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Import to Data Tables

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/attributeTypeNotes
SourcecomplexImported file information. Required.
TargetcomplexTarget task data. Required.
ImportSetupcomplexImport settings, file settings, column mapping etc. Optional. If omitted, default settings will be used.

Source element children:

Element/attributeTypeNotes
UrlstringURL address of imported file. Supported protocols are HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS and SFTP. E.g. ftp://www.domain.com/myimportedfile.csv*
UsernamestringUsername used for authentication. Optional.
PasswordstringPassword used for authentication. Optional.
FtpAuthstringAuthentication 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
FtpUseActiveModebooleanIf 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/attributeTypeNotes
NamestringImport name. Used internally for easier identification. Required.

ImportSetup element children:

Element/attributeTypeNotes
ModestringImport mode. Import modes are exactly the same as adding modes. Optional. Defaults to «Add».
DelimiterstringCSV file delimiter. Optional. Default value is ‘,’ (comma).
QuotestringCSV file quoting character. Optional. Default value is ‘»‘ (double quote).
EscapestringCSV file escape character. Optional. Default value is ‘»‘ (double quote).
CommentstringCSV file comment character. Optional. Default value is zero-byte (undefined).
EncodingstringCSV file encoding. Optional. Default is «utf-8». List of recognized values.
StartingLineintegerNumber of line in file that import will start from. Optional. Default is 0 (from the beginning).

Supported import modes:

ModeBehaviour
AddIf row does not exist in Data Table, it will be added.
ReplaceNon-existing rows will be added. Existing rows will be replaced.
AddOrUpdateNon-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/attributeTypeNotes
(Data element content)intID 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>
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