Start a contact import

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.tented.ai/v1/contacts/imports \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "source": "upload",
  "file_name": "contacts.csv",
  "content_type": "text/csv"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.tented.ai/v1/contacts/imports"

payload = {
    "source": "upload",
    "file_name": "contacts.csv",
    "content_type": "text/csv"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({source: 'upload', file_name: 'contacts.csv', content_type: 'text/csv'})
};

fetch('https://api.tented.ai/v1/contacts/imports', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.tented.ai/v1/contacts/imports",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'source' => 'upload',
    'file_name' => 'contacts.csv',
    'content_type' => 'text/csv'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.tented.ai/v1/contacts/imports"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"source\": \"upload\",\n  \"file_name\": \"contacts.csv\",\n  \"content_type\": \"text/csv\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.tented.ai/v1/contacts/imports")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"source\": \"upload\",\n  \"file_name\": \"contacts.csv\",\n  \"content_type\": \"text/csv\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.tented.ai/v1/contacts/imports")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"source\": \"upload\",\n  \"file_name\": \"contacts.csv\",\n  \"content_type\": \"text/csv\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "import_session_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "file_name": "<string>",
  "upload_url": "<string>",
  "upload_headers": {},
  "expires_in_seconds": 123
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "error_code": "<string>",
  "message": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {},
  "limit": 123,
  "current": 123
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "error_code": "<string>",
  "message": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {},
  "limit": 123,
  "current": 123
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "error_code": "<string>",
  "message": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {},
  "limit": 123,
  "current": 123
}

Contact Imports

Start a contact import

Create a contact import session. Two modes, selected by source:

upload — returns a presigned S3 PUT URL. Upload the raw CSV bytes to upload_url with the returned upload_headers before the URL expires (expires_in_seconds, 15 minutes). Source files up to 350 MB are supported. Only CSV content types are accepted (text/csv, application/csv, application/vnd.ms-excel, text/plain).
rows — send rows inline as JSON objects (1–1,000 rows). Keys are column headers; the union of keys across all rows becomes the CSV header row. Values are stringified; null becomes an empty string. Inline request bodies are limited to 5 MB — larger bodies are rejected with 413 (this keeps requests below the platform’s 6 MB payload ceiling, so treat ~5 MB as the practical limit and use upload mode for anything bigger).

After creating a session, call POST /v1/contacts/imports/{sessionId}/preview to get proposed column mappings, then POST /v1/contacts/imports/{sessionId}/execute to run the import. Sessions expire after 7 days and can each be executed once.

POST

contacts

imports

Start a contact import

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.tented.ai/v1/contacts/imports \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "source": "upload",
  "file_name": "contacts.csv",
  "content_type": "text/csv"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.tented.ai/v1/contacts/imports"

payload = {
    "source": "upload",
    "file_name": "contacts.csv",
    "content_type": "text/csv"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({source: 'upload', file_name: 'contacts.csv', content_type: 'text/csv'})
};

fetch('https://api.tented.ai/v1/contacts/imports', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.tented.ai/v1/contacts/imports",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'source' => 'upload',
    'file_name' => 'contacts.csv',
    'content_type' => 'text/csv'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.tented.ai/v1/contacts/imports"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"source\": \"upload\",\n  \"file_name\": \"contacts.csv\",\n  \"content_type\": \"text/csv\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.tented.ai/v1/contacts/imports")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"source\": \"upload\",\n  \"file_name\": \"contacts.csv\",\n  \"content_type\": \"text/csv\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.tented.ai/v1/contacts/imports")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"source\": \"upload\",\n  \"file_name\": \"contacts.csv\",\n  \"content_type\": \"text/csv\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "import_session_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "file_name": "<string>",
  "upload_url": "<string>",
  "upload_headers": {},
  "expires_in_seconds": 123
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "error_code": "<string>",
  "message": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {},
  "limit": 123,
  "current": 123
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "error_code": "<string>",
  "message": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {},
  "limit": 123,
  "current": 123
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "error_code": "<string>",
  "message": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {},
  "limit": 123,
  "current": 123
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Workspace API key, e.g. Authorization: Bearer tented_.... Create keys in Workspace Settings → API Keys.

Body

application/json

Upload mode
Inline rows mode

source

enum<string>

required

Import mode: upload a CSV file via a presigned URL.

Available options:

upload

file_name

string

default:contacts.csv

File name to associate with the import (shown in run details and used to name the results export).

Required string length: 1 - 255

content_type

string

default:text/csv

Content type of the upcoming upload. Must be one of text/csv, application/csv, application/vnd.ms-excel, or text/plain; anything else is rejected with 400. The presigned URL is bound to this content type — send the same Content-Type header on the PUT.

Required string length: 1 - 255

Response

Import session created. upload mode returns a presigned upload URL; rows mode returns the stored row count.

Upload session
Rows session

import_session_id

string<uuid>

required

Import session ID. Use it for the preview and execute calls.

file_name

string

required

File name associated with the import.

upload_url

string

required

Presigned S3 PUT URL. Upload the raw CSV bytes here (no auth header needed — the URL is self-authorizing).

upload_headers

object

required

Headers to send with the PUT (currently the Content-Type the URL was signed for).

Show child attributes

expires_in_seconds

integer

required

Seconds until upload_url expires (900 = 15 minutes).

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Authorizations

Body

Response