> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Refresh the connection's provider data

> Asks for the data to be no older than maxStalenessMinutes (0 = read now). Per kind, the outcome says whether it was already Fresh, a read was already InFlight, or a new read was Requested. Safe to call repeatedly: a running read is joined, never duplicated.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/specs/integrations.json post /connections/{connectionId}/imports
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Integrations Service
  description: Integrations API for FlowPayroll
  version: v1
servers:
  - url: https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/integrations
security:
  - X-Auth-Token: []
tags:
  - name: Providers
    description: >-
      The providers Flow Payroll can send to, what each can do, and the sign-in
      details it needs.
  - name: Connections
    description: >-
      Your organisation's provider accounts: create one, save its sign-in
      details, test it, pause it, disconnect it or remove it.
  - name: Scheme links
    description: >-
      Which pension scheme sends through which connection. Linking is the
      opt-in: nothing is sent for a scheme until it is linked.
  - name: Activity
    description: >-
      Every submission to a provider and every read from it, with status,
      attempts and the provider reference. Retry what failed, cancel what has
      not gone yet.
  - name: Provider data
    description: >-
      How fresh the data read from the provider is, and how to refresh it on
      demand.
  - name: Initial import
    description: >-
      Read everything the provider already holds for the employer, so Flow
      Payroll starts in step with it.
paths:
  /connections/{connectionId}/imports:
    post:
      tags:
        - Provider data
      summary: Refresh the connection's provider data
      description: >-
        Asks for the data to be no older than maxStalenessMinutes (0 = read
        now). Per kind, the outcome says whether it was already Fresh, a read
        was already InFlight, or a new read was Requested. Safe to call
        repeatedly: a running read is joined, never duplicated.
      operationId: RequestConnectionImports
      parameters:
        - name: connectionId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RequestConnectionImportsRequest'
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Accepted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConnectionImportsResponseResponseBody'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectResponseBody'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectResponseBody'
components:
  schemas:
    RequestConnectionImportsRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        types:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          nullable: true
        maxStalenessMinutes:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
    ConnectionImportsResponseResponseBody:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageWithTokenResponse'
        content:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConnectionImportsResponseContentResponse'
        validationIssues:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationIssue'
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
    ObjectResponseBody:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageWithTokenResponse'
        content:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectContentResponse'
        validationIssues:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationIssue'
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
    MessageWithTokenResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        text:
          type: string
        token:
          type: string
        tokenArguments:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationIssueArgument'
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
    ConnectionImportsResponseContentResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConnectionImportsResponse'
        metadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentMetadataResponse'
      additionalProperties: false
    ValidationIssue:
      type: object
      properties:
        field:
          type: string
        reason:
          type: string
        reasonToken:
          type: string
        reasonTokenArguments:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationIssueArgument'
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
    ObjectContentResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          nullable: true
        metadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentMetadataResponse'
      additionalProperties: false
    ValidationIssueArgument:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        value:
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
    ConnectionImportsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        connectionId:
          type: string
        providerSlug:
          type: string
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportRequestItemResponse'
      additionalProperties: false
    ContentMetadataResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        dateFormat:
          type: string
        dateTimeFormat:
          type: string
        paginationToken:
          type: string
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
    ImportRequestItemResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        importType:
          type: string
        outcome:
          enum:
            - None
            - Fresh
            - InFlight
            - Requested
            - Unavailable
          type: string
        operationId:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        lastSuccessDate:
          type: string
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
  securitySchemes:
    X-Auth-Token:
      type: apiKey
      description: FlowPayroll JWT (raw token, no Bearer prefix)
      name: X-Auth-Token
      in: header

````

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