# Error when trying to create a connector with curl request **URL:** \ **Category:** Self-Managed Connectors\ **Created:** [18 January 2023 10:38 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038 "2023-01-18T10:38:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SeverusP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@SeverusP](https://forum.confluent.io/u/SeverusP)\ **Post date:** [18 January 2023 10:38 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/1 "2023-01-18T10:38:27Z")
Hello everyone, I’m following the tutorial by Robin Moffat [Loading CSV data into Kafka](https://rmoff.net/2020/06/17/loading-csv-data-into-kafka/) running docker in a windows machine. When i launch this curl request: **curl -i -X PUT [http://localhost:8083/connectors/source-csv-spooldir-00/config](http://localhost:8083/connectors/source-csv-spooldir-00/config) -H ‘Accept:application/json’ -H ‘Content-Type:application/application/json’ -d ‘{“connector.class”: “com.github.jcustenborder.kafka.connect.spooldir.SpoolDirCsvSourceConnector”,“topic”: “orders\_spooldir\_00”,“input.path”: “/data/unprocessed”,“finished.path”: “/data/processed”,“error.path”: “/data/error”,“input.file.pattern”: “.\*\.csv”,“schema.generation.enabled”:“true”,“csv.first.row.as.header”:“true”}’** This error appears: **HTTP/1.1 415 Unsupported Media Type** **Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 10:25:39 GMT** **Content-Length: 62** **Server: Jetty(9.4.33.v20201020)** **{“error\_code”:415,“message”:“HTTP 415 Unsupported Media Type”}curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL** **curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL** **curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL** **curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL** **curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL** **curl: (3) unmatched close brace/bracket in URL position 69:** **.\*\.csv,schema.generation.enabled:true,csv.first.row.as.header:true}’** Can anyone help me? ---
**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\ **Post date:** [18 January 2023 12:53 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/2 "2023-01-18T12:53:49Z")
hey @SeverusP according to @rmoff’s post there is a backslack missing for ` "input.file.pattern": ".*\\.csv",` Nevertheless could please share you’re example formatted as “preformatted text” ( ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/confluentcommunity/original/2X/f/f771569b800fc9c1d576cfd68b9b21949f3177a7.png) ) cause at the moment the quotation marks and apostrophes look not well formatted guess it’s related to discourse. best, michael ---
**Author:** ![SeverusP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@SeverusP](https://forum.confluent.io/u/SeverusP)\ **Post date:** [18 January 2023 13:13 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/4 "2023-01-18T13:13:08Z")
Thanks for the answers. `curl -i -X PUT http://localhost:8083/connectors/source-csv-spooldir-00/config -H 'Accept:application/json' -H 'Content-Type:application/json' -d '{"connector.class": "com.github.jcustenborder.kafka.connect.spooldir.SpoolDirCsvSourceConnector","topic": "orders_spooldir_00","input.path": "/data/unprocessed","finished.path": "/data/processed","error.path": "/data/error","input.file.pattern": ".*\\.csv","schema.generation.enabled":"true","csv.first.row.as.header":"true"}'` I went ahead but now the error is about the media type (on cmd prompt) ```auto HTTP/1.1 415 Unsupported Media Type Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 13:09:27 GMT Content-Length: 62 Server: Jetty(9.4.33.v20201020) {"error_code":415,"message":"HTTP 415 Unsupported Media Type"}curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL curl: (3) unmatched close brace/bracket in URL position 69: .*\\.csv,schema.generation.enabled:true,csv.first.row.as.header:true}' ``` Different error with same command on gitbash `{"error_code":400,"message":"Connector configuration is invalid and contains the following 2 error(s):\nInvalid value '/data/unprocessed' must be a directory. for configuration input.path\nInvalid value '/data/error' must be a directory. for configuration error.path\nYou can also find the above list of errors at the endpoint `/connector-plugins/{connectorType}/config/validate`"}` ---
**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\ **Post date:** [18 January 2023 13:58 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/5 "2023-01-18T13:58:17Z")
hi @SeverusP just tested by myself. works for me if the directories for `input.path` and so have been created before issuing the command above. I assume the directories don’t exist in your current setup? best, michael ---
