diff --git a/app/server/lib/ActiveDoc.ts b/app/server/lib/ActiveDoc.ts
index bb4ce879..c37f405e 100644
--- a/app/server/lib/ActiveDoc.ts
+++ b/app/server/lib/ActiveDoc.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ import {guessColInfo} from 'app/common/ValueGuesser';
 import {parseUserAction} from 'app/common/ValueParser';
 import {TEMPLATES_ORG_DOMAIN} from 'app/gen-server/ApiServer';
 import {Document} from 'app/gen-server/entity/Document';
-import {ParseOptions} from 'app/plugin/FileParserAPI';
+import {ParseFileResult, ParseOptions} from 'app/plugin/FileParserAPI';
 import {AccessTokenOptions, AccessTokenResult, GristDocAPI} from 'app/plugin/GristAPI';
 import {compileAclFormula} from 'app/server/lib/ACLFormula';
 import {AssistanceSchemaPromptV1Context} from 'app/server/lib/Assistance';
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ import tmp from 'tmp';
 
 import {ActionHistory} from './ActionHistory';
 import {ActionHistoryImpl} from './ActionHistoryImpl';
-import {ActiveDocImport} from './ActiveDocImport';
+import {ActiveDocImport, FileImportOptions} from './ActiveDocImport';
 import {DocClients} from './DocClients';
 import {DocPluginManager} from './DocPluginManager';
 import {
@@ -773,6 +773,17 @@ export class ActiveDoc extends EventEmitter {
     await this._activeDocImport.oneStepImport(docSession, uploadInfo);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Import data resulting from parsing a file into a new table.
+   * In normal circumstances this is only used internally.
+   * It's exposed publicly for use by grist-static which doesn't use the plugin system.
+   */
+  public async importParsedFileAsNewTable(
+    docSession: OptDocSession, optionsAndData: ParseFileResult, importOptions: FileImportOptions
+  ): Promise<ImportResult> {
+    return this._activeDocImport.importParsedFileAsNewTable(docSession, optionsAndData, importOptions);
+  }
+
   /**
    * This function saves attachments from a given upload and creates an entry for them in the database.
    * It returns the list of rowIds for the rows created in the _grist_Attachments table.
diff --git a/app/server/lib/ActiveDocImport.ts b/app/server/lib/ActiveDocImport.ts
index d30b0da8..3e86fcd5 100644
--- a/app/server/lib/ActiveDocImport.ts
+++ b/app/server/lib/ActiveDocImport.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ interface ReferenceDescription {
   refTableId: string;
 }
 
-interface FileImportOptions {
+export interface FileImportOptions {
   // Suggested name of the import file. It is sometimes used as a suggested table name, e.g. for csv imports.
   originalFilename: string;
   // Containing parseOptions as serialized JSON to pass to the import plugin.