ActiveCampaign Bulk Import API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ActiveCampaign API v3 Bulk Import API
  version: '3'
  description: The primary REST API for ActiveCampaign, organized around resources such as contacts, deals, accounts, automations, campaigns, messages, lists, tags, webhooks, custom objects, and ecommerce entities.
  x-generated-from: documentation
  contact:
    name: ActiveCampaign Support
    url: https://www.activecampaign.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
servers:
- url: https://{yourAccountName}.api-us1.com/api/3
  description: ActiveCampaign API server (account-specific)
  variables:
    yourAccountName:
      default: yourAccountName
      description: Your ActiveCampaign account name
security:
- ApiToken: []
tags:
- name: Bulk Import
paths:
  /import/bulk_import:
    post:
      summary: ActiveCampaign Bulk Import Contacts
      description: ''
      operationId: bulk-import-contacts
      parameters:
      - name: Content-Type
        in: header
        schema:
          type: string
          default: application/json
      - name: Api-Token
        in: header
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - contacts
              properties:
                contacts:
                  type: array
                  description: An array of objects containing information about a single contact. Up to 250 contacts may be included in a single request. The suggested minimum number of contacts is 10. If less than that, then contact/sync api request should be used.
                  items:
                    properties:
                      email:
                        type: string
                        description: The contact's email.
                      first_name:
                        type: string
                        description: The contact's first name
                      last_name:
                        type: string
                        description: The contact's last name.
                      phone:
                        type: string
                        description: The contact’s phone number.
                      customer_acct_name:
                        type: string
                        description: The name of the contact’s account.
                      tags:
                        type: array
                        description: Each string in the array will be added as a single tag to the contact. New tags will be created if they do not already exist.
                        default: []
                        items:
                          type: string
                      fields:
                        type: array
                        description: 'A list of custom fields to apply to the contact. Each field must contain two fields: Each contact may have up to N custom fields.'
                        items:
                          properties:
                            id:
                              type: integer
                              description: The ID of the custom field. Custom fields must be referenced by the ID that ActiveCampaign assigns to them. You can retrieve the ID number for a custom field by using the "List all custom fields" API call.
                              format: int32
                            value:
                              type: string
                              description: The value of the custom field. Multiple values may be populated for multi-value fields by separating the different values by the double-pipe delimiter (“||”).
                          required:
                          - id
                          - value
                          type: object
                      subscribe:
                        type: array
                        description: An array of lists to subscribe the contact to. Contacts may not be subscribed to lists which they have previously unsubscribed from. Each list object contains a single field.
                        items:
                          properties:
                            listid:
                              type: string
                              description: 'The ID of the list to subscribe the contact to or unsubscribe the contact from. Lists must be referenced by the ID that ActiveCampaign assigns to them.  You can find the list ID by clicking the list in your ActiveCampaign account then viewing the URL bar. It will look something like this: /app/contacts/?listid=19&status=1  You can also retrieve the ID number for a list by using the "Retrieve all lists" API call.'
                          type: object
                      unsubscribe:
                        type: array
                        description: An array of lists to unsubscribe the contact to. Each list object contains a single field.
                        items:
                          properties:
                            listid:
                              type: string
                              description: 'The ID of the list to subscribe the contact to or unsubscribe the contact from. Lists must be referenced by the ID that ActiveCampaign assigns to them.  You can find the list ID by clicking the list in your ActiveCampaign account then viewing the URL bar. It will look something like this: /app/contacts/?listid=19&status=1  You can also retrieve the ID number for a list by using the "Retrieve all lists" API call.'
                          type: object
                    required:
                    - email
                    type: object
                callback:
                  type: object
                  description: Callback function to notify users when an import is complete.
                  required:
                  - url
                  - requestType
                  properties:
                    url:
                      type: string
                      description: The URL endpoint which the importer will make a request to once the import has completed.
                    requestType:
                      type: string
                      description: Can be set to either “GET” or “POST”. Determines the type of HTTP request which will be sent to the specified endpoint.
                      default: POST
                    detailed_results:
                      type: string
                      description: When set to “true” and the requestType parameter is set to “POST”, the callback will include the number of successes and failures in the originating request, as well as an array of error messages for each failed contact.
                      default: 'true'
                    params:
                      type: array
                      description: A list of parameters to include in the callback request. Add each parameter in the form of a key-value pair. For a GET request, each parameter will be appended to the end of the URL in a query string. For a POST request, parameters will be included in the body of the request.
                      items:
                        properties:
                          key:
                            type: string
                          value:
                            type: string
                        type: object
                    headers:
                      type: array
                      description: A list of headers to include in the callback request. Add each header in the form of a key-value pair.
