--- a/src/plugins/plugin_misc_merge_requests.py	Fri Mar 30 17:51:32 2018 +0200
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_misc_merge_requests.py	Fri Mar 30 17:53:11 2018 +0200
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from sat.core.constants import Const as C
 from sat.core import exceptions
 from twisted.internet import defer
+from twisted.words.protocols.jabber import jid
 from collections import namedtuple
 from sat.tools import utils
 from sat.core.log import getLogger
@@ -89,6 +90,11 @@
                               in_sign='ss', out_sign='aa{ss}',
                               method=self._parseData,
                               async=True)
+        host.bridge.addMethod("mergeRequestsImport", ".plugin",
+                              in_sign='ssssa{ss}s', out_sign='',
+                              method=self._import,
+                              async=True
+                              )
 
     def register(self, name, handler, data_types, short_desc, priority=0):
         """register an merge request handler
@@ -251,3 +257,36 @@
         except KeyError:
             raise exceptions.NotFound(_(u'No handler can handle data type "{type}"').format(type=data_type))
         return defer.maybeDeferred(handler.handler.parse, data, data_type)
+
+    def _import(self, repository, item_id, service=None, node=None, extra=None, profile_key=C.PROF_KEY_NONE):
+        client = self.host.getClient(profile_key)
+        service = jid.JID(service) if service else None
+        d = self.import_request(client, repository, item_id, service, node or None, extra=extra or None)
+        return d
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def import_request(self, client, repository, item, service=None, node=None, extra=None):
+        """Import a merge request in specified directory
+
+        @param repository(unicode): path to the repository where the code stands
+        """
+        if not node:
+            node = NS_MERGE_REQUESTS
+        tickets_xmlui, metadata = yield self._s.getDataFormItems(
+            client,
+            service,
+            node,
+            max_items=1,
+            item_ids=[item],
+            form_ns=NS_MERGE_REQUESTS)
+        ticket_xmlui = tickets_xmlui[0]
+        data = ticket_xmlui.named_widgets[FIELD_DATA].value
+        data_type = ticket_xmlui.named_widgets[FIELD_DATA_TYPE].value
+        try:
+            handler = self._type_handlers[data_type]
+        except KeyError:
+            raise exceptions.NotFound(_(u'No handler found to import {data_type}').format(data_type=data_type))
+        log.info(_(u"Importing patch [{item_id}] using {name} handler").format(
+            item_id = item,
+            name = handler.name))
+        yield handler.handler.import_(repository, data, data_type, item, service, node, extra)