# Content Exports
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## Content Exports API
API for exporting courses and course content
**A ContentExport object looks like:**
```js
{
// the unique identifier for the export
"id": 101,
// the date and time this export was requested
"created_at": "2014-01-01T00:00:00Z",
// the type of content migration: 'common_cartridge' or 'qti'
"export_type": "common_cartridge",
// attachment api object for the export package (not present before the export
// completes or after it becomes unavailable for download.)
"attachment": {"url":"https:\/\/example.com\/api\/v1\/attachments\/789?download_frd=1"},
// The api endpoint for polling the current progress
"progress_url": "https://example.com/api/v1/progress/4",
// The ID of the user who started the export
"user_id": 4,
// Current state of the content migration: created exporting exported failed
"workflow_state": "exported"
}
```
### [List content exports](#method.content_exports_api.index)
[ContentExportsApiController#index](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/app/controllers/content_exports_api_controller.rb)
**`GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/content_exports`**
**Scope:** `url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/content_exports`
**`GET /api/v1/groups/:group_id/content_exports`**
**Scope:** `url:GET|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/content_exports`
**`GET /api/v1/users/:user_id/content_exports`**
**Scope:** `url:GET|/api/v1/users/:user_id/content_exports`
A paginated list of the past and pending content export jobs for a course, group, or user. Exports are returned newest first.
Returns a list of [ContentExport](#contentexport) objects.
### [Show content export](#method.content_exports_api.show)
[ContentExportsApiController#show](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/app/controllers/content_exports_api_controller.rb)
**`GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/content_exports/:id`**
**Scope:** `url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/content_exports/:id`
**`GET /api/v1/groups/:group_id/content_exports/:id`**
**Scope:** `url:GET|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/content_exports/:id`
**`GET /api/v1/users/:user_id/content_exports/:id`**
**Scope:** `url:GET|/api/v1/users/:user_id/content_exports/:id`
Get information about a single content export.
Returns a [ContentExport](#contentexport) object.
### [Export content](#method.content_exports_api.create)
[ContentExportsApiController#create](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/app/controllers/content_exports_api_controller.rb)
**`POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/content_exports`**
**Scope:** `url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/content_exports`
**`POST /api/v1/groups/:group_id/content_exports`**
**Scope:** `url:POST|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/content_exports`
**`POST /api/v1/users/:user_id/content_exports`**
**Scope:** `url:POST|/api/v1/users/:user_id/content_exports`
Begin a content export job for a course, group, or user.
You can use the [Progress API](https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/canvas/progress#method.progress.show) to track the progress of the export. The migration’s progress is linked to with the *progress\_url* value.
When the export completes, use the [Show content export](#method.content_exports_api.show) endpoint to retrieve a download URL for the exported content.
**Request Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| -------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `export_type` | Required `string` | “common\_cartridge”
Export the contents of the course in the Common Cartridge (.imscc) format
“qti”
Export quizzes from a course in the QTI format
“zip”
Export files from a course, group, or user in a zip file
Allowed values: common\_cartridge, qti, zip
|
| `skip_notifications` | `boolean` | Don’t send the notifications about the export to the user. Default: false |
| `select` | `Hash` | The select parameter allows exporting specific data. The keys are object types like ‘files’, ‘folders’, ‘pages’, etc. The value for each key is a list of object ids. An id can be an integer or a string.
Multiple object types can be selected in the same call. However, not all object types are valid for every export\_type. Common Cartridge supports all object types. Zip and QTI only support the object types as described below.
“folders”
Also supported for zip export\_type.
“files”
Also supported for zip export\_type.
“quizzes”
Also supported for qti export\_type.
Allowed values: folders, files, attachments, quizzes, assignments, announcements, calendar\_events, discussion\_topics, modules, module\_items, pages, rubrics
|
Returns a [ContentExport](#contentexport) object.
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This documentation is generated directly from the Canvas LMS source code, available [on Github](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms).