Create a new mandate import

Mandate Imports allow you to migrate existing mandates from other providers into the GoCardless platform.

The process is as follows:

1. Create a mandate import
2. Add entries to the import
3. Submit the import
4. Wait until a member of the GoCardless team approves the import, at which point the mandates will be created
5. Link up the mandates in your system

When you add entries to your mandate import, they are not turned into actual mandates until the mandate import is submitted by you via the API, and then processed by a member of the GoCardless team. When that happens, a mandate will be created for each entry in the import.

We will issue a mandate_created webhook for each entry, which will be the same as the webhooks triggered when creating a mandate using the mandates API. Once these webhooks start arriving, any reconciliation can now be accomplished by checking the current status of the mandate import and linking up the mandates to your system.

<p class="notice">Note that all Mandate Imports have an upper limit of 30,000 entries, so we recommend you split your import into several smaller imports if you're planning to exceed this threshold.</p> <p class="restricted-notice"><strong>Restricted</strong>: This API is currently only available for approved integrators - please <a href="mailto:help@gocardless.com">get in touch</a> if you would like to use this API.</p>