# Ingest

The `Ingest` action is used for passing documents and document metadata to CFS. `Ingest` is an asynchronous action.

## Parameters

The `Ingest` action takes the following parameters:

Parameter Name | Description
--- | ---
adds | An XML string containing the documents to be ingested by CFS.
removes | A comma separated list of references for documents that should be deleted from IDOL.
updates | An XML string containing data that should be updated in IDOL.

## Response

The following XML is a sample response from the `Ingest` action:

    <autnresponse xmlns:autn='http://schemas.autonomy.com/aci/'>
    	<action>INGEST</action>
    	<response>SUCCESS</response>
    	<responsedata>
    		<token>MTAuMi4xMTAuMTQ6NzAwMDpJTkdFU1Q6LTU0MzIyNTEzNQ==</token>
    	</responsedata>
    </autnresponse>

The `Ingest` action is an asynchronous action, so the response is a token. You can use the `QueueInfo` Action to retrieve the status of the action and the response when it is finished:

    <action>
    	<status>Finished</status>
    	<queued_time>2012-Feb-16 11:18:10</queued_time>
    	<time_in_queue>0</time_in_queue>
    	<process_start_time>2012-Feb-16 11:18:10</process_start_time>
    	<time_processing>290</time_processing>
    	<process_end_time>2012-Feb-16 11:23:00</process_end_time>
    	<token>MTAuMi4xMDUuMTE0OjEyODAwOklOR0VTVDotOTYwODA1ODY1</token>
    </action>

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