# Insert Records

```http
POST https://%7B%7Bvault_uri%7D%7D.vault.skyflowapis.com/v1/vaults/{vaultID}/{objectName}
Content-Type: application/json
```

Inserts a record in the specified table.The time-to-live (TTL) for a transient field begins when the field value is set during record insertion.Columns that have a string data type and a uniqueness constraint accept strings up to 2500 characters. If an inserted string exceeds 2500 characters, the call returns a token insertion error.

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Access token, prefixed by `Bearer `.

## Servers

- `https://%7B%7Bvault_uri%7D%7D.vault.skyflowapis.com` (Production, default)
- `https://%7B%7Bvault_uri%7D%7D.vault.skyflowapis-preview.com` (Sandbox)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `vaultID` (string, required)
- `objectName` (string, required)

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `records` (list of object, required) — Record values and tokens.
  - `fields` (map from string to any, optional) — Fields and values for the record. For example, `{'field_1':'value_1', 'field_2':'value_2'}`.
  - `tokens` (map from string to any, optional) — Fields and tokens for the record. For example, `{'field_1':'token_1', 'field_2':'token_2'}`.
- `tokenization` (boolean, optional, default: false) — If `true`, this operation returns tokens for fields with tokenization enabled.
- `upsert` (string, optional) — Name of a unique column in the table. Uses upsert operations to check if a record exists based on the unique column's value. If a matching record exists, the record updates with the values you provide. If a matching record doesn't exist, the upsert operation inserts a new record.When you upsert a field, include the entire contents you want the field to store. For JSON fields, include all nested fields and values. If a nested field isn't included, it's removed.
- `homogeneous` (boolean, optional, default: false) — If `true`, this operation mandates that all the records have the same fields. This parameter does not work with upsert.
- `byot` (enum, optional, default: DISABLE) — Token insertion behavior.
  - Allowed values: `DISABLE`, `ENABLE`, `ENABLE_STRICT`

## Response

### 200

OK

- `records` (list of object, optional) — Inserted records.
  - `skyflow_id` (string, optional) — ID of the inserted record.
  - `tokens` (object, optional) — Tokens for the record.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Returned when the request is invalid or cannot be served.

- `error` (object, required)
  - `grpc_code` (integer, required) — gRPC status codes. See [https://grpc.io/docs/guides/status-codes](https://grpc.io/docs/guides/status-codes).
  - `http_code` (integer, required) — HTTP status codes. See [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status).
  - `http_status` (string, required)
  - `message` (string, required)
  - `details` (list of map from string to any, optional)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Returned when the request is unauthorized.

- `error` (object, required)
  - `grpc_code` (integer, required) — gRPC status codes. See [https://grpc.io/docs/guides/status-codes](https://grpc.io/docs/guides/status-codes).
  - `http_code` (integer, required) — HTTP status codes. See [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status).
  - `http_status` (string, required)
  - `message` (string, required)
  - `details` (list of map from string to any, optional)

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Returned when the request is well-formed but contains semantic errors that prevent it from being processed.

- `error` (object, required)
  - `grpc_code` (integer, required) — gRPC status codes. See [https://grpc.io/docs/guides/status-codes](https://grpc.io/docs/guides/status-codes).
  - `http_code` (integer, required) — HTTP status codes. See [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status).
  - `http_status` (string, required)
  - `message` (string, required)
  - `details` (list of map from string to any, optional)

### 500 Internal Server Error

An unexpected error response.

- `error` (object, required)
  - `grpc_code` (integer, required) — gRPC status codes. See [https://grpc.io/docs/guides/status-codes](https://grpc.io/docs/guides/status-codes).
  - `http_code` (integer, required) — HTTP status codes. See [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status).
  - `http_status` (string, required)
  - `message` (string, required)
  - `details` (list of map from string to any, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "records": [
    {
      "fields": {
        "drivers_license_number": "13456789",
        "name": "John",
        "phone_number": "1236784563",
        "ssn": "123-45-6789"
      }
    },
    {
      "fields": {
        "drivers_license_number": "98765432",
        "name": "James",
        "phone_number": "9876543215",
        "ssn": "345-45-9876"
      }
    }
  ],
  "tokenization": true,
  "upsert": "drivers_license_number",
  "homogeneous": false
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "records": [
    {
      "skyflow_id": "9322ffcc-fb8b-4fbe-8551-55c80559007c",
      "tokens": {
        "drivers_license_number": "358a03eb-2592-4037-be31-046032471d44",
        "name": "16c5aa3e-fc49-4a87-8891-5a40c6c2f880",
        "phone_number": "015ef018-adf3-49a0-8590-dbe9746de044",
        "ssn": "341-11-6689"
      }
    },
    {
      "skyflow_id": "51782ea4-91a5-4430-a06d-f4b76efd3d2f",
      "tokens": {
        "drivers_license_number": "f7d9a190-899c-40bf-b719-9e856afb6995",
        "name": "071a3ae2-62eb-4b63-bcca-17a4da96fc87",
        "phone_number": "a2fba7f3-d5e5-4e40-ab44-bce2c0ba1493",
        "ssn": "522-41-0947"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://{{vault_uri}}.vault.skyflowapis.com/v1/vaults/vaultID/objectName"

payload = {
    "records": [{ "fields": {
                "drivers_license_number": "13456789",
                "name": "John",
                "phone_number": "1236784563",
                "ssn": "123-45-6789"
            } }, { "fields": {
                "drivers_license_number": "98765432",
                "name": "James",
                "phone_number": "9876543215",
                "ssn": "345-45-9876"
            } }],
    "tokenization": True,
    "upsert": "drivers_license_number",
    "homogeneous": False
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://{{vault_uri}}.vault.skyflowapis.com/v1/vaults/vaultID/objectName';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"records":[{"fields":{"drivers_license_number":"13456789","name":"John","phone_number":"1236784563","ssn":"123-45-6789"}},{"fields":{"drivers_license_number":"98765432","name":"James","phone_number":"9876543215","ssn":"345-45-9876"}}],"tokenization":true,"upsert":"drivers_license_number","homogeneous":false}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{{vault_uri}}.vault.skyflowapis.com/v1/vaults/vaultID/objectName"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"records\": [\n    {\n      \"fields\": {\n        \"drivers_license_number\": \"13456789\",\n        \"name\": \"John\",\n        \"phone_number\": \"1236784563\",\n        \"ssn\": \"123-45-6789\"\n      }\n    },\n    {\n      \"fields\": {\n        \"drivers_license_number\": \"98765432\",\n        \"name\": \"James\",\n        \"phone_number\": \"9876543215\",\n        \"ssn\": \"345-45-9876\"\n      }\n    }\n  ],\n  \"tokenization\": true,\n  \"upsert\": \"drivers_license_number\",\n  \"homogeneous\": 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(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{{vault_uri}}.vault.skyflowapis.com/v1/vaults/vaultID/objectName")

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  \"records\": [\n    {\n      \"fields\": {\n        \"drivers_license_number\": \"13456789\",\n        \"name\": \"John\",\n        \"phone_number\": \"1236784563\",\n        \"ssn\": \"123-45-6789\"\n      }\n    },\n    {\n      \"fields\": {\n        \"drivers_license_number\": \"98765432\",\n        \"name\": \"James\",\n        \"phone_number\": \"9876543215\",\n        \"ssn\": \"345-45-9876\"\n      }\n    }\n  ],\n  \"tokenization\": true,\n  \"upsert\": \"drivers_license_number\",\n  \"homogeneous\": false\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{{vault_uri}}.vault.skyflowapis.com/v1/vaults/vaultID/objectName")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"records\": [\n    {\n      \"fields\": {\n        \"drivers_license_number\": \"13456789\",\n        \"name\": \"John\",\n        \"phone_number\": \"1236784563\",\n        \"ssn\": \"123-45-6789\"\n      }\n    },\n    {\n      \"fields\": {\n        \"drivers_license_number\": \"98765432\",\n        \"name\": \"James\",\n        \"phone_number\": \"9876543215\",\n        \"ssn\": \"345-45-9876\"\n      }\n    }\n  ],\n  \"tokenization\": true,\n  \"upsert\": \"drivers_license_number\",\n  \"homogeneous\": false\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://{{vault_uri}}.vault.skyflowapis.com/v1/vaults/vaultID/objectName', [
  'body' => '{
  "records": [
    {
      "fields": {
        "drivers_license_number": "13456789",
        "name": "John",
        "phone_number": "1236784563",
        "ssn": "123-45-6789"
      }
    },
    {
      "fields": {
        "drivers_license_number": "98765432",
        "name": "James",
        "phone_number": "9876543215",
        "ssn": "345-45-9876"
      }
    }
  ],
  "tokenization": true,
  "upsert": "drivers_license_number",
  "homogeneous": false
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://{{vault_uri}}.vault.skyflowapis.com/v1/vaults/vaultID/objectName");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"records\": [\n    {\n      \"fields\": {\n        \"drivers_license_number\": \"13456789\",\n        \"name\": \"John\",\n        \"phone_number\": \"1236784563\",\n        \"ssn\": \"123-45-6789\"\n      }\n    },\n    {\n      \"fields\": {\n        \"drivers_license_number\": \"98765432\",\n        \"name\": \"James\",\n        \"phone_number\": \"9876543215\",\n        \"ssn\": \"345-45-9876\"\n      }\n    }\n  ],\n  \"tokenization\": true,\n  \"upsert\": \"drivers_license_number\",\n  \"homogeneous\": false\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "records": [["fields": [
        "drivers_license_number": "13456789",
        "name": "John",
        "phone_number": "1236784563",
        "ssn": "123-45-6789"
      ]], ["fields": [
        "drivers_license_number": "98765432",
        "name": "James",
        "phone_number": "9876543215",
        "ssn": "345-45-9876"
      ]]],
  "tokenization": true,
  "upsert": "drivers_license_number",
  "homogeneous": false
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://{{vault_uri}}.vault.skyflowapis.com/v1/vaults/vaultID/objectName")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```