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Azure Event Grid

Direction: Write Only | Type: azure.eventgrid

Azure Event Grid connector for publishing events. This is a forward-only connector for event-driven architectures.

Required Permissions

Operation Required Azure Role
publish EventGrid Data Sender
Tip: If using access key authentication, the topic access key implicitly authorizes publishing. If using RBAC, assign the EventGrid Data Sender role at the topic level.

Operations

Operation Direction Description
publish Write Publish an event to Event Grid

Connector Configuration

Field Required Default Description
Authentication Type No api_key api_key for explicit credentials, role to use Azure Managed Identity / DefaultAzureCredential
Endpoint Yes - Azure Event Grid topic endpoint URL
Access Key Conditional - Event Grid topic access key (encrypted). Required when Authentication Type is api_key
Tenant ID Conditional - Your Azure AD tenant ID. Required when Authentication Type is role. The Tendrl app must be registered/consented in this tenant.
Role-Based Authentication

When using role authentication, the connector authenticates via Azure Managed Identity / DefaultAzureCredential. You must still supply a Tenant ID so Strand can authenticate against your Azure AD tenant; no explicit keys or connection strings are needed.

Node Configuration

Field Required Default Description
Subject No strand/event Event subject
Event Type No WorkflowEvent Event type identifier

Output

json

{
  "success": true,
  "status": "sent",
  "data": {
    "subject": "strand/event",
    "event_type": "WorkflowEvent"
  },
  "service": "azure.eventgrid",
  "operation": "publish"
}

Example

Connector Setup:

json

{
  "endpoint": "https://my-topic.eastus-1.eventgrid.azure.net/api/events",
  "access_key": "base64-encoded-key..."
}

Connector Setup (role-based):

json

{
  "auth_type": "role",
  "endpoint": "https://my-topic.eastus-1.eventgrid.azure.net/api/events",
  "tenant_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}

Node Configuration:

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