Azure Data Factory Data Flows API

Data Flows operations on the Microsoft.DataFactory resource provider (4 operations): DataFlows_ListByFactory, DataFlows_Get, DataFlows_CreateOrUpdate, DataFlows_Delete.

Operations 4

GET /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DataFactory/factories/{factoryName}/dataflows #
GET /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DataFactory/factories/{factoryName}/dataflows/{dataFlowName} #
PUT /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DataFactory/factories/{factoryName}/dataflows/{dataFlowName} #
DELETE /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DataFactory/factories/{factoryName}/dataflows/{dataFlowName} #

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OpenAPI Specification

microsoft-azure-data-factory-data-flows-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Azure Data Factory REST dataFlows API
  description: Azure Data Factory is a cloud-based data integration service. The Microsoft.DataFactory resource-provider REST
    API manages factories, pipelines, datasets, linked services, data flows, triggers, integration runtimes, credentials,
    managed private endpoints and change data capture resources through Azure Resource Manager.
  version: '2018-06-01'
  contact:
    name: Microsoft Azure
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/datafactory/
  x-source: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/main/specification/datafactory/resource-manager/Microsoft.DataFactory/DataFactory/stable/2018-06-01/openapi.json
  x-source-format: Swagger 2.0 (converted verbatim to OpenAPI 3.0.3; original retained at openapi/_original/)
externalDocs:
  description: Azure Data Factory REST API reference
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/datafactory/
servers:
- url: https://management.azure.com
  description: Azure Resource Manager
security:
- azure_auth:
  - user_impersonation
tags:
- name: dataFlows
  description: dataFlows operations
paths:
  ? /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DataFactory/factories/{factoryName}/dataflows
  : get:
      operationId: DataFlows_ListByFactory
      description: Lists data flows.
      tags:
      - dataFlows
      parameters:
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
      - name: factoryName
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The factory name.
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 63
          minLength: 3
          pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9]+(?:-[A-Za-z0-9]+)*$
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Azure operation completed successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFlowListResponse'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CloudError'
      x-ms-examples:
        DataFlows_ListByFactory:
          $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/datafactory/resource-manager/Microsoft.DataFactory/DataFactory/stable/2018-06-01/examples/DataFlows_ListByFactory.json
      x-ms-pageable:
        nextLinkName: nextLink
  ? /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DataFactory/factories/{factoryName}/dataflows/{dataFlowName}
  : get:
      operationId: DataFlows_Get
      description: Gets a data flow.
      tags:
      - dataFlows
      parameters:
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
      - name: factoryName
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The factory name.
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 63
          minLength: 3
          pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9]+(?:-[A-Za-z0-9]+)*$
      - name: dataFlowName
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The data flow name.
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 260
          minLength: 1
          pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9_][^<>*#.%&:\\+?/]*$
      - name: if-none-match
        in: header
        required: false
        description: ETag of the data flow entity. Should only be specified for get. If the ETag matches the existing entity
          tag, or if * was provided, then no content will be returned.
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-client-name: If-None-Match
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Azure operation completed successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFlowResource'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CloudError'
      x-ms-examples:
        DataFlows_Get:
          $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/datafactory/resource-manager/Microsoft.DataFactory/DataFactory/stable/2018-06-01/examples/DataFlows_Get.json
    put:
      operationId: DataFlows_CreateOrUpdate
      description: Creates or updates a data flow.
      tags:
      - dataFlows
      parameters:
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
      - name: factoryName
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The factory name.
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 63
          minLength: 3
          pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9]+(?:-[A-Za-z0-9]+)*$
      - name: dataFlowName
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The data flow name.
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 260
          minLength: 1
          pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9_][^<>*#.%&:\\+?/]*$
      - name: if-match
        in: header
        required: false
        description: ETag of the data flow entity. Should only be specified for update, for which it should match existing
          entity or can be * for unconditional update.
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-client-name: If-Match
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFlowResource'
        description: Data flow resource definition.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Resource 'DataFlowResource' update operation succeeded
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFlowResource'
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CloudError'
      x-ms-examples:
        DataFlows_Create:
          $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/datafactory/resource-manager/Microsoft.DataFactory/DataFactory/stable/2018-06-01/examples/DataFlows_Create.json
        DataFlows_Update:
