I think I need this for https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Randomize-Science development but I don't know how to do importing/dependencies.

add "recipeid >= 0.17.0" to the dependencies of your mod, and you use it via remote.call, so you don't need to import anything; that said, this appears to be primarily for use via control, not during the data phase, so I'm not sure how helpful it will be.

Ok thanks - the missing piece for me is in control on init, I think need to convert recipes to a string that can later be passed (by player) back into settings for use in the data. I want to save the initial state per game and reapply that state during data phase.