---
title: "Export artifact version as ZIP"
method: GET
path: "/groups/{groupId}/artifacts/{artifactId}/versions/{versionExpression}/export"
tags: ["Versions"]
---

# Export artifact version as ZIP

`GET /groups/{groupId}/artifacts/{artifactId}/versions/{versionExpression}/export`

## Request

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

Exports a Protobuf artifact version with all its transitive dependencies as a ZIP file.
The files in the ZIP are organized by their package names to match the expected directory
structure for protoc compilation. Import statements are rewritten to use canonical
package-based paths.

This operation is only supported for PROTOBUF artifact types.

This operation can fail for the following reasons:

* No artifact with this `artifactId` exists (HTTP error `404`)
* No version with this `version` exists (HTTP error `404`)
* Artifact is not of type PROTOBUF (HTTP error `400`)
* A server error occurred (HTTP error `500`)

## Response `200`

The Protobuf artifact and its dependencies exported as a ZIP file with package-structured directories.

## Other responses

- `400`: Common response for all operations that can return a `400` error.
- `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`: 25 info
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `400` status
  - 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
  - …21 more
- **2026-10-29** `f17f5df4e79c`: 5 info
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `400` status
  - 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
  - …1 more
- **2026-02-09** `a26b7859613c`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/apicurio/apis/apicurio-registry-api-v3/changes/groups/:groupId/artifacts/:artifactId/versions/:versionExpression/export/get.md)

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