<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"></meta><title>AvroReader</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../../../css/component-usage.css" type="text/css"></link></head><script type="text/javascript">window.onload = function(){if(self==top) { document.getElementById('nameHeader').style.display = "inherit"; } }</script><body><h1 id="nameHeader" style="display: none;">AvroReader</h1><h2>Description: </h2><p>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.</p><h3>Tags: </h3><p>avro, parse, record, row, reader, delimited, comma, separated, values</p><h3>Properties: </h3><p>In the list below, the names of required properties appear in <strong>bold</strong>. Any other properties (not in bold) are considered optional. The table also indicates any default values, and whether a property supports the <a href="../../../../../html/expression-language-guide.html">NiFi Expression Language</a>.</p><table id="properties"><tr><th>Display Name</th><th>API Name</th><th>Default Value</th><th>Allowable Values</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td id="name"><strong>Schema Access Strategy</strong></td><td>schema-access-strategy</td><td id="default-value">Use Embedded Avro Schema</td><td id="allowable-values"><ul><li>Use 'Schema Name' Property <img src="../../../../../html/images/iconInfo.png" alt="The name of the Schema to use is specified by the 'Schema Name' Property. The value of this property is used to lookup the Schema in the configured Schema Registry service." title="The name of the Schema to use is specified by the 'Schema Name' Property. The value of this property is used to lookup the Schema in the configured Schema Registry service."></img></li><li>Use 'Schema Text' Property <img src="../../../../../html/images/iconInfo.png" alt="The text of the Schema itself is specified by the 'Schema Text' Property. The value of this property must be a valid Avro Schema. If Expression Language is used, the value of the 'Schema Text' property must be valid after substituting the expressions." title="The text of the Schema itself is specified by the 'Schema Text' Property. The value of this property must be a valid Avro Schema. If Expression Language is used, the value of the 'Schema Text' property must be valid after substituting the expressions."></img></li><li>HWX Schema Reference Attributes <img src="../../../../../html/images/iconInfo.png" alt="The FlowFile contains 3 Attributes that will be used to lookup a Schema from the configured Schema Registry: 'schema.identifier', 'schema.version', and 'schema.protocol.version'" title="The FlowFile contains 3 Attributes that will be used to lookup a Schema from the configured Schema Registry: 'schema.identifier', 'schema.version', and 'schema.protocol.version'"></img></li><li>HWX Content-Encoded Schema Reference <img src="../../../../../html/images/iconInfo.png" alt="The content of the FlowFile contains a reference to a schema in the Schema Registry service. The reference is encoded as a single byte indicating the 'protocol version', followed by 8 bytes indicating the schema identifier, and finally 4 bytes indicating the schema version, as per the Hortonworks Schema Registry serializers and deserializers, found at https://github.com/hortonworks/registry" title="The content of the FlowFile contains a reference to a schema in the Schema Registry service. The reference is encoded as a single byte indicating the 'protocol version', followed by 8 bytes indicating the schema identifier, and finally 4 bytes indicating the schema version, as per the Hortonworks Schema Registry serializers and deserializers, found at https://github.com/hortonworks/registry"></img></li><li>Confluent Content-Encoded Schema Reference <img src="../../../../../html/images/iconInfo.png" alt="The content of the FlowFile contains a reference to a schema in the Schema Registry service. The reference is encoded as a single 'Magic Byte' followed by 4 bytes representing the identifier of the schema, as outlined at http://docs.confluent.io/current/schema-registry/docs/serializer-formatter.html. This is based on version 3.2.x of the Confluent Schema Registry." title="The content of the FlowFile contains a reference to a schema in the Schema Registry service. The reference is encoded as a single 'Magic Byte' followed by 4 bytes representing the identifier of the schema, as outlined at http://docs.confluent.io/current/schema-registry/docs/serializer-formatter.html. This is based on version 3.2.x of the Confluent Schema Registry."