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title: "Importer Model"
description: "Importers represent controlled ingestion jobs with input, status, progress, result, and error context."
canonical: https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/importer-model/
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# Importer Model

Importers represent controlled ingestion jobs with input, status, progress, result, and error context. Validate files, authorize scope, make retries idempotent, and treat uploaded data and errors as sensitive.

## Schema properties

**Schema:** `Importer`

| Name                 | Type            | Description |
| -------------------- | --------------- | ----------- |
| `created_at`         | string \| null  | —           |
| `id`                 | integer \| null | —           |
| `mapping`            | object \| null  | —           |
| `name`               | any             | —           |
| `parent_importer_id` | integer \| null | —           |
| `slug`               | any             | —           |
| `type`               | any             | —           |
| `updated_at`         | string \| null  | —           |