Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform Managed Connector Plugins (connect/v1) API

[![General Availability](https://img.shields.io/badge/Lifecycle%20Stage-General%20Availability-%2345c6e8)](#section/Versioning/API-Lifecycle-Policy) API for Managed connectors in Confluent Cloud.

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GET /connect/v1/environments/{environment_id}/clusters/{kafka_cluster_id}/connector-plugins List of Managed Connector plugins #
PUT /connect/v1/environments/{environment_id}/clusters/{kafka_cluster_id}/connector-plugins/{plugin_name}/config/validate Validate a Managed Connector Plugin #
PUT /connect/v1/environments/{environment_id}/clusters/{kafka_cluster_id}/connector-plugins/{plugin_name}/config/translate?mask_sensitive=true Translate Self Managed Connector Plugin Configurations to Fully Managed… #

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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Confluent Cloud Managed Connector Plugins (connect/v1) API
  version: ''
  x-api-id: 46234552-5833-42eb-ba0f-883ad3f70d2b
  x-audience: external-public
  x-logo:
    url: https://assets.confluent.io/m/1661ef5e4ff82d3d/
  description: '# Introduction


    Note


    This documents the collection of Confluent Cloud APIs.'
servers:
- url: https://api.confluent.cloud
  description: Confluent Cloud API
tags:
- name: Managed Connector Plugins (connect/v1)
  description: '![General Availability](#section/Versioning/API-Lifecycle-Policy)


    API for Managed connectors in Confluent Cloud.'
paths:
  /connect/v1/environments/{environment_id}/clusters/{kafka_cluster_id}/connector-plugins:
    x-lifecycle-stage: General Availability
    parameters:
    - name: environment_id
      in: path
      schema:
        type: string
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier of the environment this resource belongs to.
    - name: kafka_cluster_id
      in: path
      schema:
        type: string
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier for the Kafka cluster.
    get:
      x-lifecycle-stage: General Availability
      operationId: listConnectv1ConnectorPlugins
      description: '![General Availability](#section/Versioning/API-Lifecycle-Policy)


        Return a list of Managed Connector plugins installed in the Kafka Connect cluster.'
      summary: List of Managed Connector plugins
      tags:
      - Managed Connector Plugins (connect/v1)
      security:
      - cloud-api-key: []
      - confluent-sts-access-token: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Connector Plugin.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    class:
                      type: string
                      description: The connector class name. E.g. BigQuerySink.
                    type:
                      type: string
                      description: Type of connector, sink or source.
                      enum:
                      - sink
                      - source
                    version:
                      type: string
                      description: The version string for the connector available.
                  required:
                  - class
                  - type
              example:
              - class: BigQuerySink
                type: sink
              - class: KinesisSource
                type: source
                version: 0.1.0
              - class: PostgresSource
                type: source
                version: 0.1.0
              - class: S3_SINK
                type: sink
              - class: GcsSink
                type: sink
                version: 0.2.0
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/connect.v1.UnauthenticatedError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/connect.v1.ResourceNotFoundError'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimitError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/connect.v1.DefaultSystemError'
      parameters: []
  /connect/v1/environments/{environment_id}/clusters/{kafka_cluster_id}/connector-plugins/{plugin_name}/config/validate:
    x-lifecycle-stage: General Availability
    parameters:
    - name: plugin_name
      in: path
      schema:
        type: string
      required: true
      description: The unique name of the connector plugin.
    - name: environment_id
      in: path
      schema:
        type: string
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier of the environment this resource belongs to.
    - name: kafka_cluster_id
      in: path
      schema:
        type: string
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier for the Kafka cluster.
    put:
      x-lifecycle-stage: General Availability
      operationId: validateConnectv1ConnectorPlugin
      description: '![General Availability](#section/Versioning/API-Lifecycle-Policy)


