# import\_project\_from\_json

<pre class="language-python"><code class="lang-python">dbnl.import_project_from_json(
    *,
    params: dict[str, Any],
) -> <a data-footnote-ref href="#user-content-fn-1">Project</a>:
</code></pre>

## Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="173">Arguments</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>params</code></td><td><p>JSON object representing the Project, generally based on a <a href="../../sdk-objects/project">Project</a> exported via <a href="export_project_as_json">export_project_as_json</a>. Example:</p><p></p><pre class="language-json"><code class="lang-json"><strong>{
</strong><strong>    "project": {
</strong><strong>        "name": "My Project",
</strong><strong>        "description": "This is my project."
</strong><strong>    },
</strong><strong>    "tags": [
</strong><strong>        {
</strong><strong>            "name": "my-tag",
</strong><strong>            "description" :"This is my tag."
</strong><strong>        }
</strong><strong>    ],
</strong><strong>    "test_specs": [
</strong><strong>        {
</strong>            "assertion": { "name": "less_than", "params": { "other": 0.5 } },
            "description": "Testing the difference in the example statistic",
            "name": "Gr.0: Non Parametric Difference: Example_Statistic",
            "statistic_inputs": [
                {
                    "select_query_template": {
                        "filter": null,
                        "select": "{EXPERIMENT}.Example_Statistic"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "select_query_template": {
                        "filter": null,
                        "select": "{BASELINE}.Example_Statistic"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "statistic_name": "my_stat",
            "statistic_params": {},
            "tag_names": ["my-tag"]
<strong>        }
</strong><strong>    ]
</strong><strong>}
</strong></code></pre></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Returns

<table><thead><tr><th width="167">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="../../sdk-objects/project">Project</a></td><td>The newly created dbnl Project.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Examples

```python
import dbnl
dbnl.login()


proj1 = dbnl.get_or_create_project(name="test_proj1")
export_json = dbnl.export_project_as_json(project=proj1)
export_json["project"]["name"] = "test_proj2"
proj2 = dbnl.import_project_from_json(params=export_json)

assert proj2.name == "test_proj2"
```

[^1]: [Project](https://docs.dbnl.com/v0.21.x/using-distributional/python-sdk/sdk-objects/project)