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# Create bulk operation

POST https://api.contentful.com/spaces/{space_id}/environments/{environment_id}/bulk_operations/entries/create
Content-Type: application/vnd.contentful.management.v1+json

Creates a bulk operation from a previous upload, processing entries asynchronously. Omit `sys.id` for auto-generated IDs; existing IDs will fail with `EntryExistsError`.

Reference: https://contentful.com/developers/docs/references/content-management-api/bulk-entry-content-operations/create-bulk-operation

## Authentication

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

## Request

### Path parameters

- `space_id` (string, required) — Alphanumeric `id` of the space.
- `environment_id` (string, required) — Alphanumeric `id` of the environment. Defaults to `master`.

### Body (application/vnd.contentful.management.v1+json)

This endpoint expects a map from string to any.

- `map from string to any`

## Response

### 201

Created - Bulk operation created successfully

- `map from string to any`

## Errors

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden - Bulk operations are not enabled for this space

- `map from string to any`

### 404 Not Found Error

Not Found

- `map from string to any`

### 409 Conflict Error

Conflict - A bulk operation is already in progress for this space

- `map from string to any`

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Unprocessable Entity - Validation error

- `map from string to any`

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `map from string to any`

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "upload": {
    "sys": {
      "id": "6gbwC4qRtakgsdqUcCPihF",
      "type": "Upload"
    }
  }
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "payload": {
    "upload": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "6gbwC4qRtakgsdqUcCPihF",
        "type": "Upload"
      }
    }
  },
  "sys": {
    "bulkType": "EntriesCreate",
    "createdAt": "2025-11-27T13:50:00.000Z",
    "createdBy": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "6Ynia2PFrjsO15piM8eljZ",
        "linkType": "User",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "environment": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "master",
        "linkType": "Environment",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "id": "bulkOperationId123",
    "space": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "ncbxgqx5v0xe",
        "linkType": "Space",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "status": "in_progress",
    "type": "BulkContentOperation",
    "updatedAt": "2025-11-27T13:50:00.000Z"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```android Android
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```

```java Java
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```kotlin Kotlin
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```

```swift Swift
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```

```javascript JavaScript
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```

```.net .NET
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```

```php PHP
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```

```python Python
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```

```ruby Ruby
SDK currently doesn't implement this endpoint.
```