Outlook Mail (Office 365) Connector for Azure Data Factory (SSIS) How to Make Generic API Request
Prerequisites
Before we begin, make sure the following prerequisites are met:
- SSIS designer installed. Sometimes it is referred as BIDS or SSDT (download it from Microsoft).
- Basic knowledge of SSIS package development using Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services.
- ODBC PowerPack is installed (if you are new to SSIS PowerPack, then get started!).
Make Generic API Request in SSIS
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Begin with opening Visual Studio and Create a New Project.
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Select Integration Service Project and in new project window set the appropriate name and location for project. And click OK.
In the new SSIS project screen you will find the following:
- SSIS ToolBox on left side bar
- Solution Explorer and Property Window on right bar
- Control flow, data flow, event Handlers, Package Explorer in tab windows
- Connection Manager Window in the bottom
Note: If you don't see ZappySys SSIS PowerPack Task or Components in SSIS Toolbox, please refer to this help link. -
Now, Drag and Drop SSIS Data Flow Task from SSIS Toolbox. Double click on the Data Flow Task to see Data Flow designer.
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From the SSIS toolbox drag and API Source (Predefined Templates) on the data flow designer surface, and double click on it to edit it:
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Select New Connection to create a new connection:
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Use a preinstalled Outlook Mail (Office 365) Connector from Popular Connector List or press Search Online radio button to download Outlook Mail (Office 365) Connector. Once downloaded simply use it in the configuration:
Outlook Mail (Office 365) -
Now it's time to configure authentication. Firstly, configure authentication settings in Outlook Mail (Office 365) service and then proceed by configuring API Connection Manager. Start by expanding an authentication type:
Outlook Mail (Office 365) authentication
Use delegated access (User Credentials) whenever you want to let a signed-in user work with their own resources or resources they can access. Whether it's an admin setting up policies for their entire organization or a user deleting an email in their inbox, all scenarios involving user actions should use delegated access. [API reference]
Follow these simple steps below to create Microsoft Entra ID application with delegated access:
WARNING: If you are planning to automate processes, we recommend that you use a Application Credentials authentication method. In case, you still need to use User Credentials, then make sure you use a system/generic account (e.g.automation@my-company.com
). When you use a personal account which is tied to a specific employee profile and that employee leaves the company, the token may become invalid and any automated processes using that token will start to fail.- Navigate to the Azure Portal and log in using your credentials.
- Access Microsoft Entra ID.
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Register a new application by going to
App registrations
and clicking on New registration button:
INFO: Find more information on how to register an application in Graph API reference.
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When configuration window opens, configure these fields:
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Supported account type
- Use
Accounts in this organizational directory only
, if you need access to data in your organization only.
- Use
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Supported account type
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Redirect URI:
- Set the type to
Public client/native (mobile & desktop)
. - Use
https://zappysys.com/oauth
as the URL.
- Set the type to
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After registering the app, copy the Application (client) ID for later:
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Then copy OAuth authorization endpoint (v2) & OAuth token endpoint (v2) URLs to use later in the configuration:
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Now go to SSIS package or ODBC data source and use the copied values in User Credentials authentication configuration:
- In the Authorization URL field paste the OAuth authorization endpoint (v2) URL value you copied in the previous step.
- In the Token URL field paste the OAuth token endpoint (v2) URL value you copied in the previous step.
- In the Client ID field paste the Application (client) ID value you copied in the previous step.
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In the Scope field use the default value or select individual scopes, e.g.:
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email
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offline_access
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openid
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profile
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Mail.Read
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Mail.Read.Shared
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Mail.ReadBasic
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Mail.ReadBasic.Shared
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Mail.ReadWrite
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Mail.ReadWrite.Shared
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Mail.Send
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Mail.Send.Shared
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User.Read
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User.ReadBasic.All
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- Press Generate Token button to generate Access and Refresh Tokens.
- Optional step. Choose Default User Id from the drop down menu (if someone shared a mailbox with you).
- Click Test Connection to confirm the connection is working.
- Done! Now you are ready to use the API Connector!
API Connection Manager configuration
Just perform these simple steps to finish authentication configuration:
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Set Authentication Type to
User Credentials [OAuth]
- Optional step. Modify API Base URL if needed (in most cases default will work).
- Fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed.
- Press Generate Token button to generate the tokens.
- Finally, hit OK button:
Outlook Mail (Office 365)User Credentials [OAuth]https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0Required Parameters Authorization URL Fill-in the parameter... Token URL Fill-in the parameter... Client ID Fill-in the parameter... Scope Fill-in the parameter... Return URL Fill-in the parameter... Optional Parameters Client Secret Refresh Token File Path Login Prompt Option Default User Id (Select after clicking **Generate Token**) me RetryMode RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch RetryStatusCodeList 429|503 RetryCountMax 5 RetryMultiplyWaitTime True Outlook Mail (Office 365) authentication
Application-only access is broader and more powerful than delegated access (User Credentials), so you should only use app-only access where needed. Use it when: 1. The application needs to run in an automated way, without user input (for example, a daily script that checks emails from certain contacts and sends automated responses). 2. The application needs to access resources belonging to multiple different users (for example, a backup or data loss prevention app might need to retrieve messages from many different chat channels, each with different participants). 3. You find yourself tempted to store credentials locally and allow the app to sign in 'as' the user or admin. [API reference]
Follow these simple steps below to create Microsoft Entra ID application with application access permissions.
- Navigate to the Azure Portal and log in using your credentials.
- Access Microsoft Entra ID.
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Register a new application by going to
App registrations
and clicking on New registration button:
INFO: Find more information on how to register an application in Graph API reference.
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When configuration window opens, configure these fields:
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Supported account type
- e.g. select
Accounts in this organizational directory only
if you need access to data in your organization only.
- e.g. select
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Supported account type
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Redirect URI:
- Set the type to
Public client/native (mobile & desktop)
. - Leave the URL field empty.
- Set the type to
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After registering the app, copy the Application (client) ID for later:
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Then copy OAuth authorization endpoint (v2) & OAuth token endpoint (v2) URLs:
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Continue and create Client secret:
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Then copy the Client secret for later steps:
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Continue by adding permissions for the app by going to the API permissions section, and clicking on Add a permission:
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Select Microsoft Graph:
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Then choose Application permissions option:
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Continue by adding these Mail (Outlook) permissions:
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Finish by clicking Add permissions button:
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Now it's time to Grant admin consent for your application:
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Confirm all the permissions are granted:
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Now go to SSIS package or ODBC data source and use the copied values in Application Credentials authentication configuration:
- In the Token URL field paste the OAuth token endpoint (v2) URL value you copied in the previous step.
- In the Client ID field paste the Application (client) ID value you copied in the previous step.
- In the Client Secret field paste the Client secret value you copied in the previous step.
- Choose Default User Id from the drop down menu.
- Click Test Connection to confirm the connection is working.
- That's it! Now you can use the API Connector!
API Connection Manager configuration
Just perform these simple steps to finish authentication configuration:
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Set Authentication Type to
Application Credentials [OAuth]
- Optional step. Modify API Base URL if needed (in most cases default will work).
- Fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed.
- Press Generate Token button to generate the tokens.
