1. Create an import job (This example is for Activity)
   1. Set URL
      1. URL

         POST HTTPS://UAPI.demandbase.com/import/v1/job

   2. Set Headers
      1. Headers

         Accept: application/json
         Content-Type: application/json
         Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_JWT_TOKEN>

   3. Set Body Parameters
      1. Example Request Body

         {
           "source": "CSV",
           "dataImportName": "DataImportTest",
           "entityType": "Activity",
           "activityTypeId": 1110
         }

         
         

      2. Schema

         Field Name	Data Type	Required	Notes
         source	string	No	Defaults to CSV You can use the Source Lookup endpoint to retrieve available sources
         dataImportName	string	Yes
         entityType	string	Yes
         activityTypeIs	int	Conditional	Required only when entityType = Activity You can use the Activity Type Lookup endpoint to retrieve available activityTypes

         
         
   4. Resulting cURL request
      1. cURL

         curl --request POST \
              --url https://uapi.demandbase.com/import/v1/job \
              --header 'accept: application/json' \
              --header 'authorization: Bearer <YOUR_JWT_TOKEN>' \
              --header 'content-type: application/json' \
              --data '
         {
           "source": "CSV",
           "dataImportName": "DataImportTest",
           "entityType": "Activity"
           "activityTypeId": 1110,
         }
         '

   5. Example Response
      200 Ok

      {
        "id": 11416,
        "dataImportName": "DataImportTest",
        "entityType": "Activity",
        "state": "new",
        "updatedAt": "2026-02-03T14:55:13.526Z",
        "createdAt": "2026-02-03T14:55:13.526Z",
        "source": "CSV",
        "activityTypeId": 1110
      }

      
      

      Field Name	Data Type	Notes
      id	int	Job Id - used to submit data and check job status
      dataImportName	string	Supplied name
      entityType	string	Supplied entityType
      state	string	One of: new, processing, completed, failed
      updatedAt	string<dateTime>	ISO-formatted UTC datetime
      createdAt	string<dateTime>	ISO-formatted UTC datetime
      source	string	Supplied source
      activityTypeId	int	Supplied activityTypeId Only returned if entityType = Activity

Submit the import data to the import job

• Set the request URL

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  NOTE: The jobId in the URL path is obtained from the Create Import Job response

  • URL

    PUT https://uapi.demandbase.com/import/v1/job/{jobId}/data?listAction=<DESIRED_ACTION>

• Set ListAction Query Parameter

  Allowed Value	Description
  replace (default)	Removes all existing members from the associated account list and adds the members from the current import file.
  insert	Adds new members from the current import file to the existing account list. If no account list is associated with this job, one will be created..
  delete	Removes members from the existing account list if they are matched in the import data.
  noop	Processes and imports the data but does not make any changes to the associated account list membership.

  
  

• Set Headers

  Headers

  Accept: application/json
  Content-Type: applicaiton/octet_stream
  Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_JWT_TOKEN>

• Set Body

  Type	Media Type	Description
  string<binary>	application/octet-stream	The binary content of the data file to be imported (e.g. a CSV file)

• Resulting cURL request

  curl --request PUT \
       --url 'https://uapi.demandbase.com/import/v1/job/{jobId}/data?listAction=replace' \
       --header 'accept: application/json' \
       --header 'authorization: Bearer <YOUR_JWT_TOKEN>' \
       --header 'content-type: application/octet-stream' \
       --data-binary '@dataImportTEST.csv'

• Example 200 Response

  200 - OK

  {
    "id": 11416,
    "dataImportName": "DataImportTest",
    "entityType": "Activity",
    "state": "processing",
    "createdAt": "2026-02-03T14:55:13.526Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-02-03T14:56:29.123Z",
    "source": "CSV",
    "activityTypeId": 1110
  }

  Schema

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  NOTE: The response schema is the same as the create job endpoint

  
  

  Field Name	Data Type	Notes
  id	int	Job Id - used to submit data and check job status
  dataImportName	string	Supplied name
  entityType	string	Supplied entityType
  state	string	One of: new, processing, completed, failed
  updatedAt	string<dateTime>	ISO-formatted UTC datetime
  createdAt	string<dateTime>	ISO-formatted UTC datetime
  source	string	Supplied source
  activityTypeId	int	Supplied activityTypeId Only returned if entityType = Activity

  
  

Check the status of an import job.

1. Set the URL
   1. URL

      GET https://uapi.demandbase.com/import/data/job/{jobId}

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      Note the jobId is obtained from the create job endpoint response

2. Resulting cURL request

   curl --request GET \
     --url https://uapi.demandbase.com/import/v1/job/{jobId} \
     --header 'Accept: application/json' \
     --header 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_JWT_TOKEN>'

3. Example 200 Response
   Schema

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   NOTE: The status response is the same as the create job response

   
   

   Field Name	Data Type	Notes
   id	int	Job Id - used to submit data and check job status
   dataImportName	string	Supplied name
   entityType	string	Supplied entityType
   state	string	One of: new, processing, completed, failed
   updatedAt	string<dateTime>	ISO-formatted UTC datetime
   createdAt	string<dateTime>	ISO-formatted UTC datetime
   source	string	Supplied source
   activityTypeId	int	Supplied activityTypeId Only returned if entityType = Activity