Update a mass ingestion task

PUT request

To update a mass ingestion task, use the following URI:

mftsaas/api/v1/mitasks/<taskID>

Include the following fields in the PUT request:

Field	Type	Required	Description
id	Stirng	--	ID number of the task.
name	Stirng	Yes	Name of the task.
location	Stirng	-	Location of the project.
projectId	Stirng	-	ID number associated with the project.
projectName	Stirng	-	Name of the project.
description	Stirng	-	Description of the task.
sourceType	Stirng	Yes	Determines the type where files are transferred. Enter one of the following options: CONNECTION. Use connection as a source. FILELISTENER. Use file listener as a source
sourceConnection	Stirng	--	Directory from where files are transferred.
includeSubfolder	Stirng	--	Values are true or false. Set the value to true to transfer files from all sub-folders under the defined source directory
checkDuplicate	Stirng	--	Values are true or false. Set the value to true to check duplicate files and deny file transfer. If the value is set to false all files are transferred.
filePatternType	Stirng	Yes	File name pattern used to select the files to transfer. Enter one of the following options: Wildcard Regex
filePattern	Stirng	Yes	Enter pattern types, depending on the file pattern that you have selected. wildcard. You can use the following wildcard character filters: An asterisk () matches any number of characters. A question mark (?) matches a single character. Regex. Use regular expression to match the file pattern. Consider the following examples: Use the following syntax to listen to all files except for files with a name that contains out, foo, and baz: ^(?!.(?:out\|baz\|foo)).*$ à all except Use the following syntax to listen to all files with doc and docx, pdf extensions: ([a-zA-Z0-9\s_\.-():])+(.doc\|.docx\|.pdf)$ à
postPickupAction	Stirng		Determines what to do with source files after the files transfer. The following options are available: KEEP. Keep the files in the source directory. DELETE. Delete the files from the source directory. RENAME. Rename the files in the source directory. You must specify a file name suffix that Mass Ingestion adds to the file name when renaming the files. ARCHIVE. Archive the files to a different location. You must specify an archive directory.
targetConnection	Stirng	Yes	Directory details to which files are transferred.

PUT request example

Use this sample as a reference to update a mass ingestion task.

PUT <serverUrl>/public/core/v1/mitasks
Content-Type: application/json
Accept:application/json
Content-Type:application/json
IDS-SESSION-ID:{{IDS-SESSION-ID}}
{
    "id": "cEMWKpibm44bNf5aMjbJ4U",
    "name": "Green Green v2",
    "location": {
        "projectId": "9JDNOBX9M31e2AD1dIUv6M",
        "projectName": "Default"
    },
    "description": "Green Green v2 Description",
    "sourceType": "CONNECTION",
    "sourceConnection": {
        "id": "",
        "name": "",
        "type": "local"
},
        "sourceParameters": {
            "filePattern": "*.txt",
            "filePatternType": "WILDCARD",
            "includeSubfolder": "false",
            "sourceDirectory": "C:\\Monitor",
            "checkDuplicate": "false",
            "postPickupAction": "KEEP"
        
    },
    "targetConnection": {
        "id": "0100000B000000000002",
        "name": "ADLS",
        "type": "Azure Data Lake"
},
        "targetParameters": {
            "adlsTargetLocation": "/satyen/green"
    },
    "agentGroupId": "01000025000000000002
}

PUT response example

If the request is successful, you might receive a response similar to the following example:

{
    "id": "cEMWKpibm44bNf5aMjbJ4U",
    "name": "Green Green v2",
    "location": {
        "projectId": "9JDNOBX9M31e2AD1dIUv6M",
        "projectName": "Default"
    },
    "description": "",
    "sourceType": "CONNECTION",
    "sourceConnection": {
        "id": "",
        "name": "",
        "type": "local"
},
        "sourceParameters": {
            "filePattern": "*.txt",
            "filePatternType": "WILDCARD",
            "includeSubfolder": "false",
            "sourceDirectory": "C:\\Monitor",
            "checkDuplicate": "false",
            "postPickupAction": "KEEP
    },
    "targetConnection": {
        "id": "0100000B000000000002",
        "name": "ADLS",
        "type": "Azure Data Lake"
},
        "targetParameters": {
            "adlsTargetLocation": "/satyen/green"
      
    },
    "agentGroupId": "01000025000000000002",
    "createdTime": "2018-08-27T07:03:32Z",
    "updatedTime": "2018-08-29T12:14:58Z"
}

Note
The created and updated time in the response is displayed in the UTC time.