                      items:
                        properties:
                          key:
                            type: string
                          value:
                            type: string
                        type: object
            examples:
              Request Example:
                value:
                  contacts:
                  - email: someone@somewhere.com
                    first_name: Jane
                    last_name: Doe
                    phone: 123-456-7890
                    customer_acct_name: ActiveCampaign
                    exclude_automations: false
                    tags:
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                    fields:
                    - id: 1
                      value: foo
                    - id: 2
                      value: '||foo||bar||baz||'
                    subscribe:
                    - listid: 1
                    - listid: 2
                    unsubscribe:
                    - listid: 3
                  callback:
                    url: www.your_web_server.com
                    requestType: POST
                    detailed_results: 'true'
                    params:
                    - key: ''
                      value: ''
                    headers:
                    - key: ''
                      value: ''
      responses:
        '200':
          description: '200'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: "{\n   \"Success\":1,\n   \"queued_contacts\":1,\n   \"batchId\":\"0641fbdd-f62f-4c2c-ba02-3a83d5d11ac9\",\n   \"message\":\"Contact import queued\"\n}"
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  Success:
                    type: integer
                    example: 1
                    default: 0
                  queued_contacts:
                    type: integer
                    example: 1
                    default: 0
                  batchId:
                    type: string
                    example: 0641fbdd-f62f-4c2c-ba02-3a83d5d11ac9
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: Contact import queued
        '400':
          description: '400'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Contact Create Fail:
                  value: "{\n\t\"success\": 0,\n\t\"message\": \"JSON payload did not pass validation. Please fix failure Reasons and retry. The import was not queued for processing.\",\n\t\"failureReasons\": [{\n\t\t\"contact\": 230,\n\t\t\"failureReason\": \"Field‘ email’ incorrect format\"\n\t}]\n}"
                Other Error:
                  value: "{\n\t\"success\": 0,\n\t\"message\": \"Rate limit exceeded.\",\n\t\"failureReasons\": [\"Up to 100 imports may be requested per minute.Please batch contacts into larger requests, or retry this request in a minute.\"]\n}"
              schema:
                oneOf:
                - title: Contact Create Fail
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    success:
                      type: integer
                      example: 0
                      default: 0
                    message:
                      type: string
                      example: JSON payload did not pass validation. Please fix failure Reasons and retry. The import was not queued for processing.
                    failureReasons:
                      type: array
                      items:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          contact:
                            type: integer
                            example: 230
                            default: 0
                          failureReason:
                            type: string
                            example: Field‘ email’ incorrect format
                - title: Other Error
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    success:
                      type: integer
                      example: 0
                      default: 0
                    message:
                      type: string
                      example: Rate limit exceeded.
                    failureReasons:
                      type: array
                      items:
                        type: string
                        example: Up to 100 imports may be requested per minute.Please batch contacts into larger requests, or retry this request in a minute.
      deprecated: false
      tags:
      - Bulk Import
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
    get:
      summary: ActiveCampaign Bulk Import Status List
      description: ''
      operationId: bulk-import-status-list
      responses:
        '200':
          description: '200'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: "{\n  \"outstanding\":[\n    {\"forDate\":\"2021-06-01\",\"batches\":\"333\",\"contacts\":\"83250\"}\n  ],\n  \"recentlyCompleted\":[\n    {\"forDate\":\"2021-06-01\",\"batches\":\"17\",\"contacts\":\"4250\"},\n    {\"forDate\":\"2021-06-02\",\"batches\":\"50\",\"contacts\":\"12500\"}\n  ]\n}"
      deprecated: false
      tags:
      - Bulk Import
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /import/info:
    get:
      summary: ActiveCampaign Bulk Import Status Info
      description: ''
      operationId: bulk-import-status-info
      parameters:
      - name: batchId
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: '200'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: "{\n  \"status\":\"completed\",\n  \"success\":[\"123\",\"124\",\"125\",\"126\"],\n  \"failure\":[\n    \"invalid.email@invalidDomain\", \n    \"invalid'character@example.com\"\n  ]\n}"
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: completed
                  success:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                      example: '123'
                  failure:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                      example: invalid.email@invalidDomain
        '400':
          description: '400'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Bad Request:
                  value: '{"success":0,"message":"''batchId'' is a required field."}'
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: integer
                    example: 0
                    default: 0
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: '''batchId'' is a required field.'
      deprecated: false
      tags:
      - Bulk Import
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  securitySchemes:
    sec0:
      type: apiKey
      name: Api-Token
      in: header
      x-default: ''
    ApiToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Api-Token
      description: Your ActiveCampaign API token found in account settings under Developer tab
x-readme:
  headers: []
  explorer-enabled: false
  proxy-enabled: false
x-readme-fauxas: true