# API: Exporting the data into CSV file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-exporting-the-data-into-csv-file/328967>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 30, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-exporting-the-data-into-csv-file/328967 "2023-03-30T17:36:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-exporting-the-data-into-csv-file/328967/1 "2023-03-30T17:36:18Z")

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Is there any API which supports the exports of data in CSV format from elasticsearch?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-exporting-the-data-into-csv-file/328967/2 "2023-03-30T17:40:08Z")

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No, there is nothing built in as far as I know. How much data are you looking to export?

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**Author:** ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-exporting-the-data-into-csv-file/328967/3 "2023-03-30T17:43:40Z")

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Few hundreds/thousands. Looks like Kibana gives that feature, may be internally it uses some elasticsearch endpoint?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-exporting-the-data-into-csv-file/328967/4 "2023-03-30T20:25:43Z")

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Yes but it converts the json into CSV itself, not via Elasticsearch.

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**Author:** ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-exporting-the-data-into-csv-file/328967/5 "2023-03-31T06:05:09Z")

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Sure. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-exporting-the-data-into-csv-file/328967/6 "2023-04-28T06:05:25Z")

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