Initiate a spreadsheet export

Deprecated

This endpoint is deprecated and may be removed in a future release.

This endpoint was deprecated on 2026-02-12.

It is scheduled for sunset on 2029-01-31.

Description#

Asynchronously exports a spreadsheet as .XLSX, .PDF, or .CSV.

Responses include a Location header, which indicates where to poll for export results. For more details on long-running job polling, see Operations endpoint. When the export completes, its status will be completed, and the response body includes a resourceURL. To download the exported file, perform a GET on the resourceURL with the same authentication credentials and flow as the export request. For more details, see Authentication documentation.

Note: To export to .PDF, the spreadsheet can have no more than 250,000 cells.

POST /platform/v1/spreadsheets/{spreadsheetId}/export

Required OAuth Scopes

file:read

Parameters#

Parameter	In	Type	Required	Description
X-Version	header	string	false	Version of the API (2022-01-01)
spreadsheetId	path	string	true	The unique identifier of the spreadsheet
body	body	PlatformSpreadsheetExport	true	Details about the spreadsheet export, including its format and options

Body parameter example#

{
  "format": "xlsx",
  "sheets": [
    "7c8d8c4a46784455bg68t36f9d8232d8",
    "54bgd83b471e5902f1a8e8c9a299c9fb"
  ],
  "xlsxOptions": {
    "exportAsFormulas": true,
    "exportPrecision": "displayed"
  }
}

Code Samples#

curl

curl -X POST https://api.app.wdesk.com/platform/v1/spreadsheets/{spreadsheetId}/export \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    -H 'X-Version: 2022-01-01'

httpie

http POST https://api.app.wdesk.com/platform/v1/spreadsheets/{spreadsheetId}/export \
    X-Version:2022-01-01 \
    Content-Type:application/json \
    Accept:application/json \
    Authorization:"Bearer {access-token}"

wget

wget --method=POST "https://api.app.wdesk.com/platform/v1/spreadsheets/{spreadsheetId}/export" \
    --output-document -  \ 
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ 
    --header 'Accept: application/json' \ 
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    --header 'X-Version: 2022-01-01'

python

import requests

headers = {
  'X-Version': '2022-01-01',
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.app.wdesk.com/platform/v1/spreadsheets/{spreadsheetId}/export', headers = headers)

print(r.headers['Location'])