# import-from-microreact-project

## Description

<mark style="color:purple;">`import-from-microreact-project`</mark> *adaptor imports the metadata table from a Microreact project*.

Only the metadata file is imported from Microreact, additional files such as newick tree files are not imported.

## Inputs

**`project`**\
Type: `text`\
Required: Yes\
The URL of the Microreact project to be imported (e.g., <https://microreact.org/project/Ny8H4gsH>).

## Outputs

**`data`**\
Type: `datatable`\
A datatable containing the project data rows.

## Examples

### Example 1: Default behaviour.

#### Inputs:

`project:` <https://microreact.org/project/Ny8H4gsH>

#### Outputs:

`data`:

| id        | \_\_latitude | \_\_longitude | Country  | Country\_\_colour | Country\_\_shape | Pedalism |
| --------- | ------------ | ------------- | -------- | ----------------- | ---------------- | -------- |
| Bovine    | 46.227638    | 2.213749      | France   | Red               | Square           | Four     |
| Gibbon    | 15.870032    | 100.992541    | thailand | Green             | circle           | Two      |
| Orangutan | -0.589724    | 101.3431058   | sumatra  | Blue              | Circle           | Two      |
| Gorilla   | 1.373333     | 32.290275     | Uganda   | #CC33FF           | Circle           | Two      |
| Chimp     | -0.228021    | 15.827659     | Congo    | orange            | Circle           | Two      |
| Human     | 55.378051    | -3.435973     | UK       | #CCFF33           | Circle           | Two      |
| Mouse     | 40.463667    | -3.74922      | Spain    | #00FFFF           | square           | four     |

-> Imported the metadata from a Microreact project into Data-flo

## Use Cases

* Extract metadata from a public Microreact project, add additional private metadata, and then use [<mark style="color:purple;">`export-to-microreact`</mark>](https://cgps.gitbook.io/data-flo/reference-guide/export-to-microreact-project) adaptor to create or update your own project with enhanced data.