Ingest data (legacy)

POST/v1/datasets/{dataset_name}/ingest

Ingests JSON, NDJSON, CSV, or Logplex events into an events or logs dataset through api.axiom.co. Prefer the edge ingest endpoint.

Parameters

Property	Type	Location	Description
`dataset_name`	`string`Required	`path`	Unique name of the dataset.
`timestamp-field`	`string`	`query`	The name of the field to use as the timestamp. If not specified, the timestamp will be the time the event was received by Axiom.
`timestamp-format`	`string`	`query`	The date-time format of the timestamp field. The reference time is `Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 -0700 MST 2006`, as specified in https://pkg.go.dev/time/?tab=doc#Parse
`csv-delimiter`	`string`	`query`	The delimiter to use when parsing CSV data. If not specified, the default delimiter is `,`.
`X-Axiom-CSV-Fields`	`string[]`	`header`	A list of optional comma separated fields to use for CSV ingestion. If not specified, the first line of the CSV will be used as the field names.
`X-Axiom-Event-Labels`	`string`	`header`	An optional JSON encoded object with additional labels to add to all events in the request

Body

Data you want to send to Axiom. Supported formats: JSON, NDJSON, CSV. Upload the data in a file or send it in the payload of the request.

application/jsontext/csvapplication/x-ndjson

Request

curl -X POST 'https://api.axiom.co/v1/datasets/DATASET_NAME/ingest' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer API_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"message":"hello from Axiom","status":200}'

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API token Requireddataset_name pathRequiredtimestamp-field querytimestamp-format querycsv-delimiter queryRequest body application/json

Response

200ingest status

application/json

400The dataset name is invalid or reserved, the dataset isn't an events or logs dataset, or it belongs to a different edge deployment.

401Unauthorized

application/json

403The token can't ingest into this dataset, the dataset is shared, or the organization is suspended.

application/json

404Dataset not found.

application/json

Property	Type	Description
`blocksCreated`	`integer<uint32>`	Number of blocks created
`failed`	`integer<uint64>`Required	Number of failures that occurred during ingest
`failures`	`object[]`	List of failures that occurred during ingest
`error`	`string`Required
`timestamp`	`string<date-time>`Required
`ingested`	`integer<uint64>`Required	Number of events ingested
`processedBytes`	`integer<uint64>`Required	Number of bytes processed
`walLength`	`integer<uint32>`	Length of the WAL