        Validate the provided configuration values against the configuration definition. This API performs per config validation and returns suggested values and validation error messages.'
      summary: Validate a Managed Connector Plugin
      tags:
      - Managed Connector Plugins (connect/v1)
      security:
      - cloud-api-key: []
      - confluent-sts-access-token: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Connector Plugin.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  name:
                    type: string
                    description: The class name of the connector plugin.
                  groups:
                    type: array
                    description: The list of groups used in configuration definitions.
                    items:
                      type: string
                  error_count:
                    type: integer
                    description: The total number of errors encountered during configuration validation.
                  configs:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        definition:
                          type: object
                          description: The definition for a config in the connector plugin, which includes the name, type, importance, etc.
                          properties:
                            name:
                              type: string
                              description: The name of the configuration
                            type:
                              type: string
                              enum:
                              - NONE
                              - BOOLEAN
                              - INT
                              - SHORT
                              - LONG
                              - DOUBLE
                              - STRING
                              - LIST
                              - ENUM
                              - PASSWORD
                              description: The config types
                            required:
                              type: boolean
                              description: Whether this configuration is required
                            default_value:
                              type: string
                              description: Default value for this configuration
                            importance:
                              type: string
                              enum:
                              - NONE
                              - HIGH
                              - MEDIUM
                              - LOW
                              description: The importance level for a configuration
                            documentation:
                              type: string
                              description: The documentation for the configuration
                            group:
                              type: string
                              description: The UI group to which the configuration belongs to
                            width:
                              type: string
                              enum:
                              - NONE
                              - SHORT
                              - MEDIUM
                              - LONG
                              description: The width of a configuration value
                            display_name:
                              type: string
                            dependents:
                              type: array
                              description: Other configurations on which this configuration is dependent
                              items:
                                type: string
                            order:
                              type: integer
                              description: The order of configuration in specified group
                            alias:
                              type: string
                        value:
                          type: object
                          description: The current value for a config, which includes the name, value, recommended values, etc.
                          properties:
                            name:
                              type: string
                              description: The name of the configuration
                            value:
                              type: string
                              description: The value for the configuration
                            recommended_values:
                              type: array
                              description: The list of valid values for the configuration
                              items:
                                type: string
                            errors:
                              type: array
                              description: Errors, if any, in the configuration value
                              items:
                                type: string
                            visible:
                              type: boolean
                              description: 'The visibility of the configuration. Based on the values of other configuration

                                fields, this visibility boolean value points out if the current field should be

                                visible or not.'
                        metadata:
                          type: object
                          description: 'Map of metadata details about the connector configuration, such as type of

