# Insert Many

Use bulk insert when you want to insert many records into the database with one API call. This can be useful when you import data from any other sources.

{% openapi src="/files/xbBaDgC6opDYR2pG5sLT" path="/{version}/db/{CollectionName}/bulk" method="post" expanded="true" %}
[openapi.json](https://760328771-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LwSkuCpTNI_AerL8J2a%2Fuploads%2FCpzJktmKXD6FMPSah1nK%2Fopenapi.json?alt=media\&token=854cdd6a-61b2-49a5-99f4-6bc091e5c3d6)
{% endopenapi %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title=".NET" %}

```csharp
var client = new CodeMashClient(apiKey, projectId);
var service = new CodeMashRepository<Person>(client);

var person1 = new Person { Name = "John" };
var person2 = new Person { Name = "Peter" };

var entities = new List<Person> { person1, person2 };

await service.InsertManyAsync(entities, new DatabaseInsertManyOptions());
```

{% hint style="info" %}
Check the information about [entities](broken://pages/-M-6_vT8PDXfwQxGKlF9) on how your class objects are serialized.
{% endhint %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Node" %}

```
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
use Codemash\CodemashClient;
use Codemash\CodemashDb;

class CodemashService
{
    protected CodemashDb $codemashDb;
    protected string $collectionName = '{YOUR_COLLECTION_NAME}';

    public function __construct()
    {
        $secretKey = '{YOUR_SECRET_KEY}';
        $projectId = '{YOUR_PROJECT_ID}';

        $client = new CodemashClient($secretKey, $projectId);
        $this->codemashDb = new CodemashDb($client);
    }

    public function insertEmployees()
    {
        $employees = [];
        $employees[] = ['name' => 'John', 'email' => 'john@example.com', 'address' => 'New York'];
        $employees[] = ['name' => 'Peter', 'email' => 'peter@example.com', 'address' => 'Los Angeles'];
        
        $responseData = $this->codemashDb->insertMany([
        	'collectionName' => 'employees',
        	'documents' => $employees,
        ]);
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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