AvroReader

Description:

Parses Avro data and returns each Avro record as an separate Record object. The Avro data may contain the schema itself, or the schema can be externalized and accessed by one of the methods offered by the 'Schema Access Strategy' property.

Tags:

avro, parse, record, row, reader, delimited, comma, separated, values

Properties:

In the list below, the names of required properties appear in bold. Any other properties (not in bold) are considered optional. The table also indicates any default values, and whether a property supports the NiFi Expression Language.

Display Name	API Name	Default Value	Allowable Values	Description
Schema Access Strategy	schema-access-strategy	Use Embedded Avro Schema	Use 'Schema Name' Property Use 'Schema Text' Property Schema Reference Reader Use Embedded Avro Schema	Specifies how to obtain the schema that is to be used for interpreting the data.
Schema Registry	schema-registry		Controller Service API: SchemaRegistry Implementations: ConfluentSchemaRegistry AmazonGlueSchemaRegistry DatabaseTableSchemaRegistry AvroSchemaRegistry ApicurioSchemaRegistry	Specifies the Controller Service to use for the Schema Registry This Property is only considered if the [Schema Access Strategy] Property is set to one of the following values: [Schema Reference Reader], [Use 'Schema Name' Property]
Schema Name	schema-name	${schema.name}		Specifies the name of the schema to lookup in the Schema Registry property Supports Expression Language: true (will be evaluated using flow file attributes and Environment variables) This Property is only considered if the [Schema Access Strategy] Property has a value of "Use 'Schema Name' Property".
Schema Version	schema-version			Specifies the version of the schema to lookup in the Schema Registry. If not specified then the latest version of the schema will be retrieved. Supports Expression Language: true (will be evaluated using flow file attributes and Environment variables) This Property is only considered if the [Schema Access Strategy] Property has a value of "Use 'Schema Name' Property".
Schema Branch	schema-branch			Specifies the name of the branch to use when looking up the schema in the Schema Registry property. If the chosen Schema Registry does not support branching, this value will be ignored. Supports Expression Language: true (will be evaluated using flow file attributes and Environment variables) This Property is only considered if the [Schema Access Strategy] Property has a value of "Use 'Schema Name' Property".
Schema Text	schema-text	${avro.schema}		The text of an Avro-formatted Schema Supports Expression Language: true (will be evaluated using flow file attributes and Environment variables) This Property is only considered if the [Schema Access Strategy] Property has a value of "Use 'Schema Text' Property".
Schema Reference Reader	schema-reference-reader		Controller Service API: SchemaReferenceReader Implementation: ConfluentEncodedSchemaReferenceReader	Service implementation responsible for reading FlowFile attributes or content to determine the Schema Reference Identifier This Property is only considered if the [Schema Access Strategy] Property has a value of "Schema Reference Reader".
Cache Size	cache-size	1000		Specifies how many Schemas should be cached

State management:

This component does not store state.

Restricted:

This component is not restricted.

System Resource Considerations:

None specified.