**Author:** ![SeverusP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@SeverusP](https://forum.confluent.io/u/SeverusP)\ **Post date:** [18 January 2023 14:12 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/7 "2023-01-18T14:12:13Z")
I’ve downloaded the github repo on my desktop paths: ```auto C:\Users\dinardo\Desktop\demo-scene-master\csv-to-kafka\data\error C:\Users\dinardo\Desktop\demo-scene-master\csv-to-kafka\data\processed C:\Users\dinardo\Desktop\demo-scene-master\csv-to-kafka\data\unprocessed ``` ---
**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\ **Post date:** [18 January 2023 14:54 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/8 "2023-01-18T14:54:29Z")
ok I see so you’re using the following compose: > not sure whether it might be related to Windows access problems or insufficient privs? what does docker logs for the kafka-connect container say? best, michael ---
**Author:** ![SeverusP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@SeverusP](https://forum.confluent.io/u/SeverusP)\ **Post date:** [18 January 2023 15:16 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/9 "2023-01-18T15:16:24Z")
I don’t know… i’m trying to practice Kafka with my company pc, maybe I’ve problem related to the priveleges. Anyway…this is the log, same issue: ```auto ERROR Uncaught exception in REST call to /connectors/source-csv-spooldir-00/config (org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.rest.errors.ConnectExceptionMapper:61) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 javax.ws.rs.NotSupportedException: HTTP 415 Unsupported Media Type 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.internal.routing.MethodSelectingRouter.getMethodRouter(MethodSelectingRouter.java:412) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.internal.routing.MethodSelectingRouter.access$000(MethodSelectingRouter.java:73) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.internal.routing.MethodSelectingRouter$4.apply(MethodSelectingRouter.java:665) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.internal.routing.MethodSelectingRouter.apply(MethodSelectingRouter.java:305) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.internal.routing.RoutingStage._apply(RoutingStage.java:86) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.internal.routing.RoutingStage._apply(RoutingStage.java:89) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.internal.routing.RoutingStage._apply(RoutingStage.java:89) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.internal.routing.RoutingStage._apply(RoutingStage.java:89) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.internal.routing.RoutingStage.apply(RoutingStage.java:69) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.internal.routing.RoutingStage.apply(RoutingStage.java:38) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.process.internal.Stages.process(Stages.java:173) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ServerRuntime$1.run(ServerRuntime.java:245) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors$1.call(Errors.java:248) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors$1.call(Errors.java:244) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:292) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:274) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:244) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.process.internal.RequestScope.runInScope(RequestScope.java:265) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ServerRuntime.process(ServerRuntime.java:232) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ApplicationHandler.handle(ApplicationHandler.java:680) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.WebComponent.serviceImpl(WebComponent.java:394) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.WebComponent.service(WebComponent.java:346) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:366) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:319) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:205) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:763) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:563) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:233) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:1612) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:233) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1434) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:188) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:501) