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export and import collections

A collection is a set of actions aimed to extract data from a specific website. Once you add selectors to your collection, set up paginator and details, you can export selected elements to a human readable JSON file.
Click `Export` button to save current collection file to `Downloads` folder.

Next time there is no need to start from scratch.
Click `Import` button to load existing collection from a file. You will be prompted to choose a file from your local computer.
Now you can add, modify or delete existing elements.

You can easily share your collection file with your colleges. So they can launch data extraction from their devices.

Give meaningful names to Collections instead of generated ones. Double click on a Collection name to rename it.

Collection sample.

JSON format is used for storing our collections for the following reasons:

  1. It's an industry standard. That's pretty neat.
  2. A lot of tools are able to view and edit JSON format. It leads to great interoperability.
  3. It is particularly useful because it is easy for people to read and write. At the same time, machines also find it easy to parse and generate.

The following example illustrates a possible JSON representation describing a collection.


    






    

        
Useful links.


        

            

                

                    
                    Introducing JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)
                        format.
                

            

            

                

                    
                    Wikipedia article about JSON.
                

            

            

                

                    
                    Convert data from JSON to MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle, and more.