Oracle Eloqua Contact Imports API
Import contact data in bulk
Import contact data in bulk
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
title: Oracle Eloqua Bulk Account Exports Contact Imports API
description: The Bulk API for Oracle Eloqua Marketing Cloud Service, designed for high-volume data operations including imports, exports, and synchronization of large datasets for contacts, accounts, activities, and custom objects.
version: '2.0'
contact:
name: Oracle Support
url: https://support.oracle.com/
termsOfService: https://www.oracle.com/legal/terms.html
servers:
- url: https://secure.p01.eloqua.com/API/Bulk/2.0
description: Eloqua Bulk API v2.0 (pod may vary per instance)
security:
- basicAuth: []
- oAuth2: []
tags:
- name: Contact Imports
description: Import contact data in bulk
paths:
/contacts/imports:
get:
operationId: listContactImports
summary: Oracle Eloqua List contact import definitions
description: Retrieve all contact import definitions.
tags:
- Contact Imports
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/orderBy'
responses:
'200':
description: Successfully retrieved contact imports
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportList'
'401':
description: Unauthorized
post:
operationId: createContactImport
summary: Oracle Eloqua Create a contact import definition
description: Create a new import definition for contacts. After creation, push data and create a sync to execute the import.
tags:
- Contact Imports
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportDefinition'
responses:
'201':
description: Contact import definition created
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportDefinition'
'400':
description: Bad request - invalid import definition
'401':
description: Unauthorized
/contacts/imports/{id}:
get:
operationId: getContactImport
summary: Oracle Eloqua Retrieve a contact import definition
description: Retrieve a specific contact import definition by its identifier.
tags:
- Contact Imports
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/id'
responses:
'200':
description: Successfully retrieved contact import
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportDefinition'
'401':
description: Unauthorized
'404':
description: Import definition not found
put:
operationId: updateContactImport
summary: Oracle Eloqua Update a contact import definition
description: Update an existing contact import definition.
tags:
- Contact Imports
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/id'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportDefinition'
responses:
'200':
description: Contact import definition updated
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportDefinition'
'400':
description: Bad request
'401':
description: Unauthorized
'404':
description: Import definition not found
delete:
operationId: deleteContactImport
summary: Oracle Eloqua Delete a contact import definition
description: Delete a contact import definition by its identifier.
tags:
- Contact Imports
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/id'
responses:
'204':
description: Import definition deleted
'401':
description: Unauthorized
'404':
description: Import definition not found
/contacts/imports/{id}/data:
post:
operationId: pushContactImportData
summary: Oracle Eloqua Push data to a contact import
description: Push data records to be processed by the contact import definition.
tags:
- Contact Imports
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/id'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
type: object
additionalProperties:
type: string
responses:
'204':
description: Data pushed successfully
'400':
description: Bad request - invalid data
'401':
description: Unauthorized
'404':
description: Import definition not found
delete:
operationId: deleteContactImportData
summary: Oracle Eloqua Delete staged contact import data
description: Delete data that has been staged for the import but not yet synced.
tags:
- Contact Imports
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/id'
responses:
'204':
description: Staged data deleted
'401':
description: Unauthorized
'404':
description: Import definition not found
/contacts/syncActions:
post:
operationId: createContactSyncAction
summary: Oracle Eloqua Create a contact sync action
description: Create a sync action for contacts, such as setting subscription status.
tags:
- Contact Imports
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SyncAction'
responses:
'201':
description: Sync action created
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SyncAction'
'400':
description: Bad request
'401':
description: Unauthorized
components:
schemas:
ImportDefinition:
type: object
required:
- name
- fields
- identifierFieldName
properties:
uri:
type: string
description: URI of the import definition
readOnly: true
name:
type: string
description: Name of the import definition
fields:
type: object
description: 'Map of source column names to Eloqua field statement identifiers (e.g., {"EmailAddress": "{{Contact.Field(C_EmailAddress)}}"})'
additionalProperties:
type: string
identifierFieldName:
type: string
description: The field used to match import data to existing records (e.g., "EmailAddress")
isSyncTriggeredOnImport:
type: boolean
description: Whether a sync is automatically triggered when data is pushed
default: false
syncActions:
type: array
description: Actions to perform during sync
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SyncAction'
dataRetentionDuration:
type: string
description: How long imported data is retained
isUpdatingMultipleMatchedRecords:
type: boolean
description: Whether to update all matching records or just the first
default: false
autoDeleteDuration:
type: string
description: Auto-delete duration for the import definition
createdAt:
type: string
format: date-time
description: Creation timestamp
readOnly: true
updatedAt:
type: string
format: date-time
description: Last update timestamp
readOnly: true
syncedInstanceUri:
type: string
description: URI of the last sync associated with this definition
readOnly: true
status:
type: string
description: Status of the import definition
readOnly: true
ImportList:
type: object
properties:
items:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportDefinition'
totalResults:
type: integer
limit:
type: integer
offset:
type: integer
hasMore:
type: boolean
SyncAction:
type: object
properties:
action:
type: string
enum:
- add
- remove
- setStatus
description: The action to perform
destination:
type: string
description: The destination for the action (e.g., a contact list URI or subscription status)
status:
type: string
description: The status to set (when action is setStatus)
parameters:
orderBy:
name: orderBy
in: query
description: Field to sort results by
schema:
type: string
offset:
name: offset
in: query
description: Starting index for pagination
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 0
default: 0
limit:
name: limit
in: query
description: Maximum number of records to return
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 1
maximum: 50000
default: 1000
id:
name: id
in: path
required: true
description: The unique identifier of the resource
schema:
type: string
securitySchemes:
basicAuth:
type: http
scheme: basic
description: HTTP Basic authentication using company\username and password in the format CompanyName\Username.
oAuth2:
type: oauth2
description: OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow
flows:
authorizationCode:
authorizationUrl: https://login.eloqua.com/auth/oauth2/authorize
tokenUrl: https://login.eloqua.com/auth/oauth2/token
scopes:
full: Full access to all Eloqua resources
externalDocs:
description: Oracle Eloqua Bulk API Documentation
url: https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/marketing/eloqua-rest-api/BulkAPI.html