# App: Import app

Information note**LOCKED.**   
  
This API is extremely reliable and will not be broken unless absolutely necessary.

## Method

POST

## Path

/qrs/app/import?name={name}&keepdata={keepdata}&excludeConnections={excludeConnections}

## Description

Import the specified app and store it as `{name}`.

Information noteThis can only be done on the central node in a Qlik Sense site.

The app must be in the import folder for the calling user. To find the import folder, send the following request as the appropriate user:

```
GET /qrs/app/importfolder
```

## Body

```
application/json
```

The file name of the app to import, in quotes (for example, "sales\_data.qvf").

## Return value

```
{
    "id": "43fbdabb-e378-43ca-b853-39ce562bf07a",
    "createdDate": "2019-01-04T19:40:06.191Z",
    "modifiedDate": "2019-01-04T19:40:10.356Z",
    "modifiedByUserName": "INTERNAL\\sa_repository",
    "customProperties": [],
    "owner": {
        "id": "eca5d404-3490-4c4a-ae2a-fc435a1c05ba",
        "userId": "sa_repository",
        "userDirectory": "INTERNAL",
        "name": "sa_repository",
        "privileges": null
    },
    "name": "XXX.qvf",
    "appId": "",
    "sourceAppId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "targetAppId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "publishTime": "1753-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "published": false,
    "tags": [],
    "description": "",
    "stream": null,
    "fileSize": 1505637,
    "lastReloadTime": "2014-06-27T15:51:29.000Z",
    "thumbnail": "/appcontent/43fbdabb-e378-43ca-b853-39ce562bf07a/executive-dashboard.jpg",
    "savedInProductVersion": "12.290.0",
    "migrationHash": "98d482c3f964dccf69cbfb9a00e0c048ea6eb221",
    "dynamicColor": "hsla(205,18%,43%,1)",
    "availabilityStatus": 0,
    "privileges": null,
    "schemaPath": "App"
}
```

## Optional parameters

* `{keepdata}`: If set to `false` and the imported .qvf file contains app data, the data will be silently discarded. The default value is `true`.
* `{excludeConnections}`: If set to `true` and the imported .qvf file contains any data connections, they will not be imported to the system. The default value is `false`.