BigID API/Scan Payload Tutorial

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In this article, you'll learn:

  • When the scan payload API can be helpful
  • How to send data to the payload API
  • Where to view the results from a scan payload

BigID can connect to hundreds of different data sources. Writing your own connectors opens your system to scan anything. However, if you want to just scan a single piece of information, writing your own connector could be time intensive. The scan payload API allows you to scan single payloads of data into your system without a connector.

Enabling the Scan Payload API

Because the scan payload API allows your BigID system to scan arbitrary pieces of data, it requires an environment variable to be set.