[plugin-import-export] Can I import/export global configs?

[jakeisonline]

Or, can the import-export plugin only handle collections, not global configs?

[darekwojciechowski]

Collections only. The plugin config takes a collections array typed as CollectionSlug[], and there's no globals equivalent. What the plugin registers is the exports and imports upload collections plus the createCollectionExport and createCollectionImport jobs, and both jobs are keyed on a collection slug.

If you just need to move a global between environments, the Local API is the easy way out:

const data = await payload.findGlobal({ slug: 'site-settings' })
await fs.writeFile('site-settings.json', JSON.stringify(data, null, 2))

and on the way back in:

await payload.updateGlobal({
  slug: 'site-settings',
  data: JSON.parse(await fs.readFile('site-settings.json', 'utf8')),
})

Run it from a script that calls getPayload(), or wrap it in a small custom endpoint if you want it in the admin UI.