---
title: "POST /v1/{+name}:importData"
method: POST
path: "/v1/{+name}:importData"
tags: ["projects"]
---

# POST /v1/{+name}:importData

`POST /v1/{+name}:importData`

Copies data from Cloud Storage to Parallelstore.

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required

## Request body

- ImportDataRequest — Import data from Cloud Storage into a Parallelstore instance.
  - `metadataOptions` TransferMetadataOptions — Transfer metadata options for the instance.
    - `mode` 'MODE_UNSPECIFIED' | 'MODE_SKIP' | 'MODE_PRESERVE' — Optional. The mode preservation behavior.
    - `uid` 'UID_UNSPECIFIED' | 'UID_SKIP' | 'UID_NUMBER_PRESERVE' — Optional. The UID preservation behavior.
    - `gid` 'GID_UNSPECIFIED' | 'GID_SKIP' | 'GID_NUMBER_PRESERVE' — Optional. The GID preservation behavior.
  - `sourceGcsBucket` SourceGcsBucket — Cloud Storage as the source of a data transfer.
    - `uri` string — Required. URI to a Cloud Storage bucket in the format: `gs:///`. The path inside the bucket is optional.
  - `destinationParallelstore` DestinationParallelstore — Parallelstore as the destination of a data transfer.
    - `path` string — Optional. Root directory path to the Paralellstore filesystem, starting with `/`. Defaults to `/` if unset.
  - `requestId` string — Optional. An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if it has already been completed. The server will guarantee that for at least 60 minutes since the first request. For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, the server can check if original operation with the same request ID was received, and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments. The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is not supported (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).
  - `serviceAccount` string — Optional. User-specified service account credentials to be used when performing the transfer. Use one of the following formats: * `{EMAIL_ADDRESS_OR_UNIQUE_ID}` * `projects/{PROJECT_ID_OR_NUMBER}/serviceAccounts/{EMAIL_ADDRESS_OR_UNIQUE_ID}` * `projects/-/serviceAccounts/{EMAIL_ADDRESS_OR_UNIQUE_ID}` If unspecified, the Parallelstore service agent is used: `service-@gcp-sa-parallelstore.iam.gserviceaccount.com`

## Response `200`

Successful response

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[API](https://skmtc.net/google/apis/parallelstore.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/google/apis/parallelstore/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/google/parallelstore/versions/aad1a1ea6337/schema)