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# Updates the import with file delimiters

PUT https://meta.feedonomics.com/api.php/dbs/{db_id}/imports/{import_id}/delimiters
Content-Type: application/json

Updates the delimiter settings for an import.

Reference: https://docs.feedonomics.com/developer/api-reference/rest/platform-api/imports/update-import-delimiters

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `db_id` (integer, required) — ID of the database that the import belongs to
- `import_id` (integer, required) — ID of the import

### Headers

- `x-api-key` (string, required)

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `enclosure` (enum, required) — The character used to wrap each column (defaults to double quote)
  - Allowed values: `\\n`
- `encoding` (enum, required, default: utf8) — The character encoding of the file
  - Allowed values: `utf8`, `utf8mb4`, `latin1`, `utf16`
- `escaper` (enum, required) — The character used to escape characters (defaults to double quote)
  - Allowed values: `\\n`, `\\`
- `line_terminator` (enum, required) — The character used to define new lines
  - Allowed values: `\\n`, `\\r\\n`, `\\r`
- `separator` (enum, required, nullable, default: ,) — The separator character between columns
  - Allowed values: `,`, `\\t`, `;`, `|`

## Response

### 200

Successful operation

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "enclosure": "\\\\n",
  "encoding": "utf8",
  "escaper": "\\\\n",
  "line_terminator": "\\\\n",
  "separator": ","
}
```

**Response**

```json
{}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://meta.feedonomics.com/api.php/dbs/1/imports/1/delimiters"

payload = {
    "enclosure": "\\n",
    "encoding": "utf8",
    "escaper": "\\n",
    "line_terminator": "\\n",
    "separator": ","
}
headers = {
    "x-api-key": "x-api-key",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://meta.feedonomics.com/api.php/dbs/1/imports/1/delimiters';
const options = {
  method: 'PUT',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'x-api-key',
    Authorization: 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: '{"enclosure":"\\\\n","encoding":"utf8","escaper":"\\\\n","line_terminator":"\\\\n","separator":","}'
};

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 := "https://meta.feedonomics.com/api.php/dbs/1/imports/1/delimiters"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"enclosure\": \"\\\\\\\\n\",\n  \"encoding\": \"utf8\",\n  \"escaper\": \"\\\\\\\\n\",\n  \"line_terminator\": \"\\\\\\\\n\",\n  \"separator\": \",\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "x-api-key")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	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("https://meta.feedonomics.com/api.php/dbs/1/imports/1/delimiters")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = 'x-api-key'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"enclosure\": \"\\\\\\\\n\",\n  \"encoding\": \"utf8\",\n  \"escaper\": \"\\\\\\\\n\",\n  \"line_terminator\": \"\\\\\\\\n\",\n  \"separator\": \",\"\n}"

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

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.put("https://meta.feedonomics.com/api.php/dbs/1/imports/1/delimiters")
  .header("x-api-key", "x-api-key")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"enclosure\": \"\\\\\\\\n\",\n  \"encoding\": \"utf8\",\n  \"escaper\": \"\\\\\\\\n\",\n  \"line_terminator\": \"\\\\\\\\n\",\n  \"separator\": \",\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('PUT', 'https://meta.feedonomics.com/api.php/dbs/1/imports/1/delimiters', [
  'body' => '{
  "enclosure": "\\\\\\\\n",
  "encoding": "utf8",
  "escaper": "\\\\\\\\n",
  "line_terminator": "\\\\\\\\n",
  "separator": ","
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'x-api-key' => 'x-api-key',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://meta.feedonomics.com/api.php/dbs/1/imports/1/delimiters");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PUT);
request.AddHeader("x-api-key", "x-api-key");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"enclosure\": \"\\\\\\\\n\",\n  \"encoding\": \"utf8\",\n  \"escaper\": \"\\\\\\\\n\",\n  \"line_terminator\": \"\\\\\\\\n\",\n  \"separator\": \",\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "x-api-key": "x-api-key",
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "enclosure": "\\n",
  "encoding": "utf8",
  "escaper": "\\n",
  "line_terminator": "\\n",
  "separator": ","
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://meta.feedonomics.com/api.php/dbs/1/imports/1/delimiters")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "PUT"
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()
```