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# Start product CSV import

POST https://api.tieback.io/v1/imports/products

Initiates a product CSV import job.

Reference: https://tieback.io/docs/api-reference/open-api/imports/start-product-import

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — User session token from tieback authentication
- `x-api-key` header (required) — Machine-to-machine API key (scoped permissions)

## Request

### Headers

- `x-workspace-id` (string, required) — Target workspace/brand ID
- `x-request-id` (string, optional) — Client-provided correlation ID (auto-generated if missing)

## Response

### 202

Accepted

- `ok` (boolean, optional)
- `data` (ImportsProductsPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData, optional)
- `meta` (ImportsProductsPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaMeta, optional)

## Types

### ImportsProductsPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData

### ImportsProductsPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaMeta

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {},
  "meta": {}
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.tieback.io/v1/imports/products"

headers = {
    "x-workspace-id": "x-workspace-id",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.tieback.io/v1/imports/products';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'x-workspace-id': 'x-workspace-id', Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.tieback.io/v1/imports/products"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("x-workspace-id", "x-workspace-id")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

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

url = URI("https://api.tieback.io/v1/imports/products")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-workspace-id"] = 'x-workspace-id'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

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

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.tieback.io/v1/imports/products")
  .header("x-workspace-id", "x-workspace-id")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.tieback.io/v1/imports/products', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'x-workspace-id' => 'x-workspace-id',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.tieback.io/v1/imports/products");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("x-workspace-id", "x-workspace-id");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "x-workspace-id": "x-workspace-id",
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.tieback.io/v1/imports/products")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

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()
```