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:1582) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:186) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1349) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:141) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:234) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.StatisticsHandler.handle(StatisticsHandler.java:179) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:127) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:516) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.lambda$handle$1(HttpChannel.java:383) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.dispatch(HttpChannel.java:556) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:375) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:273) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.io.AbstractConnection$ReadCallback.succeeded(AbstractConnection.java:311) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.io.FillInterest.fillable(FillInterest.java:105) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.io.ChannelEndPoint$1.run(ChannelEndPoint.java:104) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.runTask(EatWhatYouKill.java:336) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.doProduce(EatWhatYouKill.java:313) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.tryProduce(EatWhatYouKill.java:171) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.run(EatWhatYouKill.java:129) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.ReservedThreadExecutor$ReservedThread.run(ReservedThreadExecutor.java:375) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:773) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$Runner.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:905) 2023-01-18 16:11:06 at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834) ``` ---
**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\ **Post date:** [18 January 2023 20:44 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/10 "2023-01-18T20:44:37Z")
I see thanks for sharing the logs 3 things to try: 1. change the path in docker-compose.yml to a full qualified path in line 103 change from ```auto volumes: - $PWD/data:/data ``` to ```auto volumes: - C:\Users\dinardo\Desktop\demo-scene-master\csv-to-kafka\data:/data ``` 1. change the local directories to something else, eg. ```auto mkdir C:\Users\dinardo\Desktop\demo-scene-master\csv-to-kafka\mydata\error mkdir C:\Users\dinardo\Desktop\demo-scene-master\csv-to-kafka\mydata\processed mkdir C:\Users\dinardo\Desktop\demo-scene-master\csv-to-kafka\mydata\unprocessed ``` adapt the directory in docker-compose.yml 1. maybe unpopular option switch to a linux vm 😉 best, michael ---
**Author:** ![SeverusP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@SeverusP](https://forum.confluent.io/u/SeverusP)\ **Post date:** [19 January 2023 12:11 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/11 "2023-01-19T12:11:29Z")
Hi! Thank you very much for your availability and your advice. I tried with your volumes configuration in compose file. ```auto volumes: - C:\Users\dinardo\Desktop\demo-scene-master\csv-to-kafka\mydata ``` In connector’s JSON I set: `"input.path": "C:\Users\dinardo\Desktop\demo-scene-master\csv-to-kafka\mydata\unprocessed"` `"finished.path": "C:\Users\dinardo\Desktop\demo-scene-master\csv-to-kafka\mydata\processed"` `"error.path": "C:\Users\dinardo\Desktop\demo-scene-master\csv-to-kafka\mydata\error"` Unfortunately the error is still the same: ```auto {"error_code":415,"message":"HTTP 415 Unsupported Media Type"}curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL curl: (3) unmatched close brace/bracket in URL position 69: .*\\.csv,schema.generation.enabled:true,csv.first.row.as.header:true}' ``` ---
**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\ **Post date:** [19 January 2023 12:27 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/12 "2023-01-19T12:27:53Z")
Hi @SeverusP no worries 🙂 There is a slight issue in your config: input.path, finished.path and error.path have to be a directory inside the docker container so this stays the same as in your original curl command. volume config in your compose file is wrong (or shortened by discourse), should be > [@mmuehlbeyer](#): > > ```auto > - C:\Users\dinardo\Desktop\demo-scene-master\csv-to-kafka\data:/data > > ``` after my reading my post above it seems a little misleading best, michael ---
