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# Bulk-import contacts from CSV

> Parse a raw CSV string and upsert the rows as contacts (≤ 1000). By default each column header maps to a field of the same name (`email` is required); pass `mapping` to remap columns explicitly. Rows with a missing/invalid/disposable email are SKIPPED (counted in `summary.skipped`), not errored. Returns the same `{ summary, fieldsCreated, errors, warnings }` as batch-create — `207` when some rows fail validation.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi-public-v1.yaml post /v1/contacts/import-csv
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Brew Public API v1
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Generated from the Brew app Zod contracts (`lib/<domain>/contracts.ts`).
    This file is the source of truth for the public API documentation.


    ## Resource paths


    Identity lives in the URL path (`/v1/analytics/sends/{sendId}`) — never in a
    query param or request body. Collections are plural top-level segments
    (`/v1/emails`); query params exist only for collection pagination + simple
    filters. Relationships are sub-resources (`/v1/emails/{emailId}/sends`), and
    non-CRUD operations are explicit action sub-paths
    (`/v1/automations/{automationId}/test`).


    ## Response envelopes


    - Lists: `{ data: Row[], pagination: { limit, cursor: string | null, hasMore
    } }` — loop `while (cursor !== null)`.

    - Get-one and writes: the bare resource (creates return `201`; async sends
    `202`).

    - Deletes: `{ <idField>, deleted: boolean }` — idempotent (already-gone ids
    resolve with `deleted: false`).

    - Errors: `{ error: { code, type, message, param?, suggestion, docs } }` —
    branch on the stable `code`.

    - ONE exception: `POST /v1/automations/triggers/{triggerEventId}/fire`
    responds with the legacy fire envelope `{ success, status, code, message,
    receivedAt, details }` (shared with internal webhook infrastructure).


    ## Brand scoping


    API keys are always scoped to a specific brand. The brand is resolved from
    the key on every request. **No public endpoint accepts a `brandId` field**
    in its request body or query string — sending one returns `400
    INVALID_REQUEST`. Resources that exist in a different brand surface as `404`
    (never `403`), so the API does not leak cross-brand existence. `GET
    /v1/templates` is organization-wide and not constrained to the key brand.
    Brands themselves are managed in the Brew dashboard.


