> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Import file from URL

> Import a file from a remote URL and commit it to the repository.



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://dev.hub.oxen.ai/api/_spec/oxen_server_openapi.json post /api/repos/{namespace}/{repo_name}/import/{resource}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  description: >-
    Oxen is a fast, unstructured data version control, to help version large
    machine learning datasets written in Rust.
  license:
    name: ''
  title: oxen-server
  version: 0.50.0
servers:
  - description: Production API
    url: https://hub.oxen.ai
  - description: Local Development
    url: http://localhost:3000
security:
  - api_key: []
tags:
  - description: Namespace management endpoints
    name: Namespaces
  - description: Repository management endpoints.
    name: Repositories
paths:
  /api/repos/{namespace}/{repo_name}/import/{resource}:
    post:
      tags:
        - Import
      summary: Import file from URL
      description: Import a file from a remote URL and commit it to the repository.
      operationId: import
      parameters:
        - description: Namespace of the repository
          example: ox
          in: path
          name: namespace
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - description: Name of the repository
          example: Common-Crawl
          in: path
          name: repo_name
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - description: Destination path (including branch)
          example: main/data
          in: path
          name: resource
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            example:
              auth: Bearer <token>
              download_url: https://example.com/datasets/data.csv
              email: ox@oxen.ai
              name: ox
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportFileBody'
        description: Import configuration
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitResponse'
          description: File imported and committed
        '400':
          description: Bad Request / Invalid URL
components:
  schemas:
    ImportFileBody:
      description: Body for importing a file from a URL
      example:
        auth: Bearer <token>
        download_url: https://example.com/datasets/data.csv
        email: ox@oxen.ai
        filename: data.csv
        message: Import dataset
        name: ox
      properties:
        auth:
          example: Bearer <token>
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        download_url:
          example: https://example.com/datasets/data.csv
          type: string
        email:
          example: ox@oxen.ai
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        filename:
          example: data.csv
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        message:
          example: Import dataset
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        name:
          example: ox
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
      required:
        - download_url
      title: ImportFileBody
      type: object
    CommitResponse:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatusMessage'
        - properties:
            commit:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Commit'
          required:
            - commit
          type: object
      example:
        commit:
          author: ox
          email: ox@example.com
          id: a1b2c3d4e5f67890abcdef1234567890
          message: Refactor data loading pipeline.
          parent_ids:
            - f1e2d3c4b5a67890fedcba9876543210
          timestamp: '2025-01-01T10:00:00Z'
        status: success
        status_message: resource_found
    StatusMessage:
      properties:
        oxen_version:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        status:
          type: string
        status_message:
          type: string
      required:
        - status
        - status_message
      type: object
    Commit:
      example:
        author: ox
        email: ox@example.com
        id: a1b2c3d4e5f67890abcdef1234567890
        message: Refactor data loading pipeline.
        parent_ids:
          - f1e2d3c4b5a67890fedcba9876543210
        timestamp: '2025-01-01T10:00:00Z'
      properties:
        author:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        parent_ids:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
        timestamp:
          format: date-time
          type: string
      required:
        - id
        - parent_ids
        - message
        - author
        - email
        - timestamp
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      bearerFormat: JWT
      scheme: bearer
      type: http

````