Customer import (CSV)
You can mass upload & update customers via CSV files
2
min
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Last updated:
April 21, 2025
CSV notes
- All fields are optional, rows without data will still create a new customer, they will not be skipped
- We will return all fields in the response with ID field filled in if it did not exist before, an extra column called
errors
will also be added - If any row fails during creation the whole batch will fail
Limits
- Max 10,000 rows per CSV
Fields
- id: Glide customer ID (optional)
- company_name: The name of the Company (optional)
- first_name: The name of the Customer (optional)
- last_name: The last name of the Customer (optional)
- email: Email address (optional)
- phone: Phone Number including the country code. We do not accept phone numbers without a dialing code such as +1, +90. (optional)
- hreflang: The customer will receive notifications for the country and language specified. e.g. en-GB, de-CH, de-DE. (optional)
- external_id: Your ID (optional)
- external_source: An ID/hash/string of your integration, e.g. csv, MyAppImporter (optional)
- billing_address_first_name: (optional)
- billing_address_last_name: (optional)
- billing_address_company_name: (optional)
- billing_address_line_1: (optional)
- billing_address_line_2: (optional)
- billing_address_city: (optional)
- billing_address_state: (optional)
- billing_address_zip: (optional)
- billing_address_country_code: 2 letter, e.g. GB, UA, SG, DE (optional)
- billing_address_phone: (optional)
- billing_address_email: (optional)
- billing_address_address_type:
business
orresidential
(optional) - shipping_address_first_name: (optional)
- shipping_address_last_name: (optional)
- shipping_address_company_name: (optional)
- shipping_address_line_1: (optional)
- shipping_address_line_2: (optional)
- shipping_address_city: (optional)
- shipping_address_state: (optional)
- shipping_address_zip: (optional)
- shipping_address_country_code: 2 letter, e.g. GB, UA, SG, DE (optional)
- shipping_address_phone: (optional)
- shipping_address_email: (optional)
- shipping_address_address_type:
business
orresidential
(optional)
Example 1: Add new customers
Input CSV
id,company_name,first_name,last_name,email,phone,hreflang,external_id,external_source
,,Joe,Bloggs,joe@example.com,+44121817501,en-gb,,
,e-Handel,Sven,Svensson,sven@svennis.com,+4673181750,se-SV,,
Output CSV
id,company_name,first_name,last_name,email,phone,hreflang,external_id,external_source,errors
cu-cm0kt7m0j0000ncmezi16x79y,,Joe,Bloggs,joe@example.com,+44121817501,en-gb,,,
cu-cm0kt7m0j0001ncme9u7v5zhc,e-Handel,Sven,Svensson,sven@svennis.com,+4673181750,se-SV,,,
Example 2: Add new customers with addresses
Input CSV
id,company_name,first_name,last_name,email,phone,hreflang,external_id,external_source,billing_address_first_name,billing_address_last_name,billing_address_company_name,billing_address_line_1,billing_address_line_2,billing_address_city,billing_address_state,billing_address_zip,billing_address_country_code,billing_address_phone,billing_address_email,billing_address_address_type,shipping_address_first_name,shipping_address_last_name,shipping_address_company_name,shipping_address_line_1,shipping_address_line_2,shipping_address_city,shipping_address_state,shipping_address_zip,shipping_address_country_code,shipping_address_phone,shipping_address_email,shipping_address_address_type,errors
,,Joe,Bloggs,joe@example.com,+44121817501,en-gb,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,e-Handel,Sven,Svensson,sven@svennis.com,+4673181750,se-SV,,,Sven,Svensson,Svensson AB,Fornoborgvägen 1,,Ljusdal,Hälsingland,82151,SE,+461231514451,,residential,,,,,,,,,,,,residential,
Output CSV
id,company_name,first_name,last_name,email,phone,hreflang,external_id,external_source,billing_address_first_name,billing_address_last_name,billing_address_company_name,billing_address_line_1,billing_address_line_2,billing_address_city,billing_address_state,billing_address_zip,billing_address_country_code,billing_address_phone,billing_address_email,billing_address_address_type,shipping_address_first_name,shipping_address_last_name,shipping_address_company_name,shipping_address_line_1,shipping_address_line_2,shipping_address_city,shipping_address_state,shipping_address_zip,shipping_address_country_code,shipping_address_phone,shipping_address_email,shipping_address_address_type,errors
gid://glide/Customer/cu-cm0m5kq7e0004gks1crqip6kr,,Joe,Bloggs,joe@example.com,+44121817501,en-gb,,,,,,,,,,,,,,residential,,,,,,,,,,,,residential,
gid://glide/Customer/cu-cm0m5kq7g0006gks1lsdmmunm,e-Handel,Sven,Svensson,sven@svennis.com,+4673181750,se-SV,,,Sven,Svensson,Svensson AB,Fornoborgvägen 1,,Ljusdal,Hälsingland,82151,SE,+461231514451,,residential,,,,,,,,,,,,residential,