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Import Operations

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Get the import status of an individual resource.

Import Operations can be retrieved by id or be queried within a specific Import Container.
Both Import Operations and Import Summary can be used to monitor the progress of imports. Import Operations focus on the status of each import resource, and Import Summaries report the status of an Import Container by the number of resources in each Processing State.
Import Operations are automatically deleted 48 hours after they are created.

To achieve the best performance with the Import API, we recommend to use fewer than 200 000 Import Operations per Import Container.

Representations

ImportOperation

An Import Operation is automatically deleted in 48 hours after it is created.

Import Operation describes the import status of a specific resource.

id​
String​

The ID of the ImportOperation.

version​
Int​

The version of the ImportOperation.

importContainerKey​
String​
The key of the ImportContainer.
resourceKey​
String​

The key of the resource.

state​
ProcessingState​
The import status of the resource. Set to rejected or validationFailed if the import of the resource was not successful.
resourceVersion​
Int​

The version of the imported resource when the import was successful.

errors​
Array of ErrorObject​
Contains an error if the import of the resource was not successful. See Errors.
unresolvedReferences​
Array of UnresolvedReferences​

In case of unresolved status this array will show the unresolved references

expiresAt​
DateTime​

The expiration time of the ImportOperation.

createdAt​
DateTime​

The time when the ImportOperation was created.

lastModifiedAt​
DateTime​

The last time When the ImportOperation was modified.

Example: unresolvedjson
{
  "version": 1,
  "state": "unresolved",
  "importContainerKey": "category-import-container",
  "resourceKey": "child-category",
  "resourceType": "category",
  "id": "252c6ed3-c668-4610-afe9-87b9255e62e0",
  "createdAt": "2018-02-05T09:47:16.648Z",
  "lastModifiedAt": "2018-02-05T09:47:16.649Z",
  "expiresAt": "2018-02-08T09:47:16.649Z"
}
Example: validationFailedjson
{
  "version": 3,
  "state": "validationFailed",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "RequiredField",
      "message": "The required field 'key' is missing.",
      "field": "key"
    }
  ],
  "importContainerKey": "category-import-container",
  "id": "252c6ed3-c668-4610-afe9-87b9255e62e0",
  "resourceKey": "root-category",
  "resourceType": "category",
  "createdAt": "2018-02-05T09:47:16.648Z",
  "lastModifiedAt": "2018-02-05T09:47:16.649Z",
  "expiresAt": "2018-02-08T09:47:16.649Z"
}

ImportOperationPagedResponse

PagedQueryResult for Import Operations.
limit​
Int​
Number of results requested.
Default: 20​Minimum: 0​Maximum: 500​
offset​
Int​
Number of elements skipped.
Default: 0​Maximum: 10000​
count​
Int​

The actual number of results returned.

total​
Int​

The total number of import operations matching the query.

results​
Array of ImportOperation​

The array of Import Operations matching the query.

ImportResponse

A list of the ID's and validation statuses of newly created ImportOperations. Used as a response at each resource-specific import endpoint, for example, at Import Categories and Import ProductTypes.
operationStatus​
Array of ImportOperationStatus​
MaxItems: 20​

ImportOperationStatus

operationId​
String​
The ID of the ImportOperation.
state​
ImportOperationState​
The validation state of the ImportOperation.
errors​
Array of ErrorObject​
The validation errors for the ImportOperation. See Errors.

ImportOperationState

Describes the validation state of a newly created ImportOperation.
processing

This is an initial state of import resource and is currently processing.

validationFailed

The validation of the import resource failed.

UnresolvedReferences

References a resource which could not be resolved.

key​
String​
The key of the resource.
typeId​
ReferenceType​

The type of resource.

Get ImportOperation

GET
https://import.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/import-operations/{id}
Retrieves the ImportOperation of a given ID.
OAuth 2.0 Scopes:
manage_import_containers:{projectKey}view_import_containers:{projectKey}
Path parameters:
region
​
String
​
The Region in which the Project is hosted.
projectKey
​
String
​

The Project key.

id
​
String
​

The operation identifier

Response:
200

ImportOperation

asapplication/json
Request Example:cURL
curl --get https://import.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/import-operations/{id} -i \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ${BEARER_TOKEN}"

Query ImportOperations

GET
https://import.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/import-containers/{importContainerKey}/import-operations
Retrieves all ImportOperations of a given ImportContainer key.
OAuth 2.0 Scopes:
manage_import_containers:{projectKey}view_import_containers:{projectKey}
Path parameters:
region
​
String
​
The Region in which the Project is hosted.
projectKey
​
String
​

The Project key.

importContainerKey
​
String
​

The key of the Import Container.

Query parameters:
sort
​
String
​
See Sorting.
The parameter can be passed multiple times.
limit
​
Int
​
Number of results requested.
Default: 20​
Minimum: 0​
Maximum: 500​
offset
​
Int
​
Number of elements skipped.
Default: 0​
Maximum: 10000​
resourceKey
​
String
​

The key of the ImportOperation to retrieve.

state
​
ProcessingState
​

The state of the ImportOperations to retrieve.

debug
​
Boolean
​
In case of Unresolved, it will show the unresolved references.
Default: false​
Response:
200

ImportOperationPagedResponse

asapplication/json
Request Example:cURL
curl --get https://import.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/import-containers/{importContainerKey}/import-operations -i \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ${BEARER_TOKEN}"
200 Response Example: ImportOperationPagedResponsejson
{
  "limit": 100,
  "offset": 0,
  "count": 1,
  "total": 1,
  "results": [
    {
      "version": 3,
      "state": "validationFailed",
      "errors": [
        {
          "code": "RequiredField",
          "message": "The required field 'key' is missing.",
          "field": "key"
        }
      ],
      "importContainerKey": "category-import-container",
      "resourceKey": "root-category",
      "resourceType": "category",
      "id": "252c6ed3-c668-4610-afe9-87b9255e62e0",
      "createdAt": "2018-02-05T09:47:16.648Z",
      "lastModifiedAt": "2018-02-05T09:47:16.649Z",
      "expiresAt": "2018-02-08T09:47:16.649Z"
    }
  ]
}