# PackagingService

The PackagingService provides import/export functionality for the Core models of the API.

[Browse the API documentation for IPackagingService interface](https://apidocs.umbraco.com/v13/csharp/api/Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services.IPackagingService.html).

* **Namespace:** `Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services`
* **Assembly:** `Umbraco.Core.dll`

All samples in this document will require references to the following dll:

* Umbraco.Core.dll

All samples in this document will require the following using statements:

```csharp
using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services;
```

## Getting the service

### Dependency Injection

In other cases, you may be able to use Dependency Injection. For instance if you have registered your own class in Umbraco's dependency injection, you can specify the `IPackagingService` interface in your constructor:

```csharp
public class MyClass
{
    private IPackagingService _packagingService;

 public MyClass(IPackagingService packagingService)
 {
  _packagingService = packagingService;
 }
}
```

In Razor views, you can access the member service through the `@inject` directive:

```csharp
@inject IPackagingService PackagingService
```


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