If you’re new to Unstructured, read this note first.

Before you can create a source connector, you must first sign in to your Unstructured account:

  • If you do not already have an Unstructured account, go to https://unstructured.io/contact and fill out the online form to indicate your interest.
  • If you already have an Unstructured account, go to https://platform.unstructured.io and sign in by using the email address, Google account, or GitHub account that is associated with your Unstructured account.

After you sign in, the Unstructured user interface (UI) appears, which you use to create your source connector.

After you create the source connector, add it along with a destination connector to a workflow. Then run the worklow as a job. To learn how, try out the hands-on UI quickstart or watch the 4-minute video tutorial.

You can also create source connectors with the Unstructured API. Learn how.

If you need help, reach out to the community on Slack, or contact us directly.

You are now ready to start creating a source connector! Keep reading to learn how.

Ingest your files into Unstructured from OneDrive.

The requirements are as follows.

  • A OneDrive for business plan, or a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 Business or enterprise plan that includes OneDrive. Learn more. Shop for business plans. Shop for enterprise plans. OneDrive personal accounts, and Microsoft 365 Free, Basic, Personal, and Family plans are not supported.

  • A SharePoint Online plan, or a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 Business or enterprise plan that includes SharePoint Online. (Even if you only plan to use OneDrive, you still need a plan that includes SharePoint Online, because OneDrive is built on SharePoint technology.) Learn more. Shop for business plans. Shop for enterprise plans.

  • The OneDrive and SharePoint Online plans must share the same Microsoft Entra ID tenant. Learn more.

  • The path to the target OneDrive folder, starting from the OneDrive account’s root folder, for example my-folder/my-subfolder.

    The following video shows how to get a path:

  • Two types of authentication are supported: client credentials and a username and password. Both authentication types require a Microsoft Entra ID app registration. You will need to provide the Application (client) ID, Directory (tenant) ID, and Client secret for the Entra ID app registration that has access to the target OneDrive account, and the app registration must have the correct set of Microsoft Graph access permissions. These permissions include:

    • Files.ReadWrite.All (if both reading and writing are needed)

    • Sites.ReadWrite.All (if both reading and writing are needed)

    • User.Read.All

    • Directory.Read.All

    1. Create an Entra ID app registration.
    2. Add Graph access permissions to an app registration.
    3. Grant consent for the added Graph permissions.

    The following video shows how to create an Entra ID app registration:

    The following video shows how to add the correct set of Graph access permissions to the Entra ID app registration:

  • Both authentication types also require the User Principal Name (UPN) for the OneDrive account. This is typically the OneDrive account user’s email address. To find a UPN:

    1. Depending on your plan, sign in to your Microsoft 365 admin center (typically https://admin.microsoft.com) using your administrator credentials, or sign in to your Office 365 portal (typically https://portal.office.com) using your credentials.
    2. In the Users section, click Active users.
    3. Locate the user account in the list of active users.
    4. The UPN is displayed in the Username column.

    The following video shows how to get a UPN:

  • For username and password authentication, you will also need the password for the target UPN.

To create the source connector:

  1. On the sidebar, click Connectors.
  2. Click Sources.
  3. Cick New or Create Connector.
  4. Give the connector some unique Name.
  5. In the Provider area, click OneDrive.
  6. Click Continue.
  7. Follow the on-screen instructions to fill in the fields as described later on this page.
  8. Click Save and Test.

Fill in the following fields:

  • Name (required): A unique name for this connector.
  • Client ID (required): The application (client) ID of the Microsoft Entra ID app registration that has access to the OneDrive account.
  • Tenant ID (required): The directory (tenant) ID of the Entra ID app registration.
  • Authority URL (required): The authentication token provider URL for the Entra ID app registration. The default is https://login.microsoftonline.com.
  • Principal Name (required): The User Principal Name (UPN) for the OneDrive user account in Entra ID. This is typically the user’s email address.
  • Client Credential (required): The client secret for the Entra ID app registration.
  • Password (required for username and password authentication): The password for the target UPN.
  • Path (source connector only): The path to the target folder in the OneDrive account, starting with the account’s root folder, for example my-folder/my-subfolder.
  • Recursive (source connector only): Check this box to recursively access files from subfolders within the specified OneDrive path.
  • Remote URL (destination connector only): onedrive://, followed by the path to the target folder in the OneDrive account, starting with the account’s root folder, for example onedrive://my-folder/my-subfolder.