Set up your HTTP connection

This article outlines the steps to create HTTP connection.

Supported authentication types

The HTTP connector supports the following authentication types for copy and Dataflow Gen2 respectively.

Set up your connection in Dataflow Gen2

The HTTP connector isn't currently supported in Dataflow Gen2.

Set up your connection in a data pipeline

To create a connection in a data pipeline:

1. From the page header in the 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 opens 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. This HTTP connector supports the following authentication types:

• Basic

Basic authentication

• Username: The user name to use to access the HTTP endpoint.
• Password: The password for specified username.

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 connector properties in the table are supported in pipeline copy:

Authentication

The following properties in the table are the supported authentication types.

Related content

• Configure HTTP in a copy activity