# Export metadata with SOLC when using imports

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**Published on:** 2023-10-31
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@n00b21337/export-metadata-with-solc-when-using-imports

## Content

Have been getting errors like this one when I try to export metadataError: Source "@openzeppelin/contracts/security/Pausable.sol" not found: File not found. Searched the following locations: "/home/marko/Work/swarm/swarm-si/.". --> src/PostageStamp.sol:5:1: | 5 | import "@openzeppelin/contracts/security/Pausable.sol"; to solve this you need to include a path to node modules like below and then you will get proper output. Bare in mind to use a proper solidity version of the contractssolc --base-path . --include-path ./node_modules --metadata src/PostageStamp.sol > output.json

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