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Ingest HTTP Binary File

Copy binary file from HTTP endpoint to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.

To use this activity within the API, use an ActivityCode of WEB-ADLS.

Example JSON​

An example of what the Task Config would look like for a task using this activity. Some of these variables would be set at the group level to avoid duplication between tasks.

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Variable Reference​

The following variables are supported:

  • SourceConnection - (Required) Source connection to use.

  • RelativeUrl - (Optional) Relative URL from Source URI.

  • TargetConnection - (Optional) Target connection to use.

  • DataLakeSystemFolder - (Required) Name of the folder in the Data Lake that acts as the parent folder for all datasets belonging to this System.

  • DataLakeDatasetFolder - (Required) Name of the folder in the Data Lake that the dataset will be stored under. Used with 'Data Lake System Folder' to form the fully qualified path to the dataset within the data Container in the Data Lake.

  • DestinationFileName - (Required) The name to give the file as it is landed in the Data Lake.

  • ExtractControlVariableName - (Optional) For incremental loads only, the name to assign the Extract Control variable in State Config for the ExtractControl value derived from the Extract Control Query above.

  • ExtractControlVariableSeedValue - (Optional) The initial value to set for the Extract Control variable in State Config - this will have no impact beyond the original seeding of the Extract Control variable in State Config.

  • MaximumNumberOfAttemptsAllowed - (Optional) The total number of times the running of this Task can be attempted.

  • MinutesToWaitBeforeNextAttempt - (Optional) If a Task run fails, the number of minutes to wait before re-attempting the Task.

  • RetainHistory - (Optional) Should the raw files be saved to the History Container to preserve them?

  • IsFederated - (Optional) Makes task available to other Insight Factories within this organisation.

  • Links - (Optional) NULL