    ## Idempotency


    Send an `Idempotency-Key` header (≤ 100 chars) on any POST your code might
    retry. Same key + same body within 24h returns the original response; same
    key + different body returns `409 IDEMPOTENCY_CONFLICT`.
  contact:
    name: Brew Support
    url: https://docs.brew.new
    email: support@brew.new
servers:
  - url: https://brew.new/api
    description: Production
  - url: http://localhost:3000/api
    description: Local development
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
  - apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Emails
    description: >-
      Email designs and sending. Generate a design with the Brew email agent,
      edit, version, restore — then send it: `POST /v1/sends` delivers a design
      to a target (a saved audience, an inline list, or a single address) via a
      verified domain, and `POST /v1/sends/test` fires a one-off test. Sending
      is not campaign-specific. Send reads (list, status, per-send event feeds)
      live under Analytics (`/v1/analytics/sends`).
  - name: Analytics
    description: >-
      Read-only cross-resource analytics: lifetime per-campaign KPIs, windowed
      automation performance, the unified event feed, send reads
      (`/v1/analytics/sends`), and the fired-trigger audit log
      (`/v1/analytics/trigger-instances`).
  - name: Automations
    description: >-
      Automation graphs — deterministic create from explicit `nodes` +
      `connections`, update, version, publish / unpublish, test. Includes
      trigger event definitions + the fire endpoint (`/v1/automations/triggers`)
      and run history (`/v1/automations/runs`).
  - name: Contacts
    description: Create, search, patch, and delete contacts. Email is the primary key.
  - name: Contact Fields
    description: List, create, and delete custom contact field definitions.
  - name: Audiences
    description: Saved contact filter sets — a recipient target for sends.
  - name: Domains
    description: 'Sending domains: add, read DNS records, verify, configure sender defaults.'
  - name: Templates
    description: Public template gallery (read-only) usable as generation references.
  - name: Brand
    description: The single brand bound to the API key.
  - name: Chats
    description: >-
      Read a brand-scoped digest of a Brew chat — referenced
      emails/automations/triggers + a trimmed transcript — so an external agent
      can resume the conversation.
  - name: Meta
    description: >-
      Public discovery surface (no auth): the machine-readable API catalog
      (`/v1/help`).
paths:
  /v1/contacts/import-csv:
    post:
      tags:
        - Contacts
      summary: Bulk-import contacts from CSV
      description: >-
        Parse a raw CSV string and upsert the rows as contacts (≤ 1000). By
        default each column header maps to a field of the same name (`email` is
        required); pass `mapping` to remap columns explicitly. Rows with a
        missing/invalid/disposable email are SKIPPED (counted in
        `summary.skipped`), not errored. Returns the same `{ summary,
        fieldsCreated, errors, warnings }` as batch-create — `207` when some
        rows fail validation.
      operationId: importContactsCsv
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactsImportCsvRequest'
            example:
              csv: |-
                email,firstName,lastName
                ada@example.com,Ada,Lovelace
                grace@example.com,Grace,Hopper
              mapping:
                email: email
                firstName: firstName
                lastName: lastName
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Import summary (all rows valid).
          headers:
            x-request-id:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  Unique request identifier. Share this with support when
                  debugging a request.
                example: req_8cac13fd94e6420cacdd75a1aa403a28
              required: true
              description: >-
                Unique request identifier. Share this with support when
                debugging a request.
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              schema:
                type: integer
                description: Requests allowed in the current rolling rate limit window.
                example: 100
              required: true
              description: Requests allowed in the current rolling rate limit window.
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              schema:
                type: integer
                description: Requests remaining in the current rolling rate limit window.
                example: 99
              required: true
              description: Requests remaining in the current rolling rate limit window.
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              schema:
                type: integer
                description: >-
                  Unix timestamp in seconds for when the rolling window fully
                  resets.
                example: 1712592360
              required: true
              description: >-
                Unix timestamp in seconds for when the rolling window fully
                resets.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactsImportCsvResponse'
              example:
                summary:
                  inserted: 2
                  updated: 0
                  failed: 0
                  skipped: 0
                fieldsCreated: []
                errors: []
                warnings: []
        '207':
          description: Partial success — some rows failed validation.
          headers:
            x-request-id:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  Unique request identifier. Share this with support when
                  debugging a request.
                example: req_8cac13fd94e6420cacdd75a1aa403a28
              required: true
              description: >-
                Unique request identifier. Share this with support when
                debugging a request.
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              schema:
                type: integer
                description: Requests allowed in the current rolling rate limit window.
                example: 100
              required: true
              description: Requests allowed in the current rolling rate limit window.
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              schema:
                type: integer
                description: Requests remaining in the current rolling rate limit window.
                example: 99
              required: true
              description: Requests remaining in the current rolling rate limit window.
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              schema:
                type: integer
                description: >-
                  Unix timestamp in seconds for when the rolling window fully
                  resets.
                example: 1712592360
              required: true
              description: >-
                Unix timestamp in seconds for when the rolling window fully
                resets.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  summary:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      inserted:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: 0
                      updated:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: 0
                      failed:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: 0
                      skipped:
                        type: integer
                        minimum: 0
                    required:
                      - inserted
                      - updated
                      - failed
                      - skipped
                    additionalProperties: false
                  fieldsCreated:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        email:
                          type: string
                        code:
                          type: string
                        message:
                          type: string
                      required:
                        - email
                        - code
                        - message
                      additionalProperties: false
                  warnings:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        code:
                          type: string
                          minLength: 1
                        field:
                          type: string
                          minLength: 1
                        message:
                          type: string
                          minLength: 1
                        from:
                          type: string
                          minLength: 1
                        to:
                          type: string
                          minLength: 1
                        original:
                          type: string
                          minLength: 1
                        normalized:
                          type: string
                          minLength: 1
                      required:
                        - code
                        - message
                      additionalProperties: false
                required:
                  - summary
                  - fieldsCreated
                  - errors
                  - warnings
                additionalProperties: false
              example:
                summary:
                  inserted: 1
                  updated: 0
                  failed: 1
                  skipped: 2
                fieldsCreated: []
                errors:
                  - email: dupe@example.com
                    code: DUPLICATE_EMAILS_IN_BATCH
                    message: Email 'dupe@example.com' appears 2 times in batch.
