For guidance and examples, see [Import data](/guides/index-data-import-data).

:::callout{intent="note"}
This feature is in [public preview](/guides/changelog-feature-availability) and available only on [Standard and Enterprise plans](https://www.pinecone.io/pricing/).
:::

:::code-group
```bash curl
# To get the unique host for an index,
# see https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/manage-data/target-an-index
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
INDEX_HOST="INDEX_HOST"

curl "https://$INDEX_HOST/bulk/imports" \
  -H 'Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-07' \
  -d '{
        "integrationId": "a12b3d4c-47d2-492c-a97a-dd98c8dbefde",
        "uri": "s3://BUCKET_NAME/PATH/TO/DIR",
        "errorMode": {
            "onError": "continue"
            }
        }'
```
:::

`POST /bulk/imports`

:::code-group
```json title="200"
{
  "id": "101"
}
```

```json title="400"
{
  "code": 123,
  "message": "<string>",
  "details": [
    {
      "typeUrl": "<string>",
      "value": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}
```

```json title="4XX"
{
  "code": 123,
  "message": "<string>",
  "details": [
    {
      "typeUrl": "<string>",
      "value": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}
```

```json title="5XX"
{
  "code": 123,
  "message": "<string>",
  "details": [
    {
      "typeUrl": "<string>",
      "value": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}
```
:::

#### Authorizations

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Key` | `string` | - |  |

An API Key is required to call Pinecone APIs. Get yours from the [console](https://app.pinecone.io/).

#### Headers

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `X-Pinecone-Api-Version` | `string` | `2026-07` | Required date-based version header |

#### Body

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `integrationId?` | `string` | - | Required string length: 0 - 1000 |

The id of the [storage integration](/guides/operations-integrations-manage-storage-integrations) that should be used to access the data.

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `uri` | `string` | - | Required string length: 1 - 1500 |

The URI of the bucket (or container) and import directory containing the namespaces and Parquet files you want to import. For example, `s3://BUCKET_NAME/IMPORT_DIR` for Amazon S3, `gs://BUCKET_NAME/IMPORT_DIR` for Google Cloud Storage, or `https://STORAGE_ACCOUNT.blob.core.windows.net/CONTAINER_NAME/IMPORT_DIR` for Azure Blob Storage. For more information, see [Import records](/guides/index-data-import-data#prepare-your-data).

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `errorMode?` | `object` | - | Indicates how to respond to errors during the import process. |

:::accordion{title="Show child attributes"}
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `onError?` | `string` | - | Indicates how to respond to errors during the import process. Possible values: abort or continue. |
:::

#### Response

`200` — Successful import operation

The response for the `start_import` operation.

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | - | Unique identifier for the import operation. Required string length: 1 - 1000. Example: 101 |

## Related pages

- [List imports](./database-data-plane-list-imports.md)
- [Describe an import](./database-data-plane-describe-import.md)
- [Cancel an import](./database-data-plane-cancel-import.md)

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