Load JSON file to particular space and environment

sumati.jain · July 22, 2021, 10:56am

Is there any way to load JSON file to Contentful’s space?

Alma · July 25, 2021, 9:22am

Hi @sumati.jain ,

Depending how many JSON files you would need to upload, you have two ways:

Adapt your JSON structure to the import/export structure, and then use our CLI import tool: Importing and exporting content with the Contentful CLI | Contentful
Or, as I recommended in a previous post, use CMA API (with any language/SDK you want) to build your custom importer: Contentful CLI Importer help

sumati.jain · July 26, 2021, 10:15am

Thanks Alma for response! It’s very helpful.

When I’m using CLI to load Json data into Contentful, then command went through but no entries going to contentful.

I think, content type is not mentioned in the command, could be the problem. I’m new to Contentful So, not sure what could be the reason.

Please let me know if there is any issue with command.

Command

sumati.jain · July 26, 2021, 10:16am

Here is the output of command.

sumati.jain · July 26, 2021, 10:17am

This is the data format type.

Alma · July 31, 2021, 1:11pm

Hi @sumati.jain ,

Sorry to hear it didn’t work. The reason is probably because the data structure in import has to match the same as in the export. I would recommend to:

Export the data of a Contentful test-space using the CLI export
Inspect the created JSON:

You should have the Content-types for entries you will create
The JSON of your content should match the Contentful one

Then you could try to use the importing tool

If this is too complicated, maybe it would be better to use a simple script (using our Management API) that:

reads your JSON
creates the content-type in Contentful
create the entry in Contentful

janani · February 10, 2023, 12:22pm

Hi mam,Very useful for this document mam,I’ll have one doubt how to convert contentful content to JSON file