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# Export your own connector to Matillion ETL

export const metl = "Matillion ETL";

Connectors created in Custom Connector can be exported to {metl} as an **API Extract Profile** for use in {metl} orchestration jobs.

This is a two-step process:

1. [Export](#export-the-connector) the connector from Custom Connector as a JSON file.
2. [Import](#import-the-connector-into-matillion-etl) the JSON file into {metl} using the **Manage Extract Profiles** feature.

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## Export the connector

This process assumes you have already created a suitable connector in Custom Connector. Read [Custom Connector overview](/docs/guides/custom-connector-overview) for details.

To export a connector:

1. In Custom Connector, navigate to **Connectors**.
2. Click the **Use Connector** button to the right of the connector you want to export.
3. Click **Export** and your browser will download a `.json` file named after your connector.
4. The connector will be written to your default download location (depending on your browser and operating system) as a `.json` format file, with the name `<connector name>.json`. For example: `Finance API Connector.json`.

The export is now complete. Navigate to {metl} and import the connector.

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## Import the connector into Matillion ETL

In {metl}, you need to create an API Extract Profile using the exported connector. To create the profile:

1. In your {metl} instance, click **Project** → **Manage API Profiles** → **Manage Extract Profiles**.
2. In the **Manage Extract Profiles** dialog, click the upload button in the lower left.
3. Browse to the location of the `.json` file you exported from Custom Connector and select the file. You should see the message "API Extract File was uploaded successfully", indicating that the file is in an acceptable format and has imported correctly. Click **OK**.
4. The new profile is now listed in the **Manage Extract Profiles** dialog, and is ready for you to use in orchestration jobs. The profile will have the name it was given in Custom Connector. You can perform further configuration of the profile here if you wish to edit the endpoints or add more endpoints, but this shouldn't be necessary if the connector was correctly configured in Custom Connector.
5. Click **OK** to close the dialog.
6. To use the connector in an orchestration job, add an **API Extract** component to the job canvas and configure the following properties for it:
   * **Profile**: Select the profile you have imported.
   * **Data Source**: Select from the list of endpoints. All the endpoints you created for the connector in Custom Connector will be available for use as the Data Source.

For more information about configuring extract profiles in {metl}, read [Manage Extract Profiles](https://docs.matillion.com/metl/docs/7505305).

For more information about using the API Extract component, read [API Extract](https://docs.matillion.com/metl/docs/1959484).