Bulk Operations - Content Management

Bulk Operations

Use bulk upload actions to create categories, assign members, or assign entries in batch via CSV.

Bulk Category Creation

curl -X POST "$KALTURA_SERVICE_URL/service/category/action/addFromBulkUpload" \
  -d "ks=$KALTURA_KS" \
  -d "format=1" \
  -d "bulkUploadData[objectType]=KalturaBulkUploadCsvJobData" \
  --form "fileData=@categories.csv"

CSV columns: name, parentId, referenceId, description, tags, privacy, contributionPolicy, appearInList, privacyContext

Response: A KalturaBulkUpload job object.

Bulk Membership Assignment

curl -X POST "$KALTURA_SERVICE_URL/service/categoryUser/action/addFromBulkUpload" \
  -d "ks=$KALTURA_KS" \
  -d "format=1" \
  -d "bulkUploadData[objectType]=KalturaBulkUploadCsvJobData" \
  --form "fileData=@category_members.csv"

CSV columns: categoryId, userId, permissionLevel, status

Bulk Content Assignment

curl -X POST "$KALTURA_SERVICE_URL/service/categoryEntry/action/addFromBulkUpload" \
  -d "ks=$KALTURA_KS" \
  -d "format=1" \
  -d "bulkUploadData[objectType]=KalturaBulkUploadCsvJobData" \
  --form "fileData=@category_entries.csv"

CSV columns: categoryId, entryId

Tracking Bulk Job Status

curl -X POST "$KALTURA_SERVICE_URL/service/bulk/action/get" \
  -d "ks=$KALTURA_KS" \
  -d "format=1" \
  -d "id=$BULK_JOB_ID"

Status Value	Name	Description
0	PENDING	Job queued
1	UPLOADING	File is being uploaded
2	UPLOADED	File uploaded, processing not started
3	PROCESSING	Job is in progress
4	PROCESSED	Job completed (check errorCount for partial failures)
5	ABORTED	Job was cancelled