# Import Highlights to Readwise Via CSV ## Metadata **Status**:: #x **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Source**:: #from/browser **URL**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/import_bulk) **Host**:: [[readwise.io]] **Created**:: [[2022-11-02]] **Parent**:: [[Import Highlights to Readwise]] **Reference**:: [[Readwise API]] ## File Format To import your CSV into Readwise, you need to use a header row with correctly titled columns. The order of the columns does not matter. - **Highlight**: (mandatory) the actual text of the highlight - **Title**: (optional) the name of the book or article - **Author**: (optional) the author of the book or article - **URL** (optional) the URL of the original article (if this is an article) - **Note**: (optional) the note you want to attach to the highlight (inline tags will work) - **Location**: (optional) the location of the highlight in the book or article. Must be an integer. (If no location is supplied, Readwise will default to the order of the highlights in the file) - **Date**: (optional) the date when highlight was taken (format: `YEAR-MONTH-DAY HOUR:MINUTE:SECOND`). Time is optional and defaults to midnight. Time is interpreted as in UTC timezone. > [!attention] > > The URL is for article. All highlights in the same article must have the same URL. The CSV import does not support highlight URL, which is available in the [[Import Highlights to Readwise Via API|API]].