# Import/Export as JSON

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This is not the only means of export! See [tools-import-export](https://wiki.redmodding.org/wolvenkit/wolvenkit-app/tools/tools-import-export "mention") for documentation of the other.
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Converting files **to** JSON will serialize[^1] their content to a .json file in your project's `raw` folder. 

Importing them back will re-create the corresponding file under `archive`.

This is easiest way to [quickly change paths in projects](https://app.gitbook.com/s/4gzcGtLrr90pVjAWVdTc/modding-guides/items-equipment/moving-and-renaming-in-existing-projects) and a perquisite for several modding workflows.

### Export as JSON

This option is **in the right-click menu**:

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### Import as JSON

This option is **in the right-click menu**:

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JSON import will be available for any file in your `raw` folder with the extension `.json`. **However**, if the file hasn't been created via "`Convert to JSON`", the import will fail.&#x20;
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[^1]: Netrunner for "create a text file representation with all information needed to re-create the file"  &#x20;