Payload Plugin Import / Export

A plugin for Payload CMS to import and export JSON and CSV files. You can use this to change data for many records e.g. translate content... from collections.

All parsing and transformations are done on the client keeping the load from the server.

Installation

npm i "payload-plugin-import-export"

yarn add "payload-plugin-import-export"

pnpm add "payload-plugin-import-export"

import importExportPlugin  from 'payload-plugin-import-export';
import type { User } from "payload/generated-types";

export const config = buildConfig({
  serverUrl: process.env.PAYLOAD_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL //Required!
  plugins: [
    importExportPlugin({
      enabled: true,
      excludeCollections: ["users"],
      redirectAfterImport: true,
      // import User type from your payload-types.ts
      canImport: (user:User) => user.roles.includes("admin")
    }),
  ]
});

Config

PROP	TYPE	DEFAULT	DESCRIPTION
enabled	boolean	true	Enable/disable plugin
excludeCollections	string[]	undefined	List of collection slugs to not display the buttons
redirectAfterImport	boolean	true	Redirect back to collection after import
canImport	(user:unknown) => boolean	() => true	Restrict access to import. You have access to the user.

How to use

Update data or create new items - and you can download csv or json with the failed items. Items fail usually due to permission issues or that required fields are not set.

Selecting fields

On import and export you can select fields.

Filter and sorting exports

The filters set on the collections will also be used for exporting items.

Access control

This plugin obeys all access control rules, so exports will only include the fields with read access. On import missing permission on field level will not result in an error. The fields will just be ignored.

Localization

If localization is configured imports and export will be done in current selected locale. Caution: If field is not localized the "global" value will be overwritten.

File formats

JSON

When importing / exporting JSON the data will be shaped like via the REST API.

CSV

For CSV exports the data will be "flattened" for any field type which contains nested data (arrays,rows,tabs). e.g.:

[{
  "id": "65e",
  "title": "Foo",
  "array": [
    {
      "title_array": "Bar",
    },
    {
      "title_array": "Baz",
    },
  ],
  "tab": {
      "title_tab": "Boz",
  },
}]

will become

id	title	array.0.title_array	array.1.title_array	tab.title_tab
65e	Foo	Bar	Baz	Boz

When importing the data will get "unflattened". Make sure to not change any header names.

License

MIT