---
title: "Begin a full-fidelity import session"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/dump/import/begin"
tags: ["Dump"]
---

# Begin a full-fidelity import session

`POST /api/v1/dump/import/begin`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api-docs.busabase.com`
- URL: `https://api-docs.busabase.com/api/v1/dump/import/begin`
- Auth: none declared

## Request body

- object
  - `sourceSpaceId` string, required
  - `resume` boolean

## Response `200`

Created an import session for the current space. Refused unless the space's node tree is empty (full-fidelity import preserves original ids and cannot merge into existing data).

- object
  - `sessionId` string, required

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