          $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/datafactory/resource-manager/Microsoft.DataFactory/DataFactory/stable/2018-06-01/examples/DataFlows_Update.json
    delete:
      operationId: DataFlows_Delete
      description: Deletes a data flow.
      tags:
      - dataFlows
      parameters:
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/parameters/ApiVersionParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter
      - name: factoryName
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The factory name.
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 63
          minLength: 3
          pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9]+(?:-[A-Za-z0-9]+)*$
      - name: dataFlowName
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The data flow name.
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 260
          minLength: 1
          pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9_][^<>*#.%&:\\+?/]*$
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Resource deleted successfully.
        '204':
          description: Resource does not exist.
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CloudError'
      x-ms-examples:
        DataFlows_Delete:
          $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/datafactory/resource-manager/Microsoft.DataFactory/DataFactory/stable/2018-06-01/examples/DataFlows_Delete.json
components:
  schemas:
    CloudError:
      type: object
      description: The object that defines the structure of an Azure Data Factory error response.
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CloudErrorBody'
          description: Error data
          x-ms-client-flatten: true
      required:
      - error
      x-ms-external: true
    CloudErrorBody:
      type: object
      description: The object that defines the structure of an Azure Data Factory error.
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Error code.
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message.
        target:
          type: string
          description: Property name/path in request associated with error.
        details:
          type: array
          description: Array with additional error details.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CloudError'
          x-ms-identifiers: []
      required:
      - code
      - message
      x-ms-external: true
    DataFlow:
      type: object
      description: Azure Data Factory nested object which contains a flow with data movements and transformations.
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: Type of data flow.
        description:
          type: string
          description: The description of the data flow.
        annotations:
          type: array
          description: List of tags that can be used for describing the data flow.
          items: {}
        folder:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFlowFolder'
          description: The folder that this data flow is in. If not specified, Data flow will appear at the root level.
      discriminator: type
      required:
      - type
    DataFlowFolder:
      type: object
      description: The folder that this data flow is in. If not specified, Data flow will appear at the root level.
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the folder that this data flow is in.
    DataFlowListResponse:
      type: object
      description: A list of data flow resources.
      properties:
        value:
          type: array
          description: The DataFlowResource items on this page
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFlowResource'
        nextLink:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: The link to the next page of items
      required:
      - value
    DataFlowReference:
      type: object
      description: Data flow reference type.
      properties:
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFlowReferenceType'
          description: Data flow reference type.
        referenceName:
          type: string
          description: Reference data flow name.
        datasetParameters:
          description: Reference data flow parameters from dataset.
        parameters:
          type: object
          description: Data flow parameters
          additionalProperties: {}
      required:
      - type
      - referenceName
      additionalProperties: {}
    DataFlowReferenceType:
      type: string
      description: Data flow reference type.
      enum:
      - DataFlowReference
      x-ms-enum:
        name: DataFlowReferenceType
        modelAsString: true
        values:
        - name: DataFlowReference
          value: DataFlowReference
          description: DataFlowReference
    DataFlowResource:
      type: object
      description: Data flow resource type.
      properties:
        properties:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFlow'
          description: Data flow properties.
        etag:
          type: string
          description: '"If etag is provided in the response body, it may also be provided as a header per the normal etag
            convention.  Entity tags are used for comparing two or more entities from the same requested resource. HTTP/1.1
            uses entity tags in the etag (section 14.19), If-Match (section 14.24), If-None-Match (section 14.26), and If-Range
            (section 14.27) header fields.")'
          readOnly: true
      required:
      - properties
      allOf:
      - $ref: ../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/definitions/ProxyResource
    DataFlowSink:
      type: object
      description: Transformation for data flow sink.
      properties:
        schemaLinkedService:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LinkedServiceReference'
          description: Schema linked service reference.
        rejectedDataLinkedService:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LinkedServiceReference'
          description: Rejected data linked service reference.
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Transformation'
    DataFlowSource:
      type: object
      description: Transformation for data flow source.
      properties:
        schemaLinkedService:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LinkedServiceReference'
          description: Schema linked service reference.
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Transformation'
    DatasetReference:
      type: object
