Import contacts

It returns the background process ID which on completion calls
the notify URL that you have set in the input.

Note:

  • Any contact attribute that doesn't exist in your account will be ignored at import end.

Sample for fileBody:

EMAILLASTNAMEFIRSTNAMESMS
[email protected]SmithJohn3123456793
harry6#@example.comEdmundHarry3111222226
how#ard6#@example.comSternHoward3777888902
[email protected]JaneDoe2344556681

Code Examples

You can use as reference the code below to implement this call in your preferred language.
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const SibApiV3Sdk = require('sib-api-v3-sdk');
let defaultClient = SibApiV3Sdk.ApiClient.instance;

let apiKey = defaultClient.authentications['api-key'];
apiKey.apiKey = 'YOUR API KEY';

let apiInstance = new SibApiV3Sdk.ContactsApi();

let requestContactImport = new SibApiV3Sdk.RequestContactImport();

requestContactImport.fileBody = "EMAIL;EntitÈ;FIRSTNAME;SMS\n#johnDoÈ[email protected];John;Doe;31234567923";
requestContactImport.listIds = [2];
requestContactImport.emailBlacklist = false;
requestContactImport.smsBlacklist = false;
requestContactImport.updateExistingContacts = true;
requestContactImport.emptyContactsAttributes = false;

apiInstance.importContacts(requestContactImport).then(function(data) {
  console.log('API called successfully. Returned data: ' + JSON.stringify(data));
}, function(error) {
  console.error(error);
});
<?php
require_once(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');

$config = SendinBlue\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKey('api-key', 'YOUR API KEY');

$apiInstance = new SendinBlue\Client\Api\ContactsApi(
    new GuzzleHttp\Client(),
    $config
);
$requestContactImport = new \SendinBlue\Client\Model\RequestContactImport();

$requestContactImport['fileBody'] = 'EMAIL;EntitÈ;FIRSTNAME;SMS\n#johnDoÈ[email protected];John;Doe;31234567923';
$requestContactImport['listIds'] = [1];
$requestContactImport['emailBlacklist'] = false;
$requestContactImport['smsBlacklist'] = false;
$requestContactImport['updateExistingContacts'] = true;
$requestContactImport['emptyContactsAttributes'] = false;

try {
    $result = $apiInstance->importContacts($requestContactImport);
    print_r($result);
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo 'Exception when calling ContactsApi->importContacts: ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
}
?>
from __future__ import print_function
import time
import sib_api_v3_sdk
from sib_api_v3_sdk.rest import ApiException
from pprint import pprint

configuration = sib_api_v3_sdk.Configuration()
configuration.api_key['api-key'] = 'YOUR API KEY'

api_instance = sib_api_v3_sdk.ContactsApi(sib_api_v3_sdk.ApiClient(configuration))
request_contact_import = sib_api_v3_sdk.RequestContactImport()
request_contact_import.file_body = "EMAIL;FIRSTNAME;SMS\n#[email protected];John;Doe;31234567923"
request_contact_import.list_ids = [2]
request_contact_import.email_blacklist = False
request_contact_import.sms_blacklist = False
request_contact_import.update_existing_contacts = True
request_contact_import.empty_contacts_attributes = False

try:
    api_response = api_instance.import_contacts(request_contact_import)
    pprint(api_response)
except ApiException as e:
    print("Exception when calling ContactsApi->import_contacts: %s\n" % e)
const SibApiV3Sdk = require('sib-api-v3-typescript');
 
let apiInstance = new SibApiV3Sdk.ContactsApi()

let apiKey = apiInstance.authentications['apiKey'];
apiKey.apiKey = 'YOUR API KEY';

let requestContactImport = new SibApiV3Sdk.RequestContactImport();

requestContactImport.fileBody = "EMAIL;EntitÈ;FIRSTNAME;SMS\n#johnDoÈ[email protected];John;Doe;31234567923";
requestContactImport.listIds = [2];
requestContactImport.emailBlacklist = false;
requestContactImport.smsBlacklist = false;
requestContactImport.updateExistingContacts = true;
requestContactImport.emptyContactsAttributes = false;

apiInstance.importContacts(requestContactImport).then(function(data) {
  console.log('API called successfully. Returned data: ' + JSON.stringify(data));
}, function(error) {
  console.error(error);
});
package sibApi;

import sendinblue.ApiClient;
import sendinblue.Configuration;
import sendinblue.auth.ApiKeyAuth;
import sibModel.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.List;

