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Importing a Collection to Typesense Server with curl

TLDR Kevin inquired about importing a collection directly to a Typesense server using curl. Jason confirmed this was possible, but the schema must be created first.

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Aug 14, 2023 (3 months ago)

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Kevin

02:35 PM

Hi! Would it be possible to simply import a collection to a Typesense server with curl, in the same way that it is possible to export one with curl? It seems as though it would be necessary to create a collection first but if anyone knows a shortcut that would be great.

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Jason

02:59 PM

Yup, you can bulk import JSONL using this endpoint: https://typesense.org/docs/0.24.1/api/documents.html#index-multiple-documents

Aug 15, 2023 (3 months ago)

Kevin

07:08 AM

Hi thanks for the info. I tried the bulk import but it only worked when I specified an existing collection. Even then there were a number of eror messages. There is no way to import an entire collect 'from scratch'? Thanks!

Jason

02:54 PM

No, you would have to create the schema using the POST /collections endpoint and then import the documents

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