curl --request POST \
--url https://api.adapter.com/v1/custom-connectors/{connector_id}/ingest \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"external_id": "<string>",
"data": "<unknown>",
"metadata": {
"batch": "2026-06-01",
"env": "staging"
}
}
],
"force": false
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.adapter.com/v1/custom-connectors/{connector_id}/ingest"
payload = {
"items": [
{
"external_id": "<string>",
"data": "<unknown>",
"metadata": {
"batch": "2026-06-01",
"env": "staging"
}
}
],
"force": False
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
items: [
{
external_id: '<string>',
data: '<unknown>',
metadata: {batch: '2026-06-01', env: 'staging'}
}
],
force: false
})
};
fetch('https://api.adapter.com/v1/custom-connectors/{connector_id}/ingest', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.adapter.com/v1/custom-connectors/{connector_id}/ingest",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'items' => [
[
'external_id' => '<string>',
'data' => '<unknown>',
'metadata' => [
'batch' => '2026-06-01',
'env' => 'staging'
]
]
],
'force' => false
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.adapter.com/v1/custom-connectors/{connector_id}/ingest"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"external_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"data\": \"<unknown>\",\n \"metadata\": {\n \"batch\": \"2026-06-01\",\n \"env\": \"staging\"\n }\n }\n ],\n \"force\": false\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.adapter.com/v1/custom-connectors/{connector_id}/ingest")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"external_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"data\": \"<unknown>\",\n \"metadata\": {\n \"batch\": \"2026-06-01\",\n \"env\": \"staging\"\n }\n }\n ],\n \"force\": false\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.adapter.com/v1/custom-connectors/{connector_id}/ingest")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"external_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"data\": \"<unknown>\",\n \"metadata\": {\n \"batch\": \"2026-06-01\",\n \"env\": \"staging\"\n }\n }\n ],\n \"force\": false\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"status": "accepted",
"events": 1,
"external_ids": [
"c1f4…"
],
"rejected": [
{
"external_id": "ext-123",
"resource": "storage",
"reason": "quota_exceeded"
}
],
"unchanged": [
"<string>"
]
}{
"error_code": "quota_exceeded",
"message": "Ingest rejected: this workspace is over its plan quota.",
"details": {}
}{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"<string>"
],
"msg": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"input": "<unknown>",
"ctx": {}
}
]
}Ingest generic JSON events
Push arbitrary JSON records (StandardCustom events) into the connector.
Each item’s data field is stored verbatim. LLM enrichment does NOT run on
this path; use /ingest/upload for binaries that should be enriched.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.adapter.com/v1/custom-connectors/{connector_id}/ingest \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"external_id": "<string>",
"data": "<unknown>",
"metadata": {
"batch": "2026-06-01",
"env": "staging"
}
}
],
"force": false
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.adapter.com/v1/custom-connectors/{connector_id}/ingest"
payload = {
"items": [
{
"external_id": "<string>",
"data": "<unknown>",
"metadata": {
"batch": "2026-06-01",
"env": "staging"
}
}
],
"force": False
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
items: [
{
external_id: '<string>',
data: '<unknown>',
metadata: {batch: '2026-06-01', env: 'staging'}
}
],
force: false
})
};
fetch('https://api.adapter.com/v1/custom-connectors/{connector_id}/ingest', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.adapter.com/v1/custom-connectors/{connector_id}/ingest",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'items' => [
[
'external_id' => '<string>',
'data' => '<unknown>',
'metadata' => [
'batch' => '2026-06-01',
'env' => 'staging'
]
]
],
'force' => false
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.adapter.com/v1/custom-connectors/{connector_id}/ingest"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"external_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"data\": \"<unknown>\",\n \"metadata\": {\n \"batch\": \"2026-06-01\",\n \"env\": \"staging\"\n }\n }\n ],\n \"force\": false\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.adapter.com/v1/custom-connectors/{connector_id}/ingest")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"external_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"data\": \"<unknown>\",\n \"metadata\": {\n \"batch\": \"2026-06-01\",\n \"env\": \"staging\"\n }\n }\n ],\n \"force\": false\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.adapter.com/v1/custom-connectors/{connector_id}/ingest")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"external_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"data\": \"<unknown>\",\n \"metadata\": {\n \"batch\": \"2026-06-01\",\n \"env\": \"staging\"\n }\n }\n ],\n \"force\": false\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"status": "accepted",
"events": 1,
"external_ids": [
"c1f4…"
],
"rejected": [
{
"external_id": "ext-123",
"resource": "storage",
"reason": "quota_exceeded"
}
],
"unchanged": [
"<string>"
]
}{
"error_code": "quota_exceeded",
"message": "Ingest rejected: this workspace is over its plan quota.",
"details": {}
}{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"<string>"
],
"msg": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"input": "<unknown>",
"ctx": {}
}
]
}Authorizations
Pass your pk_live_... API key as a Bearer token.
Path Parameters
Body
Events to ingest, at most 500 per request. Chunk larger loads into multiple requests.
1 - 500 elementsShow child attributes
Show child attributes
Re-process items even when their content is byte-identical to what was previously ingested for the same external_id. Without this, unchanged re-pushes are acknowledged but skipped (reported in unchanged).
Response
Successful Response
Always 'accepted' (a fully-rejected ingest returns 402).
"accepted"
Number of events accepted.
1
external_id of each accepted event, in submission order.
["c1f4…"]
Items refused at admission on a partial-accept (some over a tier quota). Empty on full accept; a fully-rejected ingest returns 402 instead.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
external_id of each accepted item whose content was byte-identical to the previously ingested version and was therefore not re-processed. Pass force=true to override.
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