Start Import

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.zerodrift.ai/api/policies/import/start \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "import_id": "<string>"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.zerodrift.ai/api/policies/import/start"

payload = { "import_id": "<string>" }
headers = {
    "x-api-key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({import_id: '<string>'})
};

fetch('https://api.zerodrift.ai/api/policies/import/start', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.zerodrift.ai/api/policies/import/start",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'import_id' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "x-api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.zerodrift.ai/api/policies/import/start"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"import_id\": \"<string>\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.zerodrift.ai/api/policies/import/start")
  .header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"import_id\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.zerodrift.ai/api/policies/import/start")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"import_id\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "import_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "status": "processing",
  "message": "Import accepted. Poll GET /api/policies/import/{import_id} for results."
}

{
  "import_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "status": "scan_pending",
  "message": "File is still being scanned. Retry POST /api/policies/import/start shortly."
}

{
  "error": "No uploaded file found for this import_id",
  "import_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "message": "Upload the file with the presigned URL before calling /start"
}

POST

api

policies

import

start

Start Import

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.zerodrift.ai/api/policies/import/start \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "import_id": "<string>"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.zerodrift.ai/api/policies/import/start"

payload = { "import_id": "<string>" }
headers = {
    "x-api-key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({import_id: '<string>'})
};

fetch('https://api.zerodrift.ai/api/policies/import/start', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.zerodrift.ai/api/policies/import/start",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'import_id' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "x-api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.zerodrift.ai/api/policies/import/start"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"import_id\": \"<string>\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.zerodrift.ai/api/policies/import/start")
  .header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"import_id\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.zerodrift.ai/api/policies/import/start")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"import_id\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "import_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "status": "processing",
  "message": "Import accepted. Poll GET /api/policies/import/{import_id} for results."
}

{
  "import_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "status": "scan_pending",
  "message": "File is still being scanned. Retry POST /api/policies/import/start shortly."
}

{
  "error": "No uploaded file found for this import_id",
  "import_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "message": "Upload the file with the presigned URL before calling /start"
}

Step 2 of the large-file custom policy import flow (after the S3 upload). Call this after uploading your file to the presigned upload_url from Get Import Presigned URL. It verifies the uploaded object and enforces the size cap, then — once malware scanning has completed successfully — starts asynchronous rule extraction and returns status: "processing". If the scan is still running, it returns status: "scan_pending" immediately instead; retry the call until extraction starts (see the note below). Poll Get Import Details until the status transitions to pending_review, no_rules_found, or failed — identical to the inline Import Policy flow.

Request Body

string

required

The import_id returned by Get Import Presigned URL.

string

Optional filename to record on the import (overrides the value from the presigned step).

Response

string

Unique identifier for the import. Use it to poll for status or activate rules.

string

processing once extraction has started, or scan_pending if the malware scan is still running (retry shortly).

string

Human-readable message with next steps.

{
  "import_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "status": "processing",
  "message": "Import accepted. Poll GET /api/policies/import/{import_id} for results."
}

{
  "import_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "status": "scan_pending",
  "message": "File is still being scanned. Retry POST /api/policies/import/start shortly."
}

{
  "error": "No uploaded file found for this import_id",
  "import_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "message": "Upload the file with the presigned URL before calling /start"
}

Error Responses

Status	Description
400	Missing/invalid `import_id`, or the uploaded file is empty
403	Invalid API key, or the import belongs to another customer
404	No uploaded file found for this `import_id` (upload step skipped or failed)
409	Import already started or completed
413	Uploaded file exceeds the maximum allowed size (1 GB)
422	File failed malware/content scanning

If you receive a 202 with status: "scan_pending", the malware scan is still running (usually a few seconds). Retry this request shortly — rule extraction does not start until the scan completes successfully.

Example

curl -X POST "https://api.zerodrift.ai/api/policies/import/start" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "import_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
  }'

import requests
import time

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"
API_BASE = "https://api.zerodrift.ai"
import_id = "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"

# Start (retry while the malware scan is still pending)
while True:
    resp = requests.post(
        f"{API_BASE}/api/policies/import/start",
        headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
        json={"import_id": import_id},
    ).json()
    if resp.get("status") != "scan_pending":
        break
    time.sleep(3)

# An error payload (e.g. 404) has no "status" — surface it instead of crashing
if "status" not in resp:
    raise SystemExit(f"Start failed: {resp.get('error', resp)}")
print(resp["status"])

# Poll for extraction results
while True:
    details = requests.get(
        f"{API_BASE}/api/policies/import/{import_id}",
        headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY},
    ).json()
    if details.get("status") != "processing":
        break
    time.sleep(3)

print(f"Status: {details.get('status', details)}")

const axios = require('axios');

const API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
const API_BASE = 'https://api.zerodrift.ai';
const importId = '550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000';

(async () => {
  // Start (retry while the malware scan is still pending)
  let started;
  while (true) {
    try {
      const res = await axios.post(
        `${API_BASE}/api/policies/import/start`,
        { import_id: importId },
        { headers: { 'x-api-key': API_KEY, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } }
      );
      started = res.data;
    } catch (err) {
      const payload = err.response?.data ?? err.message;
      throw new Error(`Start failed: ${typeof payload === 'string' ? payload : JSON.stringify(payload)}`);
    }

    if (started?.status !== 'scan_pending') break;
    await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 3000));
  }

  if (!started?.status) {
    throw new Error(`Start failed: ${JSON.stringify(started)}`);
  }
  console.log(started.status);
})();

Getting Started

Validate

Custom Policies

Activities

Rule Packs

Start Import

Request Body

Response

Error Responses

Example

​Request Body

​Response

​Error Responses

​Example

Request Body

Response

Error Responses

Example