Import to Data Tables - ExpertSender Help Center

ImportToDataTableTasks collection allows scheduling (asynchronous) imports to Data Tables. Data is imported from external source, e.g. file stored on FTP server.

Currently, only one-time, immediately executed imports are supported.

Executing a GET request on ImportToDataTableTasks collection allows polling for scheduled import status (e.g. if it;s still in progress or already finished).

Request data format

Data part of request for scheduling a new import to Data Tables.

Data element children:

Element/attribute	Type	Notes
Source	complex	Imported file information. Required.
Target	complex	Target task data. Required.
ImportSetup	complex	Import settings, file settings, column mapping etc. Optional. If omitted, default settings will be used.

Source element children:

Element/attribute	Type	Notes
Url	string	URL address of imported file. Supported protocols are HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS and SFTP. E.g. ftp://www.domain.com/myimportedfile.csv*
Username	string	Username used for authentication. Optional.
Password	string	Password used for authentication. Optional.
FtpAuth	string	Authentication method for secure FTP servers. Optional. Valid values are: None – FTP server does not support secure authentication (default) ExplicitTls – Explicit TLS/SSL authentication ExplicitSsl – Explicit SSL only authentication ImplicitSsl – Implicit SSL authentication
FtpUseActiveMode	boolean	If set to „true”, active mode will be used for FTP connections. Default value is „false” – passive connection mode will be used.

*Note: If you are importing a single CSV file, please make sure its name is the same as Data Table name you want to import data to.

Target element children:

Element/attribute	Type	Notes
Name	string	Import name. Used internally for easier identification. Required.

ImportSetup element children:

Element/attribute	Type	Notes
Mode	string	Import mode. Import modes are exactly the same as adding modes. Optional. Defaults to „Add”.
Delimiter	string	CSV file delimiter. Optional. Default value is ’,’ (comma).
Quote	string	CSV file quoting character. Optional. Default value is '”’ (double quote).
Escape	string	CSV file escape character. Optional. Default value is '”’ (double quote).
Comment	string	CSV file comment character. Optional. Default value is zero-byte (undefined).
Encoding	string	CSV file encoding. Optional. Default is „utf-8”. List of recognized values.
StartingLine	integer	Number of line in file that import will start from. Optional. Default is 0 (from the beginning).

Supported import modes:

Mode	Behaviour
Add	If row does not exist in Data Table, it will be added.
Replace	Non-existing rows will be added. Existing rows will be replaced.
AddOrUpdate	Non-existing rows will be added. Existing rows will be updated.

Response

Method returns ID of scheduled import. ID can be used to get import status using GET method.

Response Data element:

Element/attribute	Type	Notes
(Data element content)	int	ID of scheduled import.

Examples

Scheduling a new Data Tables import with default options

Request:

POST https://api.esv2.com/v2/Api/ImportToDataTableTasks HTTP/1.1 
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate 
Content-Type: application/xml 
User-Agent: Jakarta Commons-HttpClient/3.1 
Host: api.esv2.com 
Content-Length: 353

<ApiRequest xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
   <ApiKey>test_api_key1</ApiKey>
   <Data>
     <Source>
       <Url>ftp://ftp.expertsender.com/Lists/table_name.csv</Url>
     </Source>
     <Target>
       <Name>API test import</Name>
     </Target>
   </Data>
</ApiRequest>

Response:

HTTP/1.1 201 Created 
Cache-Control: private 
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5 
X-AspNetMvc-Version: 3.0 
X-AspNet-Version: 4.0.30319 
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET 
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:41:33 GMT 
Content-Length: 147 

<ApiResponse xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <Data>25</Data>
</ApiResponse>

Scheduling a new Data Tables import with full options

Request:

POST https://api.esv2.com/v2/Api/ImportToDataTableTasks HTTP/1.1 
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate 
Content-Type: application/xml;charset=UTF-8 
User-Agent: Jakarta Commons-HttpClient/3.1 
Host: api.esv2.com 
Content-Length: 810 

<ApiRequest xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
   <ApiKey>test_api_key1</ApiKey>
   <Data>
     <Source>
       <Url>ftp://ftp.expertsender.com/Lists/table_name.csv</Url>
       <Username>username</Username>
       <Password>password</Password>
     </Source>
     <Target>
       <Name>API test import </Name>
     </Target>
     <ImportSetup>
       <Mode>Add</Mode>
       <Delimiter>,</Delimiter>
       <Quote>"</Quote>
       <Escape>"</Escape>
       <Comment>|</Comment>
       <Encoding>UTF-8</Encoding>
       <StartingLine>1</StartingLine>
     </ImportSetup>
   </Data>
 </ApiRequest>