---
title: "Retrieve Export"
method: GET
path: "/exports/{id}"
tags: ["Exports"]
---

# Retrieve Export

`GET /exports/{id}`

Retrieve a specific export by its ID

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- Export — Some software applications may want programmatic access to their newsletter exports. This assists with a few niche use cases, such as regular backups or data ingestion (into a data warehouse), or post-publishing processes that hinge on email events. In general, you probably won't _need_ to use this endpoint unless you _absolutely_ need to use this endpoint. To browse the contents of a given export collection, refer to the [Data exports](https://docs.buttondown.com/data-exports-subscriber) section of the documentation.
  - `id` string, required — A unique TypeID associated with the object.
  - `creation_date` string, date-time, required — The date and time at which the object was first created.
  - `collections` ExportCollection[], required — The [collections](https://docs.buttondown.com/api-exports-collections) of objects to export.
  - `parameters` object, nullable — Parameters to pass to the exporter. These are specific to the collection and format, and constrain the export.
  - `format` 'csv' | 'json' — An enumeration.
  - `columns` string[], nullable — If provided, the export will only include these columns.
  - `url` string, nullable — The URL of the export file. This is only available after the export has completed.
  - `completion_date` string, date-time, nullable — The date and time the export completed.
  - `status` 'error' | 'in_progress' | 'not_started' | 'ready', required — Represents the status of an export. No action is required to move from one state or another; Buttondown internally handles the transitions, and exposing the status is for observability purposes only.

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `409` — Conflict
- `429` — Too Many Requests

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