                warnings: []
        '400':
          description: >-
            The request body or query string was invalid (unknown key, wrong
            type, or missing required field). Strict schemas reject unknown keys
            — including `brandId`, which is always resolved from the API key.
          headers:
            x-request-id:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  Unique request identifier. Share this with support when
                  debugging a request.
                example: req_8cac13fd94e6420cacdd75a1aa403a28
              required: true
              description: >-
                Unique request identifier. Share this with support when
                debugging a request.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorEnvelope'
              example:
                error:
                  code: INVALID_REQUEST
                  type: invalid_request
                  message: Request validation failed.
                  suggestion: Fix the field reported in `param` and retry.
                  docs: https://docs.brew.new/api-reference/api/errors
                  param: csv
        '401':
          description: The API key was missing, invalid, or revoked.
          headers:
            x-request-id:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  Unique request identifier. Share this with support when
                  debugging a request.
                example: req_8cac13fd94e6420cacdd75a1aa403a28
              required: true
              description: >-
                Unique request identifier. Share this with support when
                debugging a request.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorEnvelope'
              example:
                error:
                  code: INVALID_API_KEY
                  type: authentication_error
                  message: The provided API key is invalid.
                  suggestion: Check the API key format and retry with a valid active key.
                  docs: https://docs.brew.new/api-reference/api/authentication
        '403':
          description: The caller does not have the required `contacts` permission.
          headers:
            x-request-id:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  Unique request identifier. Share this with support when
                  debugging a request.
                example: req_8cac13fd94e6420cacdd75a1aa403a28
              required: true
              description: >-
                Unique request identifier. Share this with support when
                debugging a request.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorEnvelope'
              example:
                error:
                  code: INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS
                  type: authorization_error
                  message: The caller does not have the required permission.
                  suggestion: Use an API key or session with the required permission.
                  docs: https://docs.brew.new/api-reference/api/authentication
                  param: contacts
        '429':
          description: The request hit the rolling rate limit window.
          headers:
            x-request-id:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  Unique request identifier. Share this with support when
                  debugging a request.
                example: req_8cac13fd94e6420cacdd75a1aa403a28
              required: true
              description: >-
                Unique request identifier. Share this with support when
                debugging a request.
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              schema:
                type: integer
                description: Requests allowed in the current rolling rate limit window.
                example: 100
              required: true
              description: Requests allowed in the current rolling rate limit window.
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              schema:
                type: integer
                description: Requests remaining in the current rolling rate limit window.
                example: 99
              required: true
              description: Requests remaining in the current rolling rate limit window.
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              schema:
                type: integer
                description: >-
                  Unix timestamp in seconds for when the rolling window fully
                  resets.
                example: 1712592360
              required: true
              description: >-
                Unix timestamp in seconds for when the rolling window fully
                resets.
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: integer
                description: Seconds to wait before retrying the request.
                example: 42
              required: true
              description: Seconds to wait before retrying the request.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorEnvelope'
              example:
                error:
                  code: RATE_LIMITED
                  type: rate_limit
                  message: Too many requests.
                  suggestion: Wait for the retry window before sending another request.
                  docs: https://docs.brew.new/api-reference/api/rate-limits
                  retryAfter: 42
        '500':
          description: Unexpected internal error.
          headers:
            x-request-id:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  Unique request identifier. Share this with support when
                  debugging a request.
                example: req_8cac13fd94e6420cacdd75a1aa403a28
              required: true
              description: >-
                Unique request identifier. Share this with support when
                debugging a request.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorEnvelope'
              example:
                error:
                  code: INTERNAL_ERROR
                  type: internal_error
                  message: An unexpected error occurred.
                  suggestion: Retry the request. If it keeps failing, contact support.
                  docs: https://docs.brew.new/api-reference/api/errors
components:
  schemas:
    ContactsImportCsvRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        csv:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 5000000
        mapping:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
      required:
        - csv
      additionalProperties: false
    ContactsImportCsvResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        summary:
          type: object
          properties:
            inserted:
              type: integer
              minimum: 0
            updated:
              type: integer
              minimum: 0
            failed:
              type: integer
              minimum: 0
            skipped:
              type: integer
              minimum: 0
          required:
            - inserted
            - updated
            - failed
            - skipped
          additionalProperties: false
        fieldsCreated:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              email:
                type: string
              code:
                type: string
              message:
                type: string
            required:
              - email
              - code
              - message
            additionalProperties: false
        warnings:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              code:
                type: string
                minLength: 1
              field:
                type: string
                minLength: 1
              message:
                type: string
                minLength: 1
              from:
                type: string
                minLength: 1
              to:
                type: string
                minLength: 1
              original:
                type: string
                minLength: 1
              normalized:
                type: string
                minLength: 1
            required:
              - code
              - message
            additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - summary
        - fieldsCreated
        - errors
        - warnings
      additionalProperties: false
    ApiErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              minLength: 1
            type:
              type: string
              enum:
                - authentication_error
                - authorization_error
                - invalid_request
                - not_found
                - not_implemented
                - conflict
                - rate_limit
                - payment_required
                - service_unavailable
                - internal_error
            message:
              type: string
              minLength: 1
            param:
              type: string
              minLength: 1
            suggestion:
              type: string
              minLength: 1
            docs:
              type: string
              format: uri
            retryAfter:
              type: integer
              minimum: 0
            details:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: {}
          required:
            - code
            - type
            - message
            - suggestion
            - docs
      required:
        - error
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API key
      description: 'Send your Brew API key as `Authorization: Bearer brew_xxx`.'
      x-default: Bearer brew_your_api_key
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: 'Send your Brew API key as `X-API-Key: brew_xxx`.'
      x-default: brew_your_api_key

````