# Exporting Form Data **URL:** \ **Category:** Developers\ **Created:** [September 14, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/exporting-form-data/2392 "2015-09-14T21:38:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alan\_Hill](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Alan\_Hill](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/Alan_Hill)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/exporting-form-data/2392/1 "2015-09-14T21:38:31Z")
I'm a complete CommCare nube and wonder if anyone provide me with some advice on retrieving data. I would like to use the API and it would be useful to: - retrieve a list of forms - retrieve data for a specific form - retrieve data from a specific time / since last download Is this possible through the API? It seems that using /form returns all form data (albeit with paging)....and I see also that you can pass in a form id. Are there any other options here? I notice that there are two methods of export mentioned in the documentation: 1. The export API (but this has a 10Mb limit) 2. The commcare-export utility (we'd rather not have to use an external too) Are these my only options? Any additional information would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks Alan ---
**Author:** ![Simon\_Kelly](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.dimagi.com/simon_kelly/32/494_2.png) [@Simon\_Kelly](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/Simon_Kelly)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/exporting-form-data/2392/2 "2015-09-14T21:52:19Z")
Hi Alan The commcare-export tool basically does exactly what you're asking and uses the API's to do it. You can still use the API's if you want and there is some documentation available on the wiki: [https://confluence.dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/List+Forms](https://confluence.dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/List+Forms) You'll note that you the 'received\_on\_start' and 'received\_on\_end' parameters to filter the data since you last did an export. > **···** > > On 14 September 2015 at 17:38, Alan Hill wrote: > > > I'm a complete CommCare nube and wonder if anyone provide me with some > > advice on retrieving data. > > > > I would like to use the API and it would be useful to: > > > > - retrieve a list of forms > > - retrieve data for a specific form > > - retrieve data from a specific time / since last download > > > > Is this possible through the API? > > > > It seems that using /form returns all form data (albeit with > > paging)....and I see also that you can pass in a form id. Are there any > > other options here? > > > > I notice that there are two methods of export mentioned in the > > documentation: > > > > 1. The export API (but this has a 10Mb limit) > > 2. The commcare-export utility (we'd rather not have to use an external > > too) > > > > Are these my only options? > > > > Any additional information would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Many thanks > > > > Alan > > > > -- > > > > * * * > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "CommCare Developers" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [commcare-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > Simon Kelly > Senior Engineer | Dimagi South Africa ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Hill](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Alan\_Hill](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/Alan_Hill)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/exporting-form-data/2392/3 "2015-09-14T21:55:00Z")
Many thanks Simon...I'll take another look. > **···** > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Simon Kelly wrote: > > > Hi Alan > > > > The commcare-export tool basically does exactly what you're asking and > > uses the API's to do it. You can still use the API's if you want and there > > is some documentation available on the wiki: > > [List Forms - CommCare Public - CommCare Public](https://confluence.dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/List+Forms) > > > > You'll note that you the 'received\_on\_start' and 'received\_on\_end' > > parameters to filter the data since you last did an export. > > > > On 14 September 2015 at 17:38, Alan Hill [ahill@2paths.com](mailto:ahill@2paths.com) wrote: > > > > > I'm a complete CommCare nube and wonder if anyone provide me with some > > > advice on retrieving data. > > > > > > I would like to use the API and it would be useful to: > > > > > > - retrieve a list of forms > > > - retrieve data for a specific form > > > - retrieve data from a specific time / since last download > > > > > > Is this possible through the API? > > > > > > It seems that using /form returns all form data (albeit with > > > paging)....and I see also that you can pass in a form id. Are there any > > > other options here? > > > > > > I notice that there are two methods of export mentioned in the > > > documentation: > > > > > > 1. The export API (but this has a 10Mb limit) > > > 2. The commcare-export utility (we'd rather not have to use an external > > > too) > > > > > > Are these my only options? > > > > > > Any additional information would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Many thanks > > > > > > Alan > > > > > > -- > > > > > > * * * > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "CommCare Developers" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [commcare-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > Simon Kelly > > Senior Engineer | Dimagi South Africa > > > > -- > > > > * * * > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > > Google Groups "CommCare Developers" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/commcare-developers/f25\_2MtrFWE/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/commcare-developers/f25_2MtrFWE/unsubscribe) > > . > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > > [commcare-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout).