Projects - Export project

Route URL

POST https://playcanvas.com/api/projects/:id/export

Description

This will allow you to download a zip export of your entire project. You can import that export from your Projects Dashboard to create a new project from it. More about importing projects here.

The request will start an export job and the job details will be returned in the response. You can poll the job by id until its status is either 'complete' or 'error'. When the job is done, its data will contain a URL to download the project export.

Example

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer {accessToken}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"branch_id": "99999999-9999-9999-9999-999999999999"}' "https://playcanvas.com/api/projects/{projectId}/export"

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
projectId	number	✔️	The id of the project.
branch_id	string		The id of the branch. If no id is specified, the main branch will be used.

Response Schema

Status: 201 Created

{
    "id": int,
    "created_at": date,
    "modified_at": date,
    "status": "running" | "complete" | "error",
    "messages": [ list of strings ],
    "data": {
      "project": {
         'id': int
      },
      "url": string
    }
}

Errors

Code	Description
401	Unauthorized
403	Forbidden
404	Project not found
404	Owner not found
429	Too many requests

Rate Limiting

This route uses a strict rate limit.