**Author:** ![SeverusP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@SeverusP](https://forum.confluent.io/u/SeverusP)\ **Post date:** [19 January 2023 13:54 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/13 "2023-01-19T13:54:32Z")
Sorry for my beginner mistakes. I tried another time with these configurations. JSON: `{"connector.class": "com.github.jcustenborder.kafka.connect.spooldir.SpoolDirCsvSourceConnector", "topic": "orders_spooldir_00", "input.path": "data\unprocessed", "finished.path": "data\processed", "error.path": "data\error", "input.file.pattern":".*\\.csv","schema.generation.enabled":"true","csv.first.row.as.header":"true"}` my docker-compose ```auto --- version: '2' services: zookeeper: image: confluentinc/cp-zookeeper:6.1.0 container_name: zookeeper environment: ZOOKEEPER_CLIENT_PORT: 2181 ZOOKEEPER_TICK_TIME: 2000 broker: image: confluentinc/cp-kafka:6.1.0 container_name: broker depends_on: - zookeeper ports: # "`-._,-'"`-._,-'"`-._,-'"`-._,-'"`-._,-'"`-._,-'"`-._,-'"`-._,-'"`-._,- # An important note about accessing Kafka from clients on other machines: # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # The config used here exposes port 9092 for _external_ connections to the broker # i.e. those from _outside_ the docker network. This could be from the host machine # running docker, or maybe further afield if you've got a more complicated setup. # If the latter is true, you will need to change the value 'localhost' in # KAFKA_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS to one that is resolvable to the docker host from those # remote clients # # For connections _internal_ to the docker network, such as from other services # and components, use broker:29092. # # See https://rmoff.net/2018/08/02/kafka-listeners-explained/ for details # "`-._,-'"`-._,-'"`-._,-'"`-._,-'"`-._,-'"`-._,-'"`-._,-'"`-._,-'"`-._,- # - 9092:9092 environment: KAFKA_BROKER_ID: 1 KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT: zookeeper:2181 KAFKA_LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP: PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,PLAINTEXT_HOST:PLAINTEXT KAFKA_INTER_BROKER_LISTENER_NAME: PLAINTEXT KAFKA_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS: PLAINTEXT://broker:29092,PLAINTEXT_HOST://localhost:9092 KAFKA_AUTO_CREATE_TOPICS_ENABLE: "true" KAFKA_OFFSETS_TOPIC_REPLICATION_FACTOR: 1 KAFKA_TRANSACTION_STATE_LOG_MIN_ISR: 1 KAFKA_TRANSACTION_STATE_LOG_REPLICATION_FACTOR: 1 KAFKA_GROUP_INITIAL_REBALANCE_DELAY_MS: 100 schema-registry: image: confluentinc/cp-schema-registry:6.1.0 container_name: schema-registry ports: - 8081:8081 depends_on: - zookeeper - broker environment: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_HOST_NAME: schema-registry SCHEMA_REGISTRY_KAFKASTORE_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: broker:29092 kafka-connect: image: confluentinc/cp-kafka-connect-base:6.1.0 container_name: kafka-connect depends_on: - zookeeper - broker - schema-registry ports: - 8083:8083 environment: CONNECT_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: "broker:29092" CONNECT_REST_PORT: 8083 CONNECT_GROUP_ID: compose-connect-group CONNECT_CONFIG_STORAGE_TOPIC: docker-connect-configs CONNECT_OFFSET_STORAGE_TOPIC: docker-connect-offsets CONNECT_STATUS_STORAGE_TOPIC: docker-connect-status CONNECT_KEY_CONVERTER: org.apache.kafka.connect.storage.StringConverter CONNECT_VALUE_CONVERTER: io.confluent.connect.avro.AvroConverter CONNECT_VALUE_CONVERTER_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL: 'http://schema-registry:8081' CONNECT_INTERNAL_KEY_CONVERTER: "org.apache.kafka.connect.json.JsonConverter" CONNECT_INTERNAL_VALUE_CONVERTER: "org.apache.kafka.connect.json.JsonConverter" CONNECT_REST_ADVERTISED_HOST_NAME: "kafka-connect" CONNECT_LOG4J_ROOT_LOGLEVEL: "INFO" CONNECT_LOG4J_APPENDER_STDOUT_LAYOUT_CONVERSIONPATTERN: "[%d] %p %X{connector.context}%m (%c:%L)%n" CONNECT_LOG4J_LOGGERS: "org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.rest=WARN,org.reflections=ERROR" CONNECT_CONFIG_STORAGE_REPLICATION_FACTOR: "1" CONNECT_OFFSET_STORAGE_REPLICATION_FACTOR: "1" CONNECT_STATUS_STORAGE_REPLICATION_FACTOR: "1" CONNECT_PLUGIN_PATH: '/usr/share/java,/usr/share/confluent-hub-components/' command: - bash - -c - | echo "Installing connector plugins" confluent-hub install --no-prompt confluentinc/kafka-connect-jdbc:10.0.2 confluent-hub install --no-prompt jcustenborder/kafka-connect-spooldir:2.0.60 confluent-hub install --no-prompt streamthoughts/kafka-connect-file-pulse:1.5.0 # # ----------- # Launch the Kafka Connect worker /etc/confluent/docker/run & # # Don't exit sleep infinity volumes: - C:\Users\dinardo\Desktop\demo-scene-master\csv-to-kafka\data:/data ``` My directory in C:\Users\dinardo\Desktop\demo-scene-master\csv-to-kafka: **.idea** **data** (with inside **error, processed, unprocessed** ) **kafka-connect-spooldire** **docker-compose** ---
