Import a checked file from another app

POST

/api/households/current/import/files/{fileId}/start

curl --request POST \
  --url http://localhost:3000/api/households/current/import/files/2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0/start \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --cookie merran.session_token=<merran.session_token> \
  --data '{ "group": "0199e8b0-5a10-7a01-8b00-000000000019" }'

• Your Merran

Household admins only. Imports a file checked at /households/current/import/files, in the background: follow the job at /households/current/jobs/{jobId}. Recipes an earlier import brought in are skipped.

Authorizations

• session

Parameters

Path Parameters

fileId

required

string format: uuid

Request Body^required

Media typeapplication/json

object

group

Which of a Mealie backup’s groups to import. All of them if left out.

string | null

Example

{
  "group": "0199e8b0-5a10-7a01-8b00-000000000019"
}

Responses

202

Importing.

Media typeapplication/json

object

id

required

string

kind

required

What it does, like “household.import”.

string

status

required

string

Allowed values: queued running done failed cancelled

scheduled

required

Whether it comes round on a schedule, like the nightly purge.

boolean

householdId

required

string | null

progress

required

How far it’s got, once it says.

object

done

required

number

total

required

number

result

required

What it did, once it’s done. A job followed item by item, like importing several links, says what it’s done so far as it goes.

object | null

error

required

Why it last failed.

string | null

attempts

required

number

maxAttempts

required

number

runAt

required

Not before then.

string format: date-time

startedAt

required

string | null format: date-time

finishedAt

required

string | null format: date-time

createdAt

required

string format: date-time

Example

{
  "id": "0199e8b0-5a10-7a01-8b00-00000000000b",
  "kind": "household.import",
  "status": "running",
  "scheduled": false,
  "householdId": "0199e8b0-5a10-7a01-8b00-000000000003",
  "progress": {
    "done": 42,
    "total": 128
  },
  "result": null,
  "error": null,
  "attempts": 1,
  "maxAttempts": 3,
  "runAt": "2026-10-15T18:30:00.000Z",
  "startedAt": "2026-10-15T18:30:00.000Z",
  "finishedAt": null,
  "createdAt": "2026-10-15T18:30:00.000Z"
}

401

Not signed in.

Media typeapplication/json

object

error

required

object

code

required

string

message

required

string

fields

object

key

additional properties

string

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "There's nothing here.",
    "fields": {
      "name": "Give it a name."
    }
  }
}

403

Not allowed.

Media typeapplication/json

object

error

required

object

code

required

string

message

required

string

fields

object

key

additional properties

string

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "There's nothing here.",
    "fields": {
      "name": "Give it a name."
    }
  }
}

404

The file isn’t here any more.

Media typeapplication/json

object

error

required

object

code

required

string

message

required

string

fields

object

key

additional properties

string

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "There's nothing here.",
    "fields": {
      "name": "Give it a name."
    }
  }
}