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This API allows you to add new contacts in a list using a CSV. The CSV must be present in local to the client triggering the API. The API uploads the contacts in asynchronous manner. The status of upload, at any point of time, can be fetched by hitting the URL (present in summary section of the API response). 

Maximum of 1 Lakh contacts can be added (if the type is static) in a list using this API. If the list already exists and has contacts, then it can allow addition of new contacts only up till maximum of 1 Lakh. 

CSV should contain 'number' (in E.164 format) as a mandatory column, while other optional columns are: first_name, last_name, company_name, email & tag. Custom field is not allowed to be added against contacts, in this method. The contact parameters can be referred from the API 'Create Contacts'.

Sample_CSV_Contacts_Upload

If the type is selected as dynamic, a maximum of 5 lakhs contacts can be uploaded with upto 5 variables. Please make sure the filz size is less than 60 MB and type should be dynamic.

POST

https://<your_api_key>:<your_api_token><subdomain>/v2/accounts/<your_sid>/contacts/csv-upload

  • Replace <your_api_key> and <your_api_token> with the API key and token created by you.
  • Replace <your_sid> with your “Account sid”
  • Replace <subdomain> with the region of your account
    1. <subdomain> of Singapore cluster is @api.exotel.com
    2. <subdomain> of Mumbai cluster is @api.in.exotel.com

<your_api_key> , <your_api_token> and <your_sid> are available in the API settings page of your Exotel Dashboard

The following are the POST parameters:

Parameter Name   Mandatory/Optional Value
list_name Mandatory

The list name in which the new contacts will be added

file_name Mandatory The local path of the file which will be used to upload the contacts.
type Optional

static or dynamic

choose dynamic if you want to use the contact's metadata (required to personalize call/sms) 

curl -X POST 'https://<your_api_key>:<your_api_token>@<subdomain>/v2/accounts/exotel/contacts/csv-upload' 
--header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' 
--data-raw '{
  "list_name":"xyz",
  "file_name":"path/of/csv-file"
}'
var unirest = require('unirest');
var accountSid = "XXXXXXXXX";
var accountToken = "YYYYYYYYY";
var authKey = "ZZZZZZZZZZ";
var encoding = Buffer.from(authKey + ':' + accountToken).toString('base64');
var req = unirest('POST', "https://<subdomain>/v2/accounts/exotel/contacts/csv-upload")
  .headers({
	  Authorization: 'Basic ' + encoding,
	  'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data'
  })
  .send(JSON.stringify({"list_name":"xyz",
  "filepath":"path/of/csv-file"}
))
  .end(function (res) { 
    if (res.error) throw new Error(res.error); 
    console.log(res.raw_body);
  });
<?php

$curl = curl_init();
$accountSid = "XXXXXXXXXX";
$accountToken = "YYYYYYYYYY";
$authKey = "ZZZZZZZZZZ";

$encoding = base64_encode($authKey .":". $accountToken);

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://<subdomain>/v2/accounts/exotel/contacts/csv-upload',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS =>'{ "list_name":"xyz",
  "filepath":"path/of/csv-file" }',
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    "Authorization: Basic ".$encoding,
    'Content-Type: multipart/form-data'
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;
import requests
import base64 
import json
accountSid = "XXXXXXXXX"
authToken = "YYYYYYYYY"
authKey = "ZZZZZZZZZZ"

encoding = base64.b64encode(authKey + ":" + authToken)

url = "https://<subdomain>/v2/accounts/exotel/contacts/csv-upload"

payload = json.dumps({ "list_name":"xyz",
  "filepath":"path/of/csv-file" })

headers = {
    'Authorization': "Basic " + encoding,
    'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data'
}


response = requests.request("POST", url, data=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)
print(json.dumps(json.loads(response.text), indent = 4, sort_keys = True))
package main

import (
	b64 "encoding/base64"
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"net/http"
"strings"
)

func main() {
// Please provide accountSid, authToken from your Exotel account
	accountSid := "XXXXXXXXX"
	authToken := "YYYYYYYY"
	authKey := "ZZZZZZZZZZ"
// Encoding the accountSid and authToken, used in Authorization header
	encoding := b64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(authKey + ":" + authToken))

	url := "https://<subdomain>/v2/accounts/exotel/contacts/csv-upload"
	method := "POST"

	payload := strings.NewReader(`{  "list_name":"xyz",
  "filepath":"path/of/csv-file" }`)

	client := &http.Client{}
	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload)
if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
return
}
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic "+encoding)
	res, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
return
}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
return
}
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

