authentication types for copy and Dataflow Gen2 respectively.

Authentication type	Copy	Dataflow Gen2 (Web API)
Anonymous	√	√
Basic		√
Organizational account		√
Windows		√

Set up your connection in Dataflow Gen2

The Microsoft 365 connector isn't currently supported in Dataflow Gen2. To connect to REST data in Dataflow Gen2, use the Web API connector.

Set up your connection in a data pipeline

To create a connection in a data pipeline:

1. From the page header in Data Factory service, select Settings > Manage connections and gateways.

   

2. Select New at the top of the ribbon to add a new data source.

   

   The New connection pane appears on the left side of the page.

   

Setup connection

Step 1: Specify the new connection name, type, and URL

In the New connection pane, choose Cloud, and then specify the following fields:

• Connection name: Specify a name for your connection.
• Connection type: Select Web for your connection type.
• URL: The base URL to the web server.

Step 2: Select and set your authentication

Under Authentication method, select your authentication from the drop-down list and complete the related configuration. The REST connector supports the following authentication types:

• Anonymous

Anonymous authentication

Select Anonymous under Authentication method.

Step 3: Specify the privacy level that you want to apply

In the General tab, select the privacy level that you want apply in the Privacy level drop-down list. Three privacy levels are supported. For more information, go to privacy levels.

Step 4: Create your connection

Select Create. Your creation is successfully tested and saved if all the credentials are correct. If not correct, the creation fails with errors.

Table summary

The following table contains connector properties that are supported in pipeline copy.

Name	Description	Required	Property	Copy
Connection name	A name for your connection.	Yes		✓
Connection type	Select Web for your connection type.	Yes		✓
URL	The base URL to the REST server.	Yes		✓
Authentication	Go to Authentication	Yes		See Authentication
Privacy Level	The privacy level that you want to apply. Allowed values are Organizational, Privacy, Public	Yes		✓

Authentication

The following the following table contains the properties for supported authentication types.

Name	Description	Required	Property	Copy
Anonymous				✓

Related content

• How to configure REST in copy activity