></img></li><li>Use Embedded Avro Schema <img src="../../../../../html/images/iconInfo.png" alt="The FlowFile has the Avro Schema embedded within the content, and this schema will be used." title="The FlowFile has the Avro Schema embedded within the content, and this schema will be used."></img></li></ul></td><td id="description">Specifies how to obtain the schema that is to be used for interpreting the data.</td></tr><tr><td id="name">Schema Registry</td><td>schema-registry</td><td></td><td id="allowable-values"><strong>Controller Service API: </strong><br/>SchemaRegistry<br/><strong>Implementations: </strong><a href="../../../nifi-confluent-platform-nar/1.19.1/org.apache.nifi.confluent.schemaregistry.ConfluentSchemaRegistry/index.html">ConfluentSchemaRegistry</a><br/><a href="../../../nifi-registry-nar/1.19.1/org.apache.nifi.schemaregistry.services.AvroSchemaRegistry/index.html">AvroSchemaRegistry</a><br/><a href="../../../nifi-hwx-schema-registry-nar/1.19.1/org.apache.nifi.schemaregistry.hortonworks.HortonworksSchemaRegistry/index.html">HortonworksSchemaRegistry</a></td><td id="description">Specifies the Controller Service to use for the Schema Registry<br/><br/><strong>This Property is only considered if </strong><strong>the [Schema Access Strategy] Property is set to one of the following values: [Confluent Content-Encoded Schema Reference], [Use 'Schema Name' Property], [HWX Schema Reference Attributes], [HWX Content-Encoded Schema Reference]</strong></td></tr><tr><td id="name">Schema Name</td><td>schema-name</td><td id="default-value">${schema.name}</td><td id="allowable-values"></td><td id="description">Specifies the name of the schema to lookup in the Schema Registry property<br/><strong>Supports Expression Language: true (will be evaluated using flow file attributes and variable registry)</strong><br/><br/><strong>This Property is only considered if </strong><strong>the [Schema Access Strategy] Property has a value of "Use 'Schema Name' Property".</strong></td></tr><tr><td id="name">Schema Version</td><td>schema-version</td><td></td><td id="allowable-values"></td><td id="description">Specifies the version of the schema to lookup in the Schema Registry. If not specified then the latest version of the schema will be retrieved.<br/><strong>Supports Expression Language: true (will be evaluated using flow file attributes and variable registry)</strong><br/><br/><strong>This Property is only considered if </strong><strong>the [Schema Access Strategy] Property has a value of "Use 'Schema Name' Property".</strong></td></tr><tr><td id="name">Schema Branch</td><td>schema-branch</td><td></td><td id="allowable-values"></td><td id="description">Specifies the name of the branch to use when looking up the schema in the Schema Registry property. If the chosen Schema Registry does not support branching, this value will be ignored.<br/><strong>Supports Expression Language: true (will be evaluated using flow file attributes and variable registry)</strong><br/><br/><strong>This Property is only considered if </strong><strong>the [Schema Access Strategy] Property has a value of "Use 'Schema Name' Property".</strong></td></tr><tr><td id="name">Schema Text</td><td>schema-text</td><td id="default-value">${avro.schema}</td><td id="allowable-values"></td><td id="description">The text of an Avro-formatted Schema<br/><strong>Supports Expression Language: true (will be evaluated using flow file attributes and variable registry)</strong><br/><br/><strong>This Property is only considered if </strong><strong>the [Schema Access Strategy] Property has a value of "Use 'Schema Text' Property".</strong></td></tr><tr><td id="name"><strong>Cache Size</strong></td><td>cache-size</td><td id="default-value">1000</td><td id="allowable-values"></td><td id="description">Specifies how many Schemas should be cached</td></tr></table><h3>State management: </h3>This component does not store state.<h3>Restricted: </h3>This component is not restricted.<h3>System Resource Considerations:</h3>None specified.</body></html>