public class Program {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ApiClient defaultClient = Configuration.getDefaultApiClient();
        // Configure API key authorization: api-key
        ApiKeyAuth apiKey = (ApiKeyAuth) defaultClient.getAuthentication("api-key");
        apiKey.setApiKey("YOUR API KEY");

        try {
            ContactsApi api = new ContactsApi();
            List<Long> listIds = new ArrayList<Long>();
            listIds.add(2l);
            RequestContactImport requestContactImport = new RequestContactImport();
            requestContactImport.setFileBody("EMAIL;EntitÈ;FIRSTNAME;SMS\n#johnDoÈ[email protected];John;Doe;31234567923");
            requestContactImport.setListIds(listIds);
            requestContactImport.setNotifyUrl("https://[email protected]");
            requestContactImport.setEmailBlacklist(false);
            requestContactImport.setSmsBlacklist(false);
            requestContactImport.setUpdateExistingContacts(true);
            requestContactImport.setEmptyContactsAttributes(true);
            CreatedProcessId response = api.importContacts(requestContactImport);
            System.out.println(response.toString());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Exception occurred:- " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
using sib_api_v3_sdk.Api;
using sib_api_v3_sdk.Client;
using sib_api_v3_sdk.Model;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Sendinblue
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Configuration.Default.ApiKey.Add("api-key", "YOUR API KEY");

            var apiInstance = new ContactsApi();
            string fileUrl = null;
            string fileBody = "EMAIL;EntitÈ;FIRSTNAME;SMS\n#johnDoÈ[email protected];John;Doe;31234567923";
            List<long?> listIds = new List<long?>();
            listIds.Add(2);
            string notifyUrl = "https://[email protected]";
            RequestContactImportNewList newList = null;
            bool? emailBlacklist = false;
            bool? smsBlacklist = false;
            bool? updateExistingContacts = true;
            bool? emptyContactsAttributes = true;
            var requestContactImport = new RequestContactImport(fileUrl, fileBody, listIds, notifyUrl, newList, emailBlacklist, smsBlacklist, updateExistingContacts, emptyContactsAttributes);
            try
            {
                CreatedProcessId result = apiInstance.ImportContacts(requestContactImport);
                Debug.WriteLine(result.ToJson());
                Console.WriteLine(result.ToJson());
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Debug.WriteLine(e.Message);
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
        }
    }
}
package main
import (
	"fmt"
	"context"
    sib_api_v3_sdk "./lib"
)

func main() {
	var ctx context.Context
	var cli = sib_api_v3_sdk.APIClient{
		cfg: sib_api_v3_sdk.NewConfiguration(),
	}
	//Configure API key authorization: api-key
	cli.cfg.AddDefaultHeader("api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")

	sib := sib_api_v3_sdk.NewAPIClient(cli.cfg)
	body := RequestContactImport{
		FileBody:                "EMAIL;FIRSTNAME;SMS\n#[email protected];John;Doe;31234567923",
		ListIds:                 []int64{2},
		EmailBlacklist:          false,
		SmsBlacklist:            false,
		UpdateExistingContacts:  true,
		EmptyContactsAttributes: false,
	}
	id, resp, err := sib.ContactsApi.ImportContacts(ctx, body)
    if err!=nil{
        fmt.Println("Error in ContactsApi->ImportContacts ",err.Error())
        return
    }
	fmt.Println( "ImportContacts response:",resp,"ImportContacts process id:",id)
	return 
}
# load the gem
require 'sib-api-v3-sdk'
# setup authorization
SibApiV3Sdk.configure do |config|
  # Configure API key authorization: api-key
  config.api_key['api-key'] = 'YOUR API KEY'
end

api_instance = SibApiV3Sdk::ContactsApi.new

request_contact_import = SibApiV3Sdk::RequestContactImport.new # RequestContactImport | Values to import contacts in Sendinblue. To know more about the expected format, please have a look at ``https://help.sendinblue.com/hc/en-us/articles/209499265-Build-contacts-lists-for-your-email-marketing-campaigns``

request_contact_import = {
  'fileBody' => 'EMAIL;EntitÈ;FIRSTNAME;SMS\n#johnDoÈ[email protected];John;Doe;31234567923',
  'listIds' => [2],
  'emailBlacklist' => false,
  'smsBlacklist' => false,
  'updateExistingContacts' => true,
  'emptyContactsAttributes' => false;
}

begin
  #Import contacts
  result = api_instance.import_contacts(request_contact_import)
  p result
rescue SibApiV3Sdk::ApiError => e
  puts "Exception when calling ContactsApi->import_contacts: #{e}"
end
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