Import/Export

The Prismic import module is available on Professional plans (starting at Medium), if you can't see the Import section under the Settings menu of the web app, you can reach…

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Written by Nathan Lamelliere, Renaud Bressand, and Levi Gable

Introduction & Reference

Introduction to Import/Export

The Import/Export module lets you export, create new documents or update existing ones directly from your content repository's UI.

Written by Renaud Bressand
Updated over a week ago

Import - JSON Reference

JSON reference for importing documents using the Import module

Written by Renaud Bressand
Updated over a week ago

Importing images

Images can be imported to your repository through the Media Library UI or through the Import module

Written by Nathan Lamelliere
Updated over a week ago

Migrating HTML or Markdown to Prismic

How to transform Markdown or HTML content into Prismic's JSON structure to use with the Import feature

Written by Nathan Lamelliere
Updated over a week ago

Reverting an Import job

If you published a bad Import release, you can reuse the Import module to update documents

Written by Nathan Lamelliere
Updated over a week ago

Use cases

Pre-creating documents

In some cases, you might need to create documents en masse with minimal content (like just a title) for content editors to then enrich them

Written by Nathan Lamelliere
Updated over a week ago

Generating new responsive views for existing documents

How to use the Import/Export to create responsive views for existing documents after configured a new image view in the Custom Type

Written by Nathan Lamelliere
Updated over a week ago

Limitations of Import/Export to duplicate a repository

We don't recommend using Import/Export to duplicate repositories and instantiate environments. Here is why.

Written by Levi Gable
Updated over a week ago

Using Import/Export for a bulk change

A guide for using the Import/Export feature to make a bulk change to your repository

Written by Levi Gable
Updated over a week ago

Export tools

Isolating JSON export files for a specific custom type

The Export module generates an archive with all published documents. Use this bash command to isolate JSON files for a specific custom type

Written by Nathan Lamelliere
Updated over a week ago

Renaming the JSON files in the Export archive

You can easily rename the JSON files in your Export archive with any data contained in the document (like its UID or its title)

Written by Nathan Lamelliere
Updated over a week ago

Troubleshooting

Issues with a ZIP archive for import

Error message: "We couldn't find any document in the archive"

Written by Nathan Lamelliere
Updated over a week ago