---
title: "Export registry data"
method: GET
path: "/admin/export"
tags: ["Admin"]
---

# Export registry data

`GET /admin/export`

## Request

- The document declares no server URL.
- Auth: none declared

Exports registry data as a ZIP archive.  If a `groupId` query parameter is provided, only data belonging to the specified group will be exported and global rules will be excluded.

## Query parameters

- `forBrowser` boolean
- `groupId` string

## Response `200`

Response when the export is successful.

- DownloadRef: Models a download "link". Useful for browser use-cases.
  - `downloadId` string, required
  - `href` string

## Other responses

- `401`: Common response for all operations that can return a `401` error indicating authentication is required.
- `403`: Common response for all operations that can return a `403` error indicating the user is authenticated but not authorized.
- `404`: Common response for all operations that can return a `404` error.
- `500`: Common response for all operations that can fail with an unexpected server error.

## Changes

- **2026-10-31** `ff9684af2aad`: 20 info
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `401` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `403` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `404` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `500` status
  - …16 more
- **2026-10-29** `f17f5df4e79c`: 4 info
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `401` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `403` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `404` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `500` status
- **2026-03-07** `cbb15b699570`: 2 info
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `groupId`
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`
- **2025-12-16** `440db8997574`: 2 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
- …earlier changes not shown

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/apicurio/apis/apicurio-registry-api-v3/changes/admin/export/get.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/apicurio/apis/apicurio-registry-api-v3.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/apicurio/apis/apicurio-registry-api-v3/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/apicurio/apis/apicurio-registry-api-v3/revisions/ff9684af2aad?raw)