# acn_import.start_bulk_import: ActiveCampaign Importing contacts into ActiveCampaign in bulk. acn_import.start_bulk_import: ActiveCampaign Importing contacts into ActiveCampaign in bulk. Hands a batch of contacts to ActiveCampaign to be imported and answers the identifier of the batch. Documentation The contacts are given as a JSON array, in the shape ActiveCampaign documents for a bulk import: an object per contact carrying among others `email`, `first_name`, `last_name`, `tags`, `fields` and `subscribe`. ActiveCampaign takes at most 250 contacts in one call and refuses a call of 400.000 bytes or more. The import runs afterwards, so the identifier answered here is what tells `ImportsByBatchId` which batch to report on.Parameters of Procedure The following parameters can be used to control the behaviour of the procedure `acn_import.start_bulk_import`. A value must be provided at all times for required parameters, but optional parameters in general do not need to have a value and the execution will default to a pre-defined behaviour. Values can be specified by position and by name. In both cases, all parameters not specified will be evaluated using their default values. Value specification by position is done by listing all values from the first to the last needed value. For example: a `begin package.procedure(value1, value2, value3); end` on a procedure with four parameters will use the default value for the fourth parameter and the specified values for the first three. Value specification by name is done by listing all values that require a value. For example with `begin package.procedure(name1 => value1, name3 => value3); end` on the same procedure will use the default values for the second and fourth parameters and the specified values for the first and third. | Name | Data Type | Required | Default Value | Documentation | |---|:---:|:---:|:---:|---| | `contacts` | `string` | ☑ | | The contacts to import, as a JSON array. |