                            input, etc.'
              example:
                name: io.confluent.connect.gcs.GcsSinkConnector
                groups:
                - Organize my data by...
                - Which topics do you want to get data from?
                - Messages
                - How should we connect to your data?
                - Google Cloud Storage details
                - Kafka Cluster credentials
                - Number of tasks for this connector
                error_count: 1
                configs:
                - definition:
                    name: name
                    type: STRING
                    required: true
                    default_value: ''
                    importance: HIGH
                    documentation: Sets a name for your connector.
                    group: How should we connect to your data?
                    width: NONE
                    display_name: Connector name
                    dependents: []
                    order: 2
                    alias: ''
                  value:
                    name: name
                    value: '{{.logicalClusterId}}'
                    recommended_values: []
                    errors: []
                    visible: true
                  metadata: {}
                - definition:
                    name: connector.class
                    type: STRING
                    required: true
                    default_value: ''
                    importance: HIGH
                    documentation: ''
                    group: How should we connect to your data?
                    width: NONE
                    display_name: Connector class
                    dependents: []
                    order: 1
                    alias: ''
                  value:
                    name: connector.class
                    value: io.confluent.connect.gcs.GcsSinkConnector
                    recommended_values: []
                    errors: []
                    visible: true
                  metadata: {}
                - definition:
                    name: kafka.api.key
                    type: PASSWORD
                    required: true
                    default_value: ''
                    importance: HIGH
                    documentation: ''
                    group: Kafka Cluster credentials
                    width: NONE
                    display_name: Kafka API Key
                    dependents: []
                    order: 1
                    alias: ''
                  value:
                    name: kafka.api.key
                    value: ''
                    recommended_values: []
                    errors: []
                    visible: true
                  metadata: {}
                - definition:
                    name: kafka.api.secret
                    type: PASSWORD
                    required: true
                    default_value: ''
                    importance: HIGH
                    documentation: ''
                    group: Kafka Cluster credentials
                    width: NONE
                    display_name: Kafka API Secret
                    dependents:
                    - kafka.api.key
                    order: 2
                    alias: ''
                  value:
                    name: kafka.api.secret
                    value: ''
                    recommended_values: []
                    errors: []
                    visible: true
                  metadata: {}
                - definition:
                    name: topics
                    type: LIST
                    required: true
                    default_value: ''
                    importance: HIGH
                    documentation: Identifies the topic name or a comma-separated list of topic names.
                    group: Which topics do you want to get data from?
                    width: NONE
                    display_name: Topic names
                    dependents: []
                    order: 1
                    alias: ''
                  value:
                    name: topics
                    value: test1
                    recommended_values: []
                    errors: []
                    visible: true
                  metadata: {}
                - definition:
                    name: data.format
                    type: STRING
                    required: true
                    default_value: ''
                    importance: HIGH
                    documentation: Sets the input/output message format. Valid entries are AVRO, JSON, or BYTES
                    group: Messages
                    width: NONE
                    display_name: Message format
                    dependents: []
                    order: 1
                    alias: ''
                  value:
                    name: data.format
                    value: BYTES
                    recommended_values:
                    - BYTES
                    - JSON
                    - AVRO
                    errors: []
                    visible: true
                  metadata: {}
                - definition:
                    name: gcs.credentials.config
                    type: PASSWORD
                    required: true
                    default_value: ''
                    importance: HIGH
                    documentation: Contents of the downloaded GCP service account JSON file.
                    group: Google Cloud Storage details
                    width: NONE
                    display_name: Google Cloud Storage credentials.
                    dependents: []
                    order: 1
                    alias: ''
                  value:
                    name: gcs.credentials.config
                    value: ''
                    recommended_values: []
                    errors: []
                    visible: true
                  metadata: {}