**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\ **Post date:** [19 January 2023 14:54 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/14 "2023-01-19T14:54:13Z")
looks promising error is still the same? ---
**Author:** ![SeverusP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@SeverusP](https://forum.confluent.io/u/SeverusP)\ **Post date:** [19 January 2023 15:01 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/15 "2023-01-19T15:01:32Z")
Yes, unfortunatly. Thank you!! ---
**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\ **Post date:** [19 January 2023 15:16 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/16 "2023-01-19T15:16:09Z")
ok 😑 one thing, there is a missing leading “/” for input.path, finished.path and error.path: `input.path": "data\unprocessed", "finished.path": "data\processed", "error.path": "data\error"` should be `input.path": "/data/unprocessed", "finished.path": "/data/processed", "error.path": "/data/error"` ---
**Author:** ![SeverusP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@SeverusP](https://forum.confluent.io/u/SeverusP)\ **Post date:** [19 January 2023 15:35 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/17 "2023-01-19T15:35:11Z")
Always the same error. I don’t really know but it seems that something is wrong with this settings: `-H 'Accept:application/json'` `-H 'Content-Type:application/json'` ---
**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\ **Post date:** [20 January 2023 07:27 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/18 "2023-01-20T07:27:36Z")
hmm just tested the demo on my local machine (mac os) and it works for me 🤭 one thing to try: remove the volume mount for the kafka-connect container and see what happens then . just to be sure that windows is not doing any strange things here’s a small example just pushed to git > **[kafka-ops/kafka-connect/csv-2-kafka at master · mmuehlbeyer/kafka-ops](https://github.com/mmuehlbeyer/kafka-ops/tree/master/kafka-connect/csv-2-kafka)** > > master/kafka-connect/csv-2-kafka best, michael ---
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Hi! Thank you for your time Still not working for me. The strange think is that, if I try the command on GitBash instead of cmd the error is different `{"error_code":400,"message":"Connector configuration is invalid and contains the following 2 error(s):\nInvalid value '/data/unprocessed' must be a directory. for configuration input.path\nInvalid value '/data/error' must be a directory. for configuration error.path\nYou can also find the above list of errors at the endpoint `/connector-plugins/{connectorType}/config/validate`"}` ---
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so next try 😉 1. start the env with docker-compose (once again without the volume mount) 2. connect to the kafka connect container and create the dirs needed 3. execute the curl command ---
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How I did it: ```auto $ winpty docker exec -it kafka-connect bash [appuser@ff0799e74189 ~]$ mkdir data [appuser@ff0799e74189 ~]$ ls data [appuser@ff0799e74189 ~]$ cd data [appuser@ff0799e74189 data]$ mkdir error [appuser@ff0799e74189 data]$ mkdir processed [appuser@ff0799e74189 data]$ mkdir unprocessed [appuser@ff0799e74189 data]$ ls error processed unprocessed ``` Command: `curl.exe -i -X PUT http://localhost:8083/connectors/source-csv-spooldir-00/config -H 'Accept:application/json' -H 'Content-Type:application/json' -d '{"connector.class": "com.github.jcustenborder.kafka.connect.spooldir.SpoolDirCsvSourceConnector","topic": "orders_spooldir_00","input.path": "/data/unprocessed","finished.path": "/data/processed","error.path": "/data/error","input.file.pattern": ".*\\.csv","schema.generation.enabled":"true","csv.first.row.as.header":"true"}'` Same error. `{"error_code":400,"message":"Connector configuration is invalid and contains the following 2 error(s):\nInvalid value '/data/unprocessed' must be a directory. for configuration input.path\nInvalid value '/data/error' must be a directory. for configuration error.path\nYou can also find the above list of errors at the endpoint `/connector-plugins/{connectorType}/config/validate`"}` ---
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mmh wrong directory should be `mkdir /data/` or set the dir in the curl command to `/home/appuser/data/...` best, michael [Next page](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038.md?page=2)