Azure API Management : Configuring SFTP url as the backend url

Question

We have a requirement to call a SFTP url directly from the API management policy. The requirement is to create a POST method in API management and configure the SFTP site url as the backend service url in the POST method as shown below
<set-backend-service base-url = "sftp://user1:******@xx.xx.xx.xx/path" />

Does API management support SFTP protocol for backend service?

Answer 1

Hi anonymous usere-0159

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A! Thanks for posting the question.

Unfortunately, APIM doesn't support SFTP backend URL. Only supported backend URL is when importing an OpenAPI specification, SOAP API, or Azure resources such as an HTTP-triggered Azure Function App or Logic App. API Management also supports using other Azure resources such as a Service Fabric cluster or a custom service as an API backend.
Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/backends

If you want to leverage APIM feature then you can create your custom service that talks to your SFTP service and use your service in APIM as the backend URL.
Please feel free to raise a feature request on UserVoice to support it, if this is something that you would want to see in APIM.

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