                - definition:
                    name: gcs.bucket.name
                    type: STRING
                    required: true
                    default_value: ''
                    importance: HIGH
                    documentation: A Google Cloud Storage bucket must be in the same region as your Confluent Cloud cluster.
                    group: Google Cloud Storage details
                    width: NONE
                    display_name: Bucket name.
                    dependents: []
                    order: 2
                    alias: ''
                  value:
                    name: gcs.bucket.name
                    value: gmagare
                    recommended_values: []
                    errors: []
                    visible: true
                  metadata: {}
                - definition:
                    name: time.interval
                    type: STRING
                    required: true
                    default_value: ''
                    importance: HIGH
                    documentation: Sets how your messages grouped in storage. Valid entries are DAILY or HOURLY.
                    group: Organize my data by...
                    width: NONE
                    display_name: Time interval
                    dependents: []
                    order: 1
                    alias: ''
                  value:
                    name: time.interval
                    value: DAILY
                    recommended_values:
                    - DAILY
                    - HOURLY
                    errors: []
                    visible: true
                  metadata: {}
                - definition:
                    name: tasks.max
                    type: INT
                    required: true
                    default_value: ''
                    importance: HIGH
                    documentation: ''
                    group: Number of tasks for this connector
                    width: NONE
                    display_name: Tasks
                    dependents: []
                    order: 1
                    alias: ''
                  value:
                    name: tasks.max
                    value: '1'
                    recommended_values: []
                    errors: []
                    visible: true
                  metadata: {}
                - definition:
                    name: flush.size
                    type: INT
                    required: true
                    default_value: '1000'
                    importance: HIGH
                    documentation: This value defaults to 1000. For example, if you use the default setting of 1000 and your topic has six partitions, files start to be created in the storage bucket after more than 1000 records exist in each partition. Note that the default value of 1000 can be increased if needed.
                    group: Organize my data by...
                    width: NONE
                    display_name: Flush size
                    dependents: []
                    order: 2
                    alias: ''
                  value:
                    name: flush.size
                    value: '1'
                    recommended_values: []
                    errors:
                    - '"flush.size" should be greater than or equal to 1000'
                    visible: true
                  metadata: {}
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/connect.v1.UnauthenticatedError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/connect.v1.ResourceNotFoundError'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimitError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/connect.v1.DefaultSystemError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              description: Configuration parameters for the connector. All values should be strings.
              additionalProperties:
                type: string
                description: Other configuration parameters for the connector. All values should be strings. See the connector's docs for the list of options.
            example:
              cloud.environment: prod
              cloud.provider: aws
              connector.class: GcsSink
              data.format: BYTES
              flush.size: '500'
              gcs.bucket.name: APILogsBucket
              gcs.credentials.config: '****************'
              kafka.api.key: '****************'
              kafka.api.secret: '****************'
              kafka.endpoint: SASL_SSL://pkc-xxxxx.us-west-2.aws.confluent.cloud:9092
              kafka.region: us-west-2
              name: MyGcsLogsBucketConnector
              tasks.max: '2'
              time.interval: DAILY
              topics: APILogsTopic
        description: Configuration parameters for the connector. All values should be strings.
  ? /connect/v1/environments/{environment_id}/clusters/{kafka_cluster_id}/connector-plugins/{plugin_name}/config/translate?mask_sensitive=true
  : x-lifecycle-stage: General Availability
    parameters:
    - name: plugin_name
      in: path
      schema:
        type: string
      required: true
      description: The unique name of the connector plugin.
    - name: environment_id
      in: path
      schema:
        type: string
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier of the environment this resource belongs to.
    - name: kafka_cluster_id
      in: path
      schema:
        type: string
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier for the Kafka cluster.
    - name: mask_sensitive
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        maxLength: 255
      description: Indicates whether to redact sensitive config values in response.
    put:
      x-lifecycle-stage: General Availability
      operationId: translateConnectv1ConnectorPlugin
      description: '![General Availability](#section/Versioning/API-Lifecycle-Policy)


