---
type: api
title: Export stream content
description: **Spaces method and path for this operation:**
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/operation/operation-post-streams-name-content-export
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/operation/operation-post-streams-name-content-export
products:
  - Kibana
---

# Export stream content

Availability: 9.1+

- Server: `https://{kibana_url}`

## Paths

- `POST` `/api/streams/{name}/content/export`
- `POST` `/s/{space_id}/api/streams/{name}/content/export`

- [Api key auth](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/authentication#apikeyauth)
- [Basic auth](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/authentication#basicauth)

#### Path Parameters

- `name` (string · max: 200)
  The name of the stream to export content from.

## Description

Refer to [Spaces](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/manage-spaces) for more information.

Exports a content pack with the stream structure (routing, mappings, and processing). Significant-event queries are not included.<br/><br/>[Required authorization] Route required privileges: manage_stream.

## Request Body

`application/json`

- `description` (string · max: 1000) — required
- `include` (union) — required
  - **object**
    - `objects` (object) — required
      - `all` (object) — required
  - **object**
    - `objects` (object) — required
      - `mappings` (boolean) — required
      - `routing` ([] union anyOf · max: 200) — required
        - `destination` (string · min: 1 · max: 200) — required
- `name` (string · max: 256) — required
- `version` (string · max: 100) — required

## Response

Content pack archive for the stream.

## Code Examples

#### Console

```console
POST /api/streams/{name}/content/export
{
  "description": "Nginx stream content pack",
  "include": {
    "objects": {
      "all": {}
    }
  },
  "name": "nginx-pack",
  "version": "1.0.0"
}
```

#### curl

```curl
curl -X POST "https://{kibana_url}/api/streams/{name}/content/export" \
  -H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "description": "Nginx stream content pack",
  "include": {
    "objects": {
      "all": {}
    }
  },
  "name": "nginx-pack",
  "version": "1.0.0"
}'
```