      description: Dataset reference type.
      properties:
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatasetReferenceType'
          description: Dataset reference type.
        referenceName:
          type: string
          description: Reference dataset name.
        parameters:
          type: object
          description: Arguments for dataset.
          additionalProperties: {}
      required:
      - type
      - referenceName
    DatasetReferenceType:
      type: string
      description: Dataset reference type.
      enum:
      - DatasetReference
      x-ms-enum:
        name: DatasetReferenceType
        modelAsString: true
        values:
        - name: DatasetReference
          value: DatasetReference
          description: DatasetReference
    Flowlet:
      type: object
      description: Data flow flowlet
      properties:
        typeProperties:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowletTypeProperties'
          description: Flowlet type properties.
          x-ms-client-flatten: true
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFlow'
      x-ms-discriminator-value: Flowlet
    FlowletTypeProperties:
      type: object
      description: Flowlet type properties.
      properties:
        sources:
          type: array
          description: List of sources in Flowlet.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFlowSource'
          x-ms-identifiers:
          - name
        sinks:
          type: array
          description: List of sinks in Flowlet.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFlowSink'
          x-ms-identifiers:
          - name
        transformations:
          type: array
          description: List of transformations in Flowlet.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Transformation'
          x-ms-identifiers:
          - name
        script:
          type: string
          description: Flowlet script.
        scriptLines:
          type: array
          description: Flowlet script lines.
          items:
            type: string
    LinkedServiceReference:
      type: object
      description: Linked service reference type.
      properties:
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Type'
          description: Linked service reference type.
        referenceName:
          type: string
          description: Reference LinkedService name.
        parameters:
          type: object
          description: Arguments for LinkedService.
          additionalProperties: {}
      required:
      - type
      - referenceName
    MappingDataFlow:
      type: object
      description: Mapping data flow.
      properties:
        typeProperties:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MappingDataFlowTypeProperties'
          description: Mapping data flow type properties.
          x-ms-client-flatten: true
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFlow'
      x-ms-discriminator-value: MappingDataFlow
    MappingDataFlowTypeProperties:
      type: object
      description: Mapping data flow type properties.
      properties:
        sources:
          type: array
          description: List of sources in data flow.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFlowSource'
          x-ms-identifiers:
          - name
        sinks:
          type: array
          description: List of sinks in data flow.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFlowSink'
          x-ms-identifiers:
          - name
        transformations:
          type: array
          description: List of transformations in data flow.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Transformation'
          x-ms-identifiers:
          - name
        script:
          type: string
          description: DataFlow script.
        scriptLines:
          type: array
          description: Data flow script lines.
          items:
            type: string
    PowerQuerySource:
      type: object
      description: Power query source.
      properties:
        script:
          type: string
          description: source script.
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFlowSource'
    PowerQueryTypeProperties:
      type: object
      description: Power Query data flow type properties.
      properties:
        sources:
          type: array
          description: List of sources in Power Query.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PowerQuerySource'
          x-ms-identifiers:
          - name
        script:
          type: string
          description: Power query mashup script.
        documentLocale:
          type: string
          description: Locale of the Power query mashup document.
    Transformation:
      type: object
      description: A data flow transformation.
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Transformation name.
        description:
          type: string
          description: Transformation description.
        dataset:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatasetReference'
          description: Dataset reference.
        linkedService:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LinkedServiceReference'
          description: Linked service reference.
        flowlet:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFlowReference'
          description: Flowlet Reference
      required:
      - name
    Type:
      type: string
      description: Linked service reference type.
      enum:
      - LinkedServiceReference
      x-ms-enum:
        name: Type
        modelAsString: true
        values:
        - name: LinkedServiceReference
          value: LinkedServiceReference
          description: LinkedServiceReference
    WranglingDataFlow:
      type: object
      description: Power Query data flow.
      properties:
        typeProperties:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PowerQueryTypeProperties'
          description: PowerQuery data flow type properties.
          x-ms-client-flatten: true
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFlow'
      x-ms-discriminator-value: WranglingDataFlow
  securitySchemes:
    azure_auth:
      type: oauth2
      description: Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.
      flows:
        implicit:
          scopes:
            user_impersonation: impersonate your user account
          authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize