## Import a collection type

`POST https://getkollek.com/api/collection-types/import`

Rebuild a collection type from a JSON document, in the exact shape the export endpoint hands out. This creates a new type with its groups and fields. It never updates an existing one, so importing the same document twice gives you two types.

The document is sent as a string in the json parameter, not as a nested object. A document that is not valid JSON, that is missing the type key, or that names a field type the app does not know is rejected with a 422 response.

**Permissions:** Owners and editors. Viewers get a 404 response.

### Body parameters

- `json` (string, required): The exported document, as a JSON encoded string. Maximum 100000 characters.

**Returns:** The created collection_type object.

### Example request

```bash
curl https://getkollek.com/api/collection-types/import \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "json": "{\"schemaVersion\":1,\"type\":{\"name\":\"Comics\",\"color\":\"#fb923c\",\"groups\":[],\"standaloneFields\":[]}}"
}'
```

### Example response

`Status: 201`

```json
{
    "data": {
        "type": "collection_type",
        "id": "1",
        "attributes": {
            "name": "Comics",
            "color": "#fb923c",
            "created_at": 1752537600,
            "updated_at": 1752537600
        },
        "links": {
            "self": "https://getkollek.com/api/collection-types/1"
        }
    }
}
```