The following are the response parameters:

Parameter Name   Mandatory/Optional Value

request_id

Mandatory 

Random unique UUID to identify the request

method

Mandatory 

HTTP method (post/delete/get/put)

http_code

Mandatory 

HTTP Code of the response

list: sid

Mandatory 

Unique uuid of the list

list: name

Mandatory 

Name of the list

list: uri

Mandatory 

Unique URL of the list

list: tag

Mandatory 

Tag of the list

list: contact_count

Mandatory 

Total number of contacts in the list

summary: list_sid

Mandatory

Unique UUID of list

summary: upload_id

Mandatory

Unique id for identify the csv file which got uploaded

summary: url

Mandatory

Csv-check url to check contacts stats. This URL can be used as GET API to fetch the live status of CSV upload. Refer section 'CSV Upload Status' below

summary: stats

Mandatory

total:  Total contacts in csv file

duplicate: duplicate contacts in file

Invalid: invalid contacts in file

success:  successfully created new contacts

{
   "request_id": "256c7bb3b18d477a8f11089841841092",
   "method": "POST",
   "http_code": 200,
   "response": {
       "code": 200,
       "error_data": null,
       "status": "success",
       "data": {
           "list": {
               "sid": "f121e1f304654a668108127a1412b0fb",
               "date_created": "2021-06-03T16:42:26.522002459+05:30",
               "date_updated": "2021-06-03T16:42:26.522002459+05:30",
               "account_sid": "exotel",
               "name": "csv_list124",
               "uri": "/v2/accounts/exotel/lists/f121e1f304654a668108127a1412b0fb",
               "tag": null,
               "contact_count": 0
           },
           "summary": {
               "upload_id": "b3eb726b829c432cb3dae4e9f9dda913",
               "list_sid": "f121e1f304654a668108127a1412b0fb",
               "url": "/v2/accounts/exotel/csv-status/b3eb726b829c432cb3dae4e9f9dda913",
               "accountSid": "exotel",
               "date_created": "2021-06-03T16:42:26.524066171+05:30",
               "date_updated": "2021-06-03T16:42:26.524066171+05:30",
               "status": "in-progress",
               "Stats": {
                   "duplicate": null,
                   "total": null,
                   "success": null,
                   "failed": null
               }
           }
       }
   }

 

CSV Upload Status

The status of CSV upload can be checked in real-time using the 'summary:url' in the above response as a GET API. The response of this request will show the overall status and stats of contacts being uploaded.

GET

https://<your_api_key>:<your_api_token><subdomain>/v2/accounts/<your_sid>/csv-status/<upload_id>

curl -XGET 'https://<your_api_key>:<your_api_token>@<subdomain>/v2/accounts/exotel/lists/f121e1f304654a668108127a1412b0fb'
{
   "request_id": "f5858bb48c0a465a83b02eff24a4dd08",
   "method": "GET",
   "http_code": 200,
   "response": {
       "code": 200,
       "error_data": null,
       "status": "success",
       "data": {
           "upload_id": "b3eb726b829c432cb3dae4e9f9dda913",
           "list_sid": "f121e1f304654a668108127a1412b0fb",
           "url": "/v2/accounts/exotel8u3/csv-status/b3eb726b829c432cb3dae4e9f9dda913",
           "accountSid": "exotel8u3",
           "date_created": "2021-06-03T11:12:27Z",
           "date_updated": "2021-06-03T16:42:28Z",
           "status": "completed",
           "stats": {
               "duplicate": 0,
               "total": 6,
               "success": 5,
               "failed": 1
           }
       }
   }
}