---
title: "Retrieving Draft Form XLS(X)"
method: GET
path: "/v1/projects/{projectId}/forms/{xmlFormId}/draft.xlsx"
tags: ["Draft Form"]
---

# Retrieving Draft Form XLS(X)

`GET /v1/projects/{projectId}/forms/{xmlFormId}/draft.xlsx`

If a Draft Form was created with an Excel file (`.xls` or `.xlsx`), you can get that file back by adding `.xls` or `.xlsx` as appropriate to the Draft Form resource path.
This endpoint supports `ETag`, which can be used to avoid downloading the same content more than once. When an API consumer calls this endpoint, it returns a value in `ETag` header, you can pass this value in the header `If-None-Match` of subsequent requests. If the file has not been changed since the previous request, you will receive `304 Not Modified` response otherwise you'll get the latest file.

## Path parameters

- `projectId` number, required
- `xmlFormId` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

## Changes

- **2025-12-20** `022694254f0d` — 1 info
  - api operation id `Retrieving Draft Form XLS(X)` removed and replaced with `retrieveDraftFormXls`
- **2025-10-27** `b11b54eea487` — 1 info
  - removed the non-success response with the status `403`
- **2025-03-13** `e8c2858fd4eb` — 2 info
  - api operation id `retrieveDraftFormXls` removed and replaced with `Retrieving Draft Form XLS(X)`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/getodk/apis/odk-central-api/changes/v1/projects/:projectId/forms/:xmlFormId/draft.xlsx/get.md)

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