Set up your Web connection
This article outlines the steps to create either a Web API or Web page connection.
Supported authentication types
Both the Web API and Web page connectors support the following authentication types for copy and Dataflow Gen2 respectively.
| Authentication type | Copy | Dataflow Gen2 |
|---|---|---|
| Anonymous | n/a | √ |
| Basic (Username/Password) | n/a | √ |
| Organizational account | n/a | √ |
| Windows | n/a | √ |
Set up your connection in Dataflow Gen2
Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric uses Power Query connectors to connect Dataflow Gen2 to a website. The following links provide the specific Power Query connector information you need to connect to a website in Dataflow Gen2:
- To get started using the Web API or Web page connector in Dataflow Gen2, go to Get data from Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric.
- Be sure to install or set up any Web connector prerequisites before connecting to the Web API or Web page connector.
- To connect to the Web API or Web page connector from Power Query, go to Load Web data using Power Query Online.
The following Power Query Web connector articles supply more useful information when you use the Web API or Web page connectors:
Set up your connection in a data pipeline
Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric doesn't currently support the Web API or Web page connector in data pipelines.