How does bulk CSV uploading work?
Last updated March 4, 2023
The bulk CSV upload feature allows you to use any API without writing any code. You just need to upload a CSV with the data you want to put into the API, and then we will email you the results.
For example, say you wanted to use this feature for the Email Validation API. It would work like this:
- You upload a list of emails in a CSV
- Abstract will process the CSV line by line as if you were making API calls for each line. Each line counts as one query toward your limit.
- Once the file is finished processing, we will send you an email with a link to download the results.
A note on API usage and the CSV upload
Each line in the CSV that you upload is an API request and that counts towards your usage and billing. So, for example, if you’re on a plan with 100 queries per month and you upload a CSV with 300 lines, Abstract will process the first 100 lines of the CSV and show an error for the last 200. Similarly, if you’re on a paid plan, any queries you make over your monthly allotted limit will count as an overage.