# Import questions in bulk

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-questions-in-bulk/111587>\
**Category:** Migration\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [March 14, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-questions-in-bulk/111587 "2019-03-14T14:49:26Z")\
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An easy approach I used was to add  
`sleep(0.7)`  
inside the Ruby loop. (you may need to tweak that)

For 3000 requests it would take 35 minutes to complete. A bit painful, but for a once off I don’t think it would be all that bad.

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