> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL. > For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.itential.com/itential-platform/2023-2/api-reference/lifecycle-manager/import-resource-model-http/llms.txt. > For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.itential.com/_mcp/server. # Import a resource model POST http://localhost:3000/lifecycle-manager/resources/import Content-Type: application/json Imports a resource model. Reference: https://docs.itential.com/itential-platform/6/api-reference/lifecycle-manager/import-resource-model-http ## Authentication - `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — Basic authentication of the form `Basic `. ## Request ### Body (application/json) This endpoint expects an object. - `model` (object, required) - `_id` (any, required) - `name` (string, required) — The name of the resource model - `description` (string, required, default: ) — Free-form text describing the resource model - `schema` (any, required) — A draft-07 JSON Schema which defines the validation applied to instances of the resource model - `created` (any, required) — An ISO date string denoting when this resource model was created - `createdBy` (any, required) — The account identifier of the user who created this resource model - `lastUpdated` (any, required) — An ISO date string denoting when this resource model was last updated - `lastUpdatedBy` (any, required) — The account identifier of the user who last updated this resource model - `actions` (list of object, optional) - `_id` (any, optional) — The identifier of an action - `name` (string, optional) — The name of the action - `type` (enum, optional) — The type of the action - Allowed values: `import`, `create`, `update`, `delete` - `preWorkflowJst` (string, optional, nullable) — Optional transformation to be applied to incoming parameters before providing them to the workflow. - `workflow` (string, optional, nullable) — The name of the workflow to use as the implementation of this action. - `postWorkflowJst` (string, optional, nullable) — Optional transformation to be applied to the workflow's outputs before updating the instance. - `overwrite` (boolean, optional) ## Response ### 200 response - `data` (object, optional) - `_id` (string, optional) — A MongoDB ObjectId - `name` (string, optional) — The name of the resource model ## Errors ### 500 Internal Server Error Error response from API - `any` ## Examples **Request** ```json { "model": { "name": "VLAN Service", "description": "This resource model represents something we use on a day-to-day basis.", "schema": null, "created": null, "createdBy": null, "lastUpdated": null, "lastUpdatedBy": null } } ``` **Response** ```json { "data": { "_id": "62a1f3d2ebedfc54e6e0065c", "name": "VLAN Service" }, "message": "Successfully created the requested item", "metadata": {} } ``` **SDK Code** ```python import requests url = "http://localhost:3000/lifecycle-manager/resources/import" payload = { "model": { "name": "VLAN Service", "description": "This resource model represents something we use on a day-to-day basis.", "schema": None, "created": None, "createdBy": None, "lastUpdated": None, "lastUpdatedBy": None } } headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"} response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers) print(response.json()) ``` ```javascript const url = 'http://localhost:3000/lifecycle-manager/resources/import'; const options = { method: 'POST', headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, body: '{"model":{"name":"VLAN Service","description":"This resource model represents something we use on a day-to-day basis.","schema":null,"created":null,"createdBy":null,"lastUpdated":null,"lastUpdatedBy":null}}' }; 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 := "http://localhost:3000/lifecycle-manager/resources/import" payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"model\": {\n \"name\": \"VLAN Service\",\n \"description\": \"This resource model represents something we use on a day-to-day basis.\",\n \"schema\": null,\n \"created\": null,\n \"createdBy\": null,\n \"lastUpdated\": null,\n \"lastUpdatedBy\": null\n }\n}") req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload) 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("http://localhost:3000/lifecycle-manager/resources/import") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port) request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json' request.body = "{\n \"model\": {\n \"name\": \"VLAN Service\",\n \"description\": \"This resource model represents something we use on a day-to-day basis.\",\n \"schema\": null,\n \"created\": null,\n \"createdBy\": null,\n \"lastUpdated\": null,\n \"lastUpdatedBy\": null\n }\n}" response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body ``` ```java import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse; import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest; HttpResponse response = Unirest.post("http://localhost:3000/lifecycle-manager/resources/import") .header("Content-Type", "application/json") .body("{\n \"model\": {\n \"name\": \"VLAN Service\",\n \"description\": \"This resource model represents something we use on a day-to-day basis.\",\n \"schema\": null,\n \"created\": null,\n \"createdBy\": null,\n \"lastUpdated\": null,\n \"lastUpdatedBy\": null\n }\n}") .asString(); ``` ```php request('POST', 'http://localhost:3000/lifecycle-manager/resources/import', [ 'body' => '{ "model": { "name": "VLAN Service", "description": "This resource model represents something we use on a day-to-day basis.", "schema": null, "created": null, "createdBy": null, "lastUpdated": null, "lastUpdatedBy": null } }', 'headers' => [ 'Content-Type' => 'application/json', ], ]); echo $response->getBody(); ``` ```csharp using RestSharp; var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:3000/lifecycle-manager/resources/import"); var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST); request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json"); request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n \"model\": {\n \"name\": \"VLAN Service\",\n \"description\": \"This resource model represents something we use on a day-to-day basis.\",\n \"schema\": null,\n \"created\": null,\n \"createdBy\": null,\n \"lastUpdated\": null,\n \"lastUpdatedBy\": null\n }\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody); IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request); ``` ```swift import Foundation let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"] let parameters = ["model": [ "name": "VLAN Service", "description": "This resource model represents something we use on a day-to-day basis.", "schema": , "created": , "createdBy": , "lastUpdated": , "lastUpdatedBy": ]] as [String : Any] let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: []) let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:3000/lifecycle-manager/resources/import")! 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() ```