> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.readyforcommerce.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Start an export > Starts an export of the chosen fields of the records a filter matches, for one or more kinds of record of one module, to CSV or Excel files, gzipped or zipped on request and several kinds always in one zip, kept 14 days. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi/en.json post /api/v1/orgs/{orgId}/core/exports openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Ready for Commerce API version: 1.0.0 description: >- The reference of every operation of the Ready for Commerce API. Every operation is in beta until launch. servers: - url: https://app.readyforcommerce.com security: - apiKey: [] tags: - name: Credentials description: >- The credential that calls: its organization, its permissions, its limits and the calls it may still make. - name: Organization description: 'The organization''s settings: its name, slug and currency.' - name: Billing description: >- The organization's subscription and each module's bill and cap, and this month's usage against its free allowance. - name: Record types description: >- The kinds of record the credential may import or export, with each one's fields and options. - name: Imports description: >- Bring CSV or Excel files in: upload or fetch a file, inspect and check it, then start the import and read its results. - name: Files description: An uploaded file's status, until it is ready or rejected. - name: Exports description: Export the records a filter matches to CSV or Excel files, kept 14 days. - name: Export templates description: Saved export setups, by name, to run the same export again. - name: Jobs description: >- Long work runs as a job: follow its state and progress, read its messages, download its files or cancel it. - name: Search description: >- Find the organization's records by words, a typo included, grouped by kind. - name: Version history description: >- A record's versions, newest first: compare one with another and restore the record to it. - name: Incidents description: >- The organization's problems you may see: mark them read or unread, and resolve them. - name: Notifications description: >- Your notifications, newest first: mark one read or unread, or all of them read. - name: Saved views description: >- A table's search, filters, order and columns saved under a name, yours or shared with the organization, and the view each table opens with for you. - name: Store connections description: >- The organization's stores, connected with their pasted keys: list them, connect one, reconnect it with new keys or disconnect it. - name: Products description: >- The organization's products with their options, variants and prices: list them, read one, create one, change one's content, its prices or its status, duplicate one as a draft, or delete one. paths: /api/v1/orgs/{orgId}/core/exports: post: tags: - Exports summary: Start an export description: >- Starts an export of the chosen fields of the records a filter matches, for one or more kinds of record of one module, to CSV or Excel files, gzipped or zipped on request and several kinds always in one zip, kept 14 days. operationId: coreStartExport parameters: - schema: type: string format: uuid in: path name: orgId required: true requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/StartExportInput' responses: '202': description: 'Accepted: the job started. Follow it by its `jobId`.' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportStarted' default: description: >- An error, as `application/problem+json`: its `code` says what went wrong and `params` holds its values content: application/problem+json: schema: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem' - properties: code: enum: - core.dataio_adapter_not_found - core.idempotency_in_progress - core.idempotency_mismatch - core.job_limit_reached - core.bad_request - core.invalid_credential - core.forbidden - core.module_not_enabled - core.module_read_only - core.not_found - core.conflict - core.org_deletion_scheduled - core.payload_too_large - core.unsupported_media_type - core.validation_failed - core.rate_limited - core.surface_disabled - core.internal - core.unavailable components: schemas: StartExportInput: type: object properties: entities: minItems: 1 type: array items: type: object properties: entity: type: string columns: minItems: 1 type: array items: type: string question: type: object properties: search: type: string filter: type: object properties: items: maxItems: 100 type: array items: type: object properties: field: type: string op: type: string value: {} required: - field - op logic: type: string enum: - and - or examples: - and required: - items - logic sort: type: object properties: field: type: string direction: type: string enum: - asc - desc examples: - asc required: - field - direction required: - entity - columns - question format: type: string enum: - csv - xlsx examples: - csv delimiter: default: ',' type: string enum: - ',' - ; - "\t" - '|' dateFormat: default: sql type: string enum: - sql - iso compression: default: none type: string enum: - none - gzip - zip listSeparator: default: '|' type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 3 systemFields: default: false type: boolean fileName: type: string maxLength: 100 required: - entities - format ImportStarted: type: object properties: jobId: type: string format: uuid required: - jobId additionalProperties: false Problem: type: object properties: type: type: string pattern: ^urn:rfc:problem:[\s\S]{0,}\.[\s\S]{0,}$ status: type: integer title: type: string code: type: string pattern: ^[\s\S]{0,}\.[\s\S]{0,}$ params: type: object propertyNames: type: string additionalProperties: {} requestId: type: string errors: type: array items: type: object properties: location: type: string pointer: type: string code: type: string params: type: object propertyNames: type: string additionalProperties: {} required: - location - pointer - code additionalProperties: false required: - type - status - code - requestId additionalProperties: false securitySchemes: apiKey: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- An organization's API key, sent on every call as `Authorization: Bearer `. A person of the organization creates it in the app, in **Settings › API and connections › API keys**. ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.