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Imports

Preview an import

Inspects a file and returns the schema CARTO would use to import it, without importing anything.

Use the returned columns as a starting point for the schema of a manual import.

post/v3/imports/preview

Request body

connectionstring required

Name of the connection to import through.

urlstring uri required

Public URL of the file to inspect.

Response

The detected schema.

rasterboolean
sourceobject

Details about the source file.