name : import-component.rst **To import a component** The following ``import-component`` example imports a preexisting script using a JSON file. :: aws imagebuilder import-component \ --cli-input-json file://import-component.json Contents of ``import-component.json``:: { "name": "MyImportedComponent", "semanticVersion": "1.0.0", "description": "An example of how to import a component", "changeDescription": "First commit message.", "format": "SHELL", "platform": "Windows", "type": "BUILD", "uri": "s3://s3-bucket-name/s3-bucket-path/component.yaml" } Output:: { "requestId": "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE11111", "clientToken": "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE22222", "componentBuildVersionArn": "arn:aws:imagebuilder:us-west-2:123456789012:component/myimportedcomponent/1.0.0/1" } For more information, see `Setting Up and Managing an EC2 Image Builder Image Pipeline Using the AWS CLI <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/imagebuilder/latest/userguide/managing-image-builder-cli.html>`__ in the *EC2 Image Builder Users Guide*.