Provisioning Content

`import`#

One method for creating new projects is to duplicate a GitHub repository. When duplicating a repository, Netlify Create will create a new repository for you, plus a new content space (in case of Contentful) or dataset (in Sanity).

Through the import configuration property, you can specify the initial payload of models and content to import when a repository is duplicated.

The import option is available when using a supported API-based content source.

Required

If the starter being duplicated is using an external CMS.

Allowed Values

An object with properties based on the content source.

Each content source has a unique set of properties. Here's an example which uses Contentful:

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export default {
  contentSources: [
    new ContentfulContentSource({
      spaceId: process.env.CONTENTFUL_SPACE_ID,
      environment: process.env.CONTENTFUL_ENVIRONMENT,
      previewToken: process.env.CONTENTFUL_PREVIEW_TOKEN,
      accessToken: process.env.CONTENTFUL_MANAGEMENT_TOKEN,
    }),
  ],
  models: {
    // page definitions and model decorations ...
  },
  import: {
    type: 'contentful',
    contentFile: 'contentful/export.json',
    uploadAssets: true,
    assetsDirectory: 'contentful',
    spaceIdEnvVar: 'CONTENTFUL_SPACE_ID',
    deliveryTokenEnvVar: 'CONTENTFUL_DELIVERY_TOKEN',
    previewTokenEnvVar: 'CONTENTFUL_PREVIEW_TOKEN',
  },
  // other properties ...
}

See the following integration guides for more information about working with that source:

import#

`import`#