---
title: "Insert Documents"
method: POST
path: "/action/insertMany"
---

# Insert Documents

`POST /action/insertMany`

Insert multiple documents into a collection.

## Request body

- InsertManyRequestBody
  - `dataSource` string, required — The name of a linked MongoDB Atlas data source. This is commonly `"mongodb-atlas"` though it may be different in your App if you chose a different name when you created the data source.
  - `database` string, required — The name of a database in the specified data source.
  - `collection` string, required — The name of a collection in the specified database.
  - `documents` object[], required — A list of documents to insert into the collection.

## Other responses

- `400` — The request was malformed or incomplete.
- `401` — The authenticated user does not have permission to access this endpoint.

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