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How import a diagram into Lucidchart using json import

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July 23, 2025
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I’m trying to take advantage of the json import feature to import a diagram into lucidchart. Currently this fails with the following error:

'{"code":"badRequest","message":"Bad or malformed request","requestId":"0d3f44c4704c255b","details":{"error":"Count: 1, message: \'version\' is undefined on object. Available keys are \'id\', \'title\', \'product\', \'pages\', \'data\'","import_error_code":"invalid_file"}}'

I have been able to import using the example files provided in the sample-lucid-rest-applications/standard-imports repo.

My understanding is that json documents can be imported as long as they in a folder and called document.json. I’ve done this, put this into a zip file and tried to submit but with the above error.

Any advice? I’m currently on a mac if that helps.

Best answer by vscala

The diagram I am trying to import is an export. I did a get document contents to generate my json and removed the id/parent fields from it before upload.

Thanks for the additional context, Markeen. Do you have a 'version' field defined? If not, please try adding this line to your JSON and let us know if you get any additional errors.