> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://developerdocs.instructure.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/canvas/resources/sis_import_errors.md).

# SIS Import Errors

#### A SisImportError object looks like: <a href="#sisimporterror" id="sisimporterror"></a>

```js
{
  // The unique identifier for the SIS import.
  "sis_import_id": 1,
  // The file where the error message occurred.
  "file": "courses.csv",
  // The error message that from the record.
  "message": "No short_name given for course C001",
  // The contents of the line that had the error.
  "row_info": "account_1, Sub account 1,, active ",
  // The line number where the error occurred. Some Importers do not yet support
  // this. This is a 1 based index starting with the header row.
  "row": 34
}
```

## [Get SIS import error list](#method.sis_import_errors_api.index) <a href="#method.sis_import_errors_api.index" id="method.sis_import_errors_api.index"></a>

[SisImportErrorsApiController#index](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/app/controllers/sis_import_errors_api_controller.rb)

#### `GET /api/v1/accounts/:account_id/sis_imports/:id/errors`

**Scope:** `url:GET|/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/sis_imports/:id/errors`

#### `GET /api/v1/accounts/:account_id/sis_import_errors`

**Scope:** `url:GET|/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/sis_import_errors`

Returns the list of SIS import errors for an account or a SIS import. Import errors are only stored for 30 days.

Example: curl 'https\://\<canvas>/api/v1/accounts/\<account\_id>/sis\_imports/\<id>/sis\_import\_errors'\
-H "Authorization: Bearer \<token>"

Example: curl 'https\://\<canvas>/api/v1/accounts/\<account\_id>/sis\_import\_errors'\
-H "Authorization: Bearer \<token>"

#### Request Parameters:

| Parameter | Type      | Description                                                           |
| --------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `failure` | `boolean` | If set, only shows errors on a sis import that would cause a failure. |

Returns a list of [SisImportError](#sisimporterror) objects.


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