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title: "ImportExportOptions"
generated: true
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<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/core/src/config/vendure-config.ts" sourceLine="1012" packageName="@vendure/core" />

Options related to importing & exporting data.

```ts title="Signature"
interface ImportExportOptions {
    importAssetsDir?: string;
    assetImportStrategy?: AssetImportStrategy;
}
```

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### importAssetsDir

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`string`} default={`__dirname`}   />

The directory in which assets to be imported are located.

### assetImportStrategy

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`<a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/import-export/asset-import-strategy#assetimportstrategy'>AssetImportStrategy</a>`}  since="1.7.0"  />

This strategy determines how asset files get imported based on the path given in the
import CSV or via the [AssetImporter](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/import-export/asset-importer#assetimporter) `getAssets()` method.

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