Answers.Body: <p>It turns out that the field 'email contact' when importing is actually contact id. So there you go!</p>
  
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Body: <p>I am importing a large dataset using  the API CSV importer extension.</p>
  
  <p>The data needs to be divided into 3 chucnks - contact, address and email.</p>
  
  <p>The second two imports I was planning to match up with the first import of contact data by downloading the contacts added inthe first import and adding the civicrm id to the second two imports (and doing the match offline)</p>
  
  <p>However I have come to the third import (email address) and there is no ability to match by contact id.</p>
  
  <p>My plan is to turn it round and import the email first then the contact data and then the address data so I think I have a solution. However, it seems odd to me that I can't upload the email and match against contact ID. The only option seems to be email (match by external identifier).</p>
  
  <p>Am I missing something?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks
  Caroline</p>
  
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Title: Importing using API CSV importer
ThreadText: # Importing using API CSV importer
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-21)
  
  I am importing a large dataset using the API CSV importer extension.
  
  The data needs to be divided into 3 chucnks - contact, address and email.
  
  The second two imports I was planning to match up with the first import of contact data by downloading the contacts added inthe first import and adding the civicrm id to the second two imports (and doing the match offline)
  
  However I have come to the third import (email address) and there is no ability to match by contact id.
  
  My plan is to turn it round and import the email first then the contact data and then the address data so I think I have a solution. However, it seems odd to me that I can't upload the email and match against contact ID. The only option seems to be email (match by external identifier).
  
  Am I missing something?
  
  Thanks
  Caroline
  
  **Tags:** import
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2020-04-21. Score: 2
  
  It turns out that the field 'email contact' when importing is actually contact id. So there you go!
  
  
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