Create the import

POST /api/v1/import
Personal access token & O auth2

Fist step of the import process, must be mapped before it can be started Must be of Content-Type multipart/form-data

multipart/form-data

Body Required

  • type string Required

    Type of record to import, available records are business_staff_members, charges, circles, clients, group_scheme_members, notes, plans, premiums, tasks, valuations and seccl_valuations

  • mode string Required

    Type of import mode to enforce, available modes are store, update and validate

  • file string(binary) Required

    CSV file with import records

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • uuid string

      The UUID of the resource.

    • created_at string

      The timestamp of when the resource was created.

    • updated_at string

      The timestamp of when the resource was updated.

    • type string

      The type of model the importer is importing

    • mode string

      The mode this import was run on

    • headers array[string]

      Headers taken from uploaded csv, not visible on index route

    • mapping object

      Mapped headers, not visible on index route

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      • fname string
      • lname string
      • email string
    • status string

      The status of the importer

    • total_jobs integer

      Total amount of imports in the importer

    • progress integer

      The current progress of the importer

    • jobs_remaining integer

      Number of pending imports

    • failed_jobs integer

      Number of failed imports

    • error_report object

      Error report file

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      • uuid string
      • created_at string
      • original_created_at string
      • updated_at string
      • uploaded_at string
      • status string
      • filename string
      • name string
      • extension string
      • type string
      • size string
      • path string
      • last_modified string
      • progress string
      • download_url string
      • folder_name string
      • folder string
      • documentable_type string
      • documentable string
      • navigator object
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        • model_type string
        • model_uuid string
      • firm string
      • account string
      • tags string
    • errors object

      Array of failed imports, limited to 25 rows

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      • client object
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        • example array
        • description string
      • errors object
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        • example object
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          • send_welcome_email array[string]
        • description string
    • account object

      Account that inititiated the import

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      • uuid string
      • created_at string
      • updated_at string
      • type string
      • role string
      • first_name string
      • last_name string
      • name string
      • email string
      • firm string
      • primary_phone_number string
      • primary_email string
      • current_time_entry string
      • assigned_adviser string
      • assigned_administrator string
      • assigned_paraplanner string
      • introduced_by string
      • groups string
      • tags string
      • owners string
      • first_contact_date string
      • next_review_date string
      • previous_review_date string
      • anniversary_review_date string
      • with_login boolean
      • has_joint_account boolean
      • can_be_deleted string
      • joint_account_circle string
      • ownership_percentage integer
      • inactive_at string
      • custom_fields string
      • external_references string
POST /api/v1/import 
curl \
 --request POST 'https://api.plannrcrm.com/api/v1/import' \
 --header "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
 --header "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
 --form "type=clients" \
 --form "mode=store" \
 --form "file=@file"
Response examples (200) 
{
  "mode": "store",
  "type": "clients",
  "uuid": "9aec7a55-3406-471b-ae23-e4a8ca5296fc",
  "errors": {
    "client": {
      "example": [],
      "description": "Client that failed importing"
    },
    "errors": {
      "example": {
        "send_welcome_email": [
          "The send welcome email field is required."
        ]
      },
      "description": "The reasons why the client failed importing"
    }
  },
  "status": "processing",
  "account": {
    "firm": "App\\Http\\Resources\\FirmResource",
    "name": "Gareth Thompson",
    "role": "client",
    "tags": "App\\Http\\Resources\\TagResource",
    "type": "client",
    "uuid": "79e2d911-d106-48f9-a1d0-c2962cf27547",
    "email": "gareth@codepotato.co.uk",
    "groups": "App\\Http\\Resources\\GroupResource",
    "owners": "App\\Http\\Resources\\AccountResource",
    "last_name": "Thompson",
    "created_at": "2025-07-17T16:23:17+01:00",
    "first_name": "Gareth",
    "updated_at": "2025-07-17T16:23:17+01:00",
    "with_login": true,
    "inactive_at": "2025-07-17",
    "custom_fields": "App\\Http\\Resources\\CustomFieldValueResource",
    "introduced_by": "App\\Http\\Resources\\AccountResource",
    "primary_email": "App\\Http\\Resources\\ContactDetailResource",
    "can_be_deleted": "false",
    "assigned_adviser": "App\\Http\\Resources\\AccountResource",
    "next_review_date": "2025-07-17T16:23:17+01:00",
    "has_joint_account": true,
    "current_time_entry": "App\\Http\\Resources\\TimeEntryResource",
    "first_contact_date": "2025-07-17T16:23:17+01:00",
    "external_references": "App\\Http\\Resources\\ExternalReferenceResource",
    "assigned_paraplanner": "App\\Http\\Resources\\AccountResource",
    "joint_account_circle": "App\\Http\\Resources\\CircleResource",
    "ownership_percentage": 100,
    "previous_review_date": "2025-07-17T16:23:17+01:00",
    "primary_phone_number": "App\\Http\\Resources\\ContactDetailResource",
    "assigned_administrator": "App\\Http\\Resources\\AccountResource",
    "anniversary_review_date": "2025-07-17T16:23:17+01:00"
  },
  "headers": [
    "fname",
    "lname",
    "email"
  ],
  "mapping": {
    "email": "email",
    "fname": "first_name",
    "lname": "last_name"
  },
  "progress": 100,
  "created_at": "2025-07-17T16:23:17+01:00",
  "total_jobs": 4,
  "updated_at": "2025-07-17T16:23:17+01:00",
  "failed_jobs": 1,
  "error_report": {
    "firm": "App\\Http\\Resources\\FirmResource",
    "name": "Welcome to Plannr",
    "path": "Gareth Thompson/Subfolder/Welcome to Plannr.pdf",
    "size": "21691783",
    "tags": "App\\Http\\Resources\\TagResource",
    "type": "type",
    "uuid": "b016f1f4-ef78-4e03-88de-6fdc8907c8a3",
    "folder": "App\\Http\\Resources\\FolderResource",
    "status": "uploaded",
    "account": "App\\Http\\Resources\\MinimalAccountResource",
    "filename": "Welcome to Plannr.pdf",
    "progress": "100",
    "extension": "pdf",
    "navigator": {
      "model_type": "account",
      "model_uuid": "d3a72147-2190-4882-a76e-74f850104fbf"
    },
    "created_at": "2025-07-17T16:23:17+01:00",
    "updated_at": "2025-07-17T16:23:17+01:00",
    "folder_name": "folder 2",
    "uploaded_at": "2025-07-17T16:23:17+01:00",
    "documentable": "Object",
    "download_url": "https://api.plannrcrm.com/file/0f3242b1-41d2-4da1-8184-2473d41e4187/download",
    "last_modified": "2025-07-17T16:23:17+01:00",
    "documentable_type": "account",
    "original_created_at": "2025-07-17T16:23:17+01:00"
  },
  "jobs_remaining": 1
}