- Finally, hit OK button:
Outlook Mail (Office 365)Application Credentials [OAuth]https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0Required Parameters Token URL Fill-in the parameter... Client ID Fill-in the parameter... Client Secret Fill-in the parameter... Scope Fill-in the parameter... Default User Id Fill-in the parameter... Optional Parameters RetryMode RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch RetryStatusCodeList 429|503 RetryCountMax 5 RetryMultiplyWaitTime True -
Select Generic Table (Bulk Read / Write) table from the dropdown and hit Preview Data:
API Source - Outlook Mail (Office 365)Outlook Mail Connector (Office 365) can be used to integrate Office 365 Outlook Mail API in your App / BI Tools. You can download attachment, read / search Emails, Users, MailFolders, Send email and more.Outlook Mail (Office 365)Generic Table (Bulk Read / Write)Required Parameters HTTP - Url or File Path Fill-in the parameter... HTTP - Request Method Fill-in the parameter... Optional Parameters HTTP - Request Body HTTP - Is MultiPart Body (Pass File data/Mixed Key/value) HTTP - Request Format (Content-Type) ApplicationJson HTTP - Headers (e.g. hdr1:aaa || hdr2:bbb) Accept: */* || Cache-Control: no-cache Parser - Response Format (Default=Json) Default Parser - Filter (e.g. $.rows[*] ) Parser - Encoding Parser - CharacterSet Download - Enable reading binary data False Download - File overwrite mode AlwaysOverwrite Download - Save file path Download - Enable raw output mode as single row False Download - Raw output data RowTemplate {Status:'Downloaded'} Download - Request Timeout (Milliseconds) General - Enable Custom Search/Replace General - SearchFor (e.g. (\d)-(\d)--regex) General - ReplaceWith (e.g. $1-***) General - File Compression Type General - Date Format General - Enable Big Number Handling False General - Wait time (Ms) - Helps to slow down pagination (Use for throttling) 0 JSON/XML - ExcludedProperties (e.g. meta,info) JSON/XML - Flatten Small Array (Not preferred for more than 10 items) JSON/XML - Max Array Items To Flatten 10 JSON/XML - Array Transform Type JSON/XML - Array Transform Column Name Filter JSON/XML - Array Transform Row Value Filter JSON/XML - Array Transform Enable Custom Columns JSON/XML - Enable Pivot Transform JSON/XML - Array Transform Custom Columns JSON/XML - Pivot Path Replace With JSON/XML - Enable Pivot Path Search Replace False JSON/XML - Pivot Path Search For JSON/XML - Include Pivot Path False JSON/XML - Throw Error When No Match for Filter False JSON/XML - Parent Column Prefix JSON/XML - Include Parent When Child Null False Pagination - Mode Pagination - Attribute Name (e.g. page) Pagination - Increment By (e.g. 100) 1 Pagination - Expression for Next URL (e.g. $.nextUrl) Pagination - Wait time after each request (milliseconds) 0 Pagination - Max Rows Expr Pagination - Max Pages Expr Pagination - Max Rows DataPath Expr Pagination - Max Pages 0 Pagination - End Rules Pagination - Next URL Suffix Pagination - Next URL End Indicator Pagination - Stop Indicator Expr Pagination - Current Page Pagination - End Strategy Type DetectBasedOnRecordCount Pagination - Stop based on this Response StatusCode Pagination - When EndStrategy Condition Equals True Pagination - Max Response Bytes 0 Pagination - Min Response Bytes 0 Pagination - Error String Match Pagination - Enable Page Token in Body False Pagination - Placeholders (e.g. {page}) Pagination - Has Different NextPage Info False Pagination - First Page Body Part Pagination - Next Page Body Part Csv - Column Delimiter , Csv - Has Header Row True Csv - Throw error when column count mismatch False Csv - Throw error when no record found False Csv - Allow comments (i.e. line starts with # treat as comment and skip line) False Csv - Comment Character # Csv - Skip rows 0 Csv - Ignore Blank Lines True Csv - Skip Empty Records False Csv - Skip Header Comment Rows 0 Csv - Trim Headers False Csv - Trim Fields False Csv - Ignore Quotes False Csv - Treat Any Blank Value As Null False Xml - ElementsToTreatAsArray -
That's it! We are done! Just in a few clicks we configured the call to Outlook Mail (Office 365) using Outlook Mail (Office 365) Connector.
You can load the source data into your desired destination using the Upsert Destination , which supports SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Amazon Redshift. We also offer other destinations such as CSV , Excel , Azure Table , Salesforce , and more . You can check out our SSIS PowerPack Tasks and components for more options. (*loaded in Trash Destination)
More actions supported by Outlook Mail (Office 365) Connector
Learn how to perform other actions directly in Azure Data Factory (SSIS) with these how-to guides:
- Download Message Attachment (Single File)
- Download Message Attachments (Multiple Files) - Using Search Condition
- Get Mail Folder by Id [only works with User Credentials]
- Get Mail Folders
- Get Message Attachment
- Get Message Attachments
- Get Messages
- Get My Information
- Get My Mail Folders [only works with User Credentials]
- Get My Message by Id [only works with User Credentials]
- Get My Messages [only works with User Credentials]
- Get Table Columns
- Get Tables
- Get User by Id
- Get Users
- Send Mail
- Make Generic API Request (Bulk Write)