Import Contacts (CSV)

Request

Send the file as multipart/form-data under the field name file.

curl -X POST https://api.whatbot.in/public/v1/contacts/csv \
  -H "X-API-Key: wa_live_xxx" \
  -F "file=@contacts.csv"

CSV format

The first row is a header. phone is the only required column; any other column becomes a custom attribute on the contact.

phone,name,city,product_interest,budget
9876543210,Ravi Kumar,Chennai,gold coins,15L
9812300002,Priya Nair,Mumbai,silver,5L
9843311220,Arjun Rao,Bengaluru,coins,25L

Column	Required	Becomes
`phone`	✅	The contact key (normalized to E.164)
`name`	—	Contact display name
anything else	—	A custom attribute (usable as a template `{{variable}}`)

Response

{ "upserted": 3 }