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HTTP connection
HTTP connection
Last updated: Jun 07, 2024
HTTP connection

To access your data from a URL, create an HTTP connection asset for it.

Supported file

Use the full path in the URL to the file that you want to read. You cannot browse for files.

Certificates

Enter the SSL certificate of the host to be trusted. The SSL certificate is needed only when the host certificate is not signed by a known certificate authority.

For Private connectivity, to connect to a database that is not externalized to the internet (for example, behind a firewall), you must set up a secure connection.

Choose the method for creating a connection based on where you are in the platform

In a project
Click Assets > New asset > Connect to a data source. See Adding a connection to a project.
In a deployment space
Click Import assets > Data access > Connection. See Adding data assets to a deployment space.
In the Platform assets catalog
Click New connection. See Adding platform connections.

Next step: Add data assets from the connection

Where you can use this connection

You can use HTTP connections in the following workspaces and tools:

Projects

  • Data Refinery
  • Notebooks. Click Read data on the Code snippets pane to get the connection credentials and load the data into a data structure. See Load data from data source connections.
  • SPSS Modeler
  • Synthetic Data Generator

Catalogs

  • Platform assets catalog

Restriction

You can use this connection only for source data. You cannot write to data or export data with this connection.

Supported file types

The HTTP connection supports these file types:  Avro, CSV, Delimited text, Excel, JSON, ORC, Parquet, SAS, SAV, SHP, and XML.

Parent topic: Supported connections