def createExportObj():
    """Creates a dictionary to be used in the hazus.legacy.export method and hazus.legacy.Exporting class

    Returns:
        exportObj: dict -- opt fields are boolean and decide options for exports. The rest of the fields are strings.
    """
    exportObj = {'opt_csv': 1, 'opt_shp': 1, 'opt_report': 1, 'opt_json': 1,
        'study_region': '', 'title': '', 'meta': '', 'output_directory': ''}
    return exportObj
