Queue the import

POST /imports/{jobId}/commit

Returns 202 with the job id; the work runs in the background under the committer's grant, applying each row as an ordinary command to the owning service. Appends import.queued, which freezes the job's target and mapping. Progress arrives as import.progressed and finishes with import.completed or import.failed. Idempotent by state: a retried commit of a queued job is acknowledged and appends nothing, and 409 ImportNotReady answers a running or finished one.

Access

Requires imports:write.

How scopes come from roles: Scopes and roles. Getting a token: Authentication and app tokens.

Retries

Idempotent by state: a retried commit of a queued job is acknowledged and appends nothing, and 409 ImportNotReady answers a running or finished one.

Why every write carries a key: Idempotency and retries.

Facts appended

import.queued
import.progressed
import.completed
import.failed

What a fact is: Facts and the journal.

AI agent tool

Agents call this as imports_commit_job (Imports: Commit job), in the imports toolset.

Connecting an agent: AI agents.

Example

curl

curl -X POST 'https://import.getmanifold.io/imports/imp_01a15890-2c00-7a11-8b22-3c4d5e6f7a80/commit' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MANIFOLD_TOKEN"

JavaScript (fetch)

const response = await fetch("https://import.getmanifold.io/imports/imp_01a15890-2c00-7a11-8b22-3c4d5e6f7a80/commit", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MANIFOLD_TOKEN}` },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const answer = await response.json();

Response · 202 · application/json

{
  "jobId": "imp_01a15890-2c00-7a11-8b22-3c4d5e6f7a80",
  "rows": 4
}

The panel writes this call in other languages. It does not send it: Manifold's APIs do not take calls from a web page on another site, so run the call from your own code or terminal. The whole API as OpenAPI: import-export.openapi.json. Base URL https://import.getmanifold.io.

Errors

Every refusal is a status and a JSON body whose _tag names it. A refused call changes nothing. Some can answer a retry of a call that already worked: they are marked.

`401`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`Unauthorized` reason	The token is missing, expired or not one Manifold issued.	Get a fresh token and send the call again.
`TokenAlreadyUsed` tokenId	A single-use app token was already spent.	Mint a new token for this call.

`402`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`SubscriptionRequired` status	The organization's subscription has lapsed, so writes are refused.	An owner settles billing. Reads still work meanwhile.

`403`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`TenantRequired` userId	The token names no organization.	Choose the organization, then get a new token.
`ScopeRequired` required	The token's roles do not grant the scope this call needs.	Ask an owner or admin for a role that grants it.

`404`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`ImportJobNotFound` jobId	No such record in this organization.	Check the id in the path or the body.

`409`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`ImportNotReady` jobId, status, expected Can answer a retry	The import is not in a state this call accepts.	If this answers a retry, your first call probably landed. Read the record: its `status` says where it stands, and `expected` the states this call accepts.
`MirroredFromSource` source	This area is fed by your source system until the organization goes live.	Make the change in the source system, or go live first.

`422`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`InvalidMapping` reason, field	The column mapping does not fit the target. `field` names the problem.	Map every required field once.

`503`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`RequestLogUnavailable` tokenId, reason	The service could not record the request, so it did nothing.	Send the same request again shortly.

How refusals work everywhere: Errors.

Used in

Bulk import from a spreadsheet, step 5: Run it