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description: >
  APIs of the <code>@sap/cds-dk</code> package like <code>cds.import</code>.
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# CDS Design Time APIs

This guide is about programmatic CDS design-time APIs.

## Install `@sap/cds-dk`

The design-time APIs are provided with package `@sap/cds-dk` which needs to be installed locally in your project:

```sh
npm add @sap/cds-dk --save-dev
```

That given, you can use the APIs in your project like this:
```js
const cds = require('@sap/cds-dk')
cds.import(...)
```

> [!important] Don't load cds-dk code at runtime
> Note that `@sap/cds-dk` is a design-time dependency that runs locally or in continuous integration (CI) pipelines.
> Avoid loading the previously shown code at application runtime in deployed applications.

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