        Translate the provided Self Managed configuration values. This API performs configuration translation

        and returns the translated fully managed configuration along with any errors or warnings.

        Query Parameter `mask_sensitive=true` redacts sensitive config values in response.'
      summary: Translate Self Managed Connector Plugin Configurations to Fully Managed…
      tags:
      - Managed Connector Plugins (connect/v1)
      security:
      - cloud-api-key: []
      - confluent-sts-access-token: []
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              description: Configuration parameters for the self managed connector. All values should be strings.
              additionalProperties:
                type: string
                description: Configuration parameters for the self managed connector. All values should be strings. See the self managed connector's docs for the list of options.
            example:
              topics: nidhi_topic
              input.data.format: JSON
              connector.class: io.confluent.connect.datadog.metrics.DatadogMetricsSinkConnector
              name: DatadogMetricsSinkConnector_87
              datadog.api.key: 535069c094cdfd1a55fb3e80eba09241
              datadog.domain: COM
              max.retry.time.ms: '5000'
              behavior.on.error: log
              tasks.max: '1'
              errors.tolerance: all
              errors.deadletterqueue.context.headers.enable: 'true'
              errors.log.include.messages: 'true'
              errors.log.enable: 'true'
              reporter.bootstrap.servers: localhost:9092
              reporter.error.topic.replication.factor: '1'
              confluent.topic.bootstrap.servers: localhost:9092
              confluent.topic.replication.factor: '1'
        description: Configuration parameters for the connector. All values should be strings.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Connector Plugin translation result.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  config:
                    type: object
                    description: The translated configuration
                    additionalProperties:
                      type: string
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    description: List of configuration errors
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        field:
                          type: string
                          description: The field name that has an error
                        message:
                          type: string
                          description: The error message
                      required:
                      - field
                      - message
                  warnings:
                    type: array
                    description: List of configuration warnings
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        field:
                          type: string
                          description: The field name that has a warning
                        message:
                          type: string
                          description: The warning message
                      required:
                      - field
                      - message
              example:
                config:
                  connector.class: DatadogMetricsSink
                  name: DatadogMetricsSinkConnector_87
                  topics: nidhi_topic
                  datadog.api.key: '****************'
                  datadog.domain: COM
                  max.retry.time.ms: '5000'
                  behavior.on.error: log
                  tasks.max: '1'
                  errors.tolerance: all
                  errors.deadletterqueue.context.headers.enable: 'true'
                  errors.log.include.messages: 'true'
                  errors.log.enable: 'true'
                  confluent.topic.bootstrap.servers: localhost:9092
                  input.data.format: JSON
                  max.poll.interval.ms: '300000'
                  max.poll.records: '500'
                errors:
                - field: datadog.site
                  message: Required config is missing.
                warnings:
                - field: confluent.topic.bootstrap.servers
                  message: Customer given value is ignored. Default value is used.
                - field: reporter.error.topic.replication.factor
                  message: Customer given value is ignored. Default value is used.
                - field: confluent.topic.replication.factor
                  message: Customer given value is ignored. Default value is used.
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/connect.v1.BadRequestError'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/connect.v1.UnauthenticatedError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/connect.v1.ForbiddenError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/connect.v1.ResourceNotFoundError'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimitError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/connect.v1.DefaultSystemError'
components:
  schemas:
    connect.v1.ConnectorError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          description: Connector Error with error code and message.
          properties:
            code:
              type: integer
              description: Error code for the type of error
            message:
              type: string
              description: Human readable error message
  responses:
    connect.v1.BadRequestError:
      description: Bad Request
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/connect.v1.ConnectorError'
          example:
            error:
              code: 400
              message: Bad Request
    RateLimitError:
      description: Rate Limit Exceeded
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          schema:
            type: string
          description: The unique identifier for the API request.
        X-RateLimit-Limit:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: The maximum number of requests you're permitted to make per time period.
        X-RateLimit-Remaining:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: The number of requests remaining in the current rate limit window.
        X-RateLimit-Reset:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: "The relative time in seconds until the current rate-limit window resets.  \n  \n**Important:** This differs from Github and Twitter's same-named header which uses UTC epoch seconds. We use relative time to avoid client/server time synchronization issues."
        Retry-After:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: The number of seconds to wait until the rate limit window resets. Only sent when the rate limit is reached.
    connect.v1.DefaultSystemError:
      description: Internal Server Error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/connect.v1.ConnectorError'
          example:
            error:
              code: 500
              message: Oops, something went wrong
    connect.v1.ResourceNotFoundError:
      description: Not Found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/connect.v1.ConnectorError'
          example:
            error:
              code: 404
              message: resource not found
    connect.v1.UnauthenticatedError:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/connect.v1.ConnectorError'
          example:
            error:
              code: 401
              message: Unauthorized
    connect.v1.ForbiddenError:
      description: Forbidden
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/connect.v1.ConnectorError'
          example:
            error:
              code: 403
              message: Forbidden
  securitySchemes:
    cloud-api-key:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Authenticate with Cloud API Keys using HTTP Basic Auth. Treat the Cloud API Key ID as the username and Cloud API Key Secret as the password.
    confluent-sts-access-token:
      type: oauth2
      description: Authenticate with Confluent API using this credentials (JSON Web Tokens) following OAuth 2.0.
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://api.confluent.cloud/sts/v1/oauth2/token
          scopes: {}
    global-api-key:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Authenticate with Global API Keys using HTTP Basic Auth. Treat the Global API Key ID as the username and Global API Key Secret as the password.
    resource-api-key:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Authenticate with resource-specific API Keys using HTTP Basic Auth. Treat the resource-specific API Key ID as the username and resource-specific API Key Secret as the password.
    external-access-token:
      type: oauth2
      description: Authenticate with Confluent API using this credentials (JSON Web Tokens) following OAuth 2.0.
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://api.confluent.cloud/sts/v1/oauth2/token
          scopes: {}
    oauth:
      type: oauth2
      description: Authenticate with OAuth 2.0. Currently this is only supported for partner APIs.
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: /oauth2/token
          scopes:
            partner:alter: enables partners to alter entitlements
            partner:create: enables partners to create entitlements and signup on behalf of customers
            partner:delete: enables partners to delete entitlements and organizations
            partner:describe: enables partners to read and list entitlements and organizations
x-tagGroups:
- name: Identity Access Management (v2)
  tags:
  - API Keys (iam/v2)
  - Users (iam/v2)
  - Service Accounts (iam/v2)
  - Invitations (iam/v2)
  - IP Groups (iam/v2)
  - IP Filters (iam/v2)
  - IP Filter Summaries (iam/v2)
  - Role Bindings (iam/v2)
  - Identity Providers (iam/v2)
  - Jwks (iam/v2)
  - Identity Pools (iam/v2)
  - Group Mappings (iam/v2/sso)
  - Certificate Authorities (iam/v2)
  - Certificate Identity Pools (iam/v2)
- name: Org API (v2)
  tags:
  - Environments (org/v2)
  - Organizations (org/v2)
- name: Notifications API (v1)
  tags:


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