Import machine data
Authorizations
OAuth 2.0 client credentials. Exchange your client_id and client_secret for an access token scoped to the organisation that provides data access.
Headers
ID of the organisation the request operates on behalf of (e.g. org_...). Must be an organisation the API client has access to.
"org_01k83mfmhgchya944v86ryvhpq"
Body
Import mode. Only sync is currently supported.
sync "sync"
Machine data items to ingest. Between 1 and 200 items per request.
1 - 200 elementsA optional custom ID that can be set to an internal ID from your system. This ID must be unique within all objects of the organisation you operate in. You can later use this external ID to reference and query this object. Be aware that you can update this ID later. If you need an immutable ID, use the object ID returned when creating the object.
1 - 100^[A-Za-z0-9\-_]+$"MY-IMPORT-ID"
Response
The machine data items were ingested successfully.
Unique identifier of the machine data import.
"mdi_01knwph011nqfnv5frjh3e32wq"
Import mode the request was processed with.
sync "sync"
Number of machine data items in the import.
1
The external ID you assigned to this import (if any).
"MY-IMPORT-ID"
When the import was recorded.
"2025-10-25T13:02:52.932Z"