# Import bills

POST https://api-sandbox.payabli.com/api/Import/billsForm/{entry}
Content-Type: multipart/form-data

Import a list of bills from a CSV file. See the [Import Guide](/developers/developer-guides/bills-add#import-bills) for more help and an example file.

Reference: https://docs.payabli.com/developers/api-reference/bill/import-list-of-bills

## OpenAPI Specification

```yaml
openapi: 3.1.1
info:
  title: Import list of bills
  version: endpoint_import.ImportBills
paths:
  /Import/billsForm/{entry}:
    post:
      operationId: import-bills
      summary: Import list of bills
      description: >-
        Import a list of bills from a CSV file. See the [Import
        Guide](/developers/developer-guides/bills-add#import-bills) for more
        help and an example file.
      tags:
        - - subpackage_import
      parameters:
        - name: entry
          in: path
          description: >-
            The paypoint's entrypoint identifier. [Learn
            more](/developers/api-reference/api-overview#entrypoint-vs-entry)
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: requestToken
          in: header
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/type_:PayabliApiResponseImport'
        '400':
          description: Bad request/ invalid data
          content: {}
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized request.
          content: {}
        '500':
          description: Internal API Error
          content: {}
        '503':
          description: Database connection error
          content: {}
      requestBody:
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
                  description: >-
                    The file to be imported. The file must be a CSV file with
                    the correct format. See the [Import
                    Guide](/developers/developer-guides/bills-add#import-bills)
                    for more help and example files.
              required:
                - file
components:
  schemas:
    type_:IsSuccess:
      type: boolean
    type_:PageIdentifier:
      type: string
    type_:Responsecode:
      type: integer
    type_:PayabliApiResponseImportResponseData:
      type: object
      properties:
        added:
          type: integer
          description: The number of records successfully added.
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: List of errors, if any.
        rejected:
          type: integer
          description: The number of records that were rejected.
    type_:ResponseText:
      type: string
    type_:PayabliApiResponseImport:
      type: object
      properties:
        isSuccess:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/type_:IsSuccess'
        pageIdentifier:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/type_:PageIdentifier'
        responseCode:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/type_:Responsecode'
        responseData:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/type_:PayabliApiResponseImportResponseData'
          description: The response data containing the result of the import operation.
        responseText:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/type_:ResponseText'
      required:
        - responseText

```

## SDK Code Examples

```python ImportBills
from payabli import payabli

client = payabli(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
)
client.import_.import_bills(
    entry="8cfec329267",
)

```

```typescript ImportBills
import { createReadStream } from "fs";
import * as fs from "fs";
import { PayabliClient } from "@payabli/sdk-node";

const client = new PayabliClient({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" });
await client.import.importBills("8cfec329267", {
    file: fs.createReadStream("/path/to/your/file")
});

```

```go ImportBills
import (
	context "context"
	option "github.com/payabli/sdk-go/option"
	sdkgo "github.com/payabli/sdk-go"
	sdkgoclient "github.com/payabli/sdk-go/client"
)

client := sdkgoclient.NewClient(
	option.WithApiKey(
		"<YOUR_ApiKey>",
	),
)
response, err := client.Import.ImportBills(
	context.TODO(),
	"8cfec329267",
	&sdkgo.ImportBillsRequest{},
)

```

```csharp ImportBills
using PayabliApi;

var client = new PayabliApiClient("API_KEY");
await client.Import.ImportBillsAsync("8cfec329267", new ImportBillsRequest());

```

```ruby ImportBills
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api-sandbox.payabli.com/api/Import/billsForm/8cfec329267")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["requestToken"] = '<apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"<file1>\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java ImportBills
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api-sandbox.payabli.com/api/Import/billsForm/8cfec329267")
  .header("requestToken", "<apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"<file1>\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")
  .asString();
```

```php ImportBills
<?php

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api-sandbox.payabli.com/api/Import/billsForm/8cfec329267', [
  'multipart' => [
    [
        'name' => 'file',
        'filename' => '<file1>',
        'contents' => null
    ]
  ]
  'headers' => [
    'requestToken' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```swift ImportBills
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "requestToken": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data; boundary=---011000010111000001101001"
]
let parameters = [
  [
    "name": "file",
    "fileName": "<file1>"
  ]
]

let boundary = "---011000010111000001101001"

var body = ""
var error: NSError? = nil
for param in parameters {
  let paramName = param["name"]!
  body += "--\(boundary)\r\n"
  body += "Content-Disposition:form-data; name=\"\(paramName)\""
  if let filename = param["fileName"] {
    let contentType = param["content-type"]!
    let fileContent = String(contentsOfFile: filename, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8)
    if (error != nil) {
      print(error as Any)
    }
    body += "; filename=\"\(filename)\"\r\n"
    body += "Content-Type: \(contentType)\r\n\r\n"
    body += fileContent
  } else if let paramValue = param["value"] {
    body += "\r\n\r\n\(paramValue)"
  }
}

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api-sandbox.payabli.com/api/Import/billsForm/8cfec329267")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```