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# Bulk import leads

> Create a tenant-scoped, idempotent contact import job. This operation can change workspace data or trigger an external side effect; review the request before sending it and do not retry blindly after a timeout.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json post /api/v1/public/leads/imports
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  description: >-
    Customer-facing API for managing outreach, leads, conversations, voice
    agents, knowledge bases, analytics, and webhooks.
  title: Sendora Public API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - description: Production
    url: https://api.sendora.ai
security: []
tags:
  - description: Build, launch, pause and stop campaigns, and enroll leads.
    name: Campaigns
  - description: Create, update, tag, enrich and import leads.
    name: Leads
  - description: Group leads into reusable lists.
    name: Lead lists
  - description: Find new prospects and research existing leads.
    name: Prospecting
  - description: Read conversations and send messages to leads.
    name: Inbox
  - description: Manage workspace-wide suppressions.
    name: Do not contact
  - description: Manage the content your agents answer from.
    name: Knowledge bases
  - description: Create, configure, test and publish voice agents.
    name: Voice agents
  - description: Give agents actions such as booking, lookups and transfers.
    name: Agent tools
  - description: Embed a voice agent on your website.
    name: Voice widgets
  - description: Start voice calls and read call results.
    name: Calls
  - description: Browse and preview the voices an agent can use.
    name: Voices
  - description: List numbers, bring your own, and route calls.
    name: Phone numbers
  - description: List the channel accounts connected to the workspace.
    name: Connected accounts
  - description: Register endpoints and review deliveries.
    name: Webhooks
  - description: Drive the workspace assistant programmatically.
    name: Copilot
  - description: Read workspace and campaign performance.
    name: Analytics
  - description: Track asynchronous operations.
    name: Jobs
  - description: Manage client workspaces, plans and branding.
    name: Agency
paths:
  /api/v1/public/leads/imports:
    post:
      tags:
        - Leads
      summary: Bulk import leads
      description: >-
        Create a tenant-scoped, idempotent contact import job. This operation
        can change workspace data or trigger an external side effect; review the
        request before sending it and do not retry blindly after a timeout.
      operationId: public_create_lead_import_api_v1_public_leads_imports_post
      parameters:
        - in: header
          name: X-API-Key
          required: false
          schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            title: X-Api-Key
        - in: header
          name: Authorization
          required: false
          schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            title: Authorization
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateImportRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LeadImportOut'
          description: Successful Response
        '401':
          description: The X-API-Key header is missing, invalid, expired, or revoked.
        '402':
          description: >-
            The workspace is suspended for billing, or the request would exceed
            a plan or usage limit.
        '403':
          description: >-
            The key is valid but lacks the required scope, or the workspace has
            no active plan, lacks the entitlement, or has this feature turned
            off or view-only.
        '410':
          description: The workspace behind this key has been deleted.
        '422':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
          description: Validation Error
        '500':
          description: >-
            An unexpected Sendora error occurred. Retry only if the operation is
            safe to repeat.
        '503':
          description: >-
            An entitlement or billing check is temporarily unavailable. Retry
            after the Retry-After interval.
      security:
        - ApiKeyAuth: []
      x-codeSamples:
        - label: cURL
          lang: bash
          source: >-
            curl -X POST 'https://api.sendora.ai/api/v1/public/leads/imports' -H
            "X-API-Key: $SENDORA_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
              -d '{"source_kind":"example"}'
        - label: Python
          lang: python
          source: >-
            import requests


            url = 'https://api.sendora.ai/api/v1/public/leads/imports'

            headers = {'X-API-Key': '$SENDORA_API_KEY'}

            response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json={'source_kind':
            'example'})

            response.raise_for_status()

            print(response.json())
        - label: JavaScript
          lang: javascript
          source: >-
            const response = await
            fetch("https://api.sendora.ai/api/v1/public/leads/imports", {
              method: "POST",
              headers: { 'X-API-Key': process.env.SENDORA_API_KEY, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
              body: JSON.stringify({"source_kind": "example"}),
            });

            if (!response.ok) throw new Error(await response.text());

            console.log(await response.json());
        - label: Go
          lang: go
          source: >-
            req, err := http.NewRequest("POST",
            "https://api.sendora.ai/api/v1/public/leads/imports",
            bytes.NewBufferString(`{"source_kind": "example"}`))

            if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }

            req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", os.Getenv("SENDORA_API_KEY"))

            req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

            resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

            if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }

            defer resp.Body.Close()
components:
  schemas:
    CreateImportRequest:
      properties:
        idempotency_key:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: Caller-supplied key for replay safety. Auto-generated if omitted.
          title: Idempotency Key
        params:
          additionalProperties: true
          description: Params returned by the Sendora API.
          title: Params
          type: object
        rows:
          anyOf:
            - items:
                additionalProperties: true
                type: object
              type: array
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            Inline contact rows for a file or pasted-data import.
            Connected-source imports use source_id instead.
          title: Rows
        source_id:
          anyOf:
            - format: uuid
              type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            The connected import source to read from, for imports that pull from
            a connected source. Leave empty when sending rows inline.
          title: Source Id
        source_kind:
          description: Kind of import source configured for the workspace.
          title: Source Kind
          type: string
      required:
        - source_kind
      title: CreateImportRequest
      type: object
    LeadImportOut:
      properties:
        created_at:
          description: Created at returned by the Sendora API.
          format: date-time
          title: Created At
          type: string
        error:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: Error returned by the Sendora API.
          title: Error
        finished_at:
          anyOf:
            - format: date-time
              type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: Finished at returned by the Sendora API.
          title: Finished At
        id:
          description: The import's id.
          format: uuid
          title: Id
          type: string
        idempotency_key:
          description: Idempotency key returned by the Sendora API.
          title: Idempotency Key
          type: string
        params:
          additionalProperties: true
          description: Params returned by the Sendora API.
          title: Params
          type: object
        rows_failed:
          description: Rows failed returned by the Sendora API.
          title: Rows Failed
          type: integer
        rows_imported:
          description: Rows imported returned by the Sendora API.
          title: Rows Imported
          type: integer
        rows_skipped:
          description: Rows skipped returned by the Sendora API.
          title: Rows Skipped
          type: integer
        rows_total:
          description: Rows total returned by the Sendora API.
          title: Rows Total
          type: integer
        source_id:
          anyOf:
            - format: uuid
              type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            The connected import source to read from, for imports that pull from
            a connected source. Leave empty when sending rows inline.
          title: Source Id
        source_kind:
          description: Source kind returned by the Sendora API.
          title: Source Kind
          type: string
        started_at:
          anyOf:
            - format: date-time
              type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: Started at returned by the Sendora API.
          title: Started At
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportStatus'
          description: Status returned by the Sendora API.
        updated_at:
          description: Updated at returned by the Sendora API.
          format: date-time
          title: Updated At
          type: string
      required:
        - id
        - source_kind
        - status
        - idempotency_key
        - rows_total
        - rows_imported
        - rows_skipped
        - rows_failed
        - created_at
        - updated_at
      title: LeadImportOut
      type: object
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          description: Detail returned by the Sendora API.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          title: Detail
          type: array
      required: []
      title: HTTPValidationError
      type: object
    ImportStatus:
      enum:
        - queued
        - running
        - done
        - failed
        - cancelled
      title: ImportStatus
      type: string
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          description: Loc returned by the Sendora API.
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          title: Location
          type: array
        msg:
          description: Msg returned by the Sendora API.
          title: Message
          type: string
        type:
          description: Type returned by the Sendora API.
          title: Error Type
          type: string
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      description: Customer API key created in the Sendora dashboard.
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      type: apiKey

````

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