# Import API hosts and authorization

## Hosts

The Import API has different hosts from the [HTTP API hosts](/api/general-concepts.md#hosts).
The Import API is hosted at the following URLs:

| Region | API URL |
| --- | --- |
| Europe (Google Cloud, Belgium) | `https://import.europe-west1.gcp.commercetools.com/` |
| North America (Google Cloud, Iowa) | `https://import.us-central1.gcp.commercetools.com/` |
| Australia (Google Cloud, Sydney) | `https://import.australia-southeast1.gcp.commercetools.com/` |
| North America (AWS, Ohio) | `https://import.us-east-2.aws.commercetools.com/` |
| Europe (AWS, Frankfurt) | `https://import.eu-central-1.aws.commercetools.com/` |

If documentation refers to `https://import.{region}.commercetools.com`, the `{region}` placeholder has to be replaced with the actual value.

## Authorization

The Import API uses tokens and scopes from any of the commercetools commerce HTTP API [authorization flows](/api/authorization.md) with the following scopes:

- `manage_project:{projectKey}`: grants permission to use all Import API endpoints. To access individual API endpoints, use more selective permissions.
- `view_import_containers:{projectKey}`: grants permission to view [ImportContainers](/api/import-export/import-container.md#importcontainer), [ImportOperations](/api/import-export/import-operation.md), and [ImportSummaries](/api/import-export/import-container.md#get-importsummary-of-importcontainer).
- `manage_import_containers:{projectKey}`: grants permission to view, create, update, and delete [Import Containers](/api/import-export/import-container.md#importcontainer).

The required scope for sending requests to an ImportContainer is derived from its `resourceType` property as follows:

- To create [ImportRequests](/api/import-export/overview.md#what-are-importrequests), an API Client must have the scope required to create a resource of the ImportContainer's `resourceType`.
  For example, if `resourceType` is `customer`, the API Client must have the `manage_customers:{projectKey}` scope.

- To view [ImportOperations](/api/import-export/import-operation.md) or [ImportSummaries](/api/import-export/import-container.md#get-importsummary-of-importcontainer), an API Client must have the scope required to view a resource of the ImportContainer's `resourceType`.
  For example, if `resourceType` is `product`, the API Client must have the `view_products:{projectKey}` scope.

## Related pages

- [Area overview page with navigation](/api.md)
- [Previous page: Best practices](/api/import-export/best-practices.md)
- [Search documentation and API specs](/search.md)