Call a REST API from Kusto function

Question

I have a logs endpoint rest url that I want to call and get the contents by calling a function. In a simplified way, create function like below.

create function getData(url:string)
{
let data = curl GET url;
print data
}

//Call it.
getData("<some rest url here>")

The documentation from Microsoft seems to talk about Kusto's own APIs not not how to call an external API. Am I missing something?

Vladik Branevich Vladik Branevich · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-20T11:31:48

The documentation you reference relates to calling Kusto service REST APIs. Kusto query language is a query language, not a open-ended programming platform. Call-outs to external sources such as SQL Azure are possible, but subject to certain restrictions, primarily security-oriented by nature. See external data operator, sql_request plugin, and callout policy articles.

Call a REST API from Kusto function

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