--- title: "Service: /members/{member}/groups/{group}/export [POST]" source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/uris-group-export-POST.html description: "API endpoint for exporting documents from a PageSeeder group using Universal Portable Format. Supports path or URI parameters, handles cross-references, versioning, and generates asynchronous processes for exports exceeding 20 documents." last_updated: 2026-09-02T11:36:14+10:00 document_type: api_endpoint operation_id: export-POST resource_id: export path_template: /members/{member}/groups/{group}/export http_method: POST api_category: export implementation_version: 6.3000 api_since: 5.9910 deprecated_since: null obsolete_since: null api_support: supported cache_control: N/A generated_at: 2026-09-02 tokens: ~1368 --- # /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\}/export \[POST\] ## Description [Export](../../reference/glossary/export.md) document(s) using path or uris parameters. The `{group}` on the URL is used when downloading the result. This service exports the document(s) specified using the [Universal Portable Format](../../psml/universal_format/Universal_Portable_Format.md). > **Note:** Use this service instead of [Service: /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\}/export \[GET\]](uris-group-export-GET.md) if the `uris` parameter could be very long so that the maximum URL length for GET is not exceeded. This is also the service supporting the [export](../../guide/publishing/ant_api/tasks/task_export.md) Ant task. If you’re working with Ant or outside a Web environment, it might be more appropriate to use the Ant task. If there are more than 20 documents included in the export, this service starts an [Asynchronous process](../usage/asynchronous_process.md). ## Parameters | Name | Description | Required | Type | Default value | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | binary-metadata-only | Flag to specify if only metadata of non-PSML documents should be included in the export. *Requires PageSeeder v5.99 or higher.* | no | boolean | false | | allurls | Whether to export all URLs used in this group | no | boolean | `false` | | context | Context of the upload (without the site prefix), required if `uris` is specified | maybe | string | | | path | The path of the URI to export (without the site prefix), required if `uris` is not specified | maybe | string | | | uris | Comma-separated list of URI IDs of documents to export, required if `path` is not specified | maybe | string | | | compare | Value of the version to compare with, if the value is a float or ISO 8601 date and none match, the closest previous version is loaded | no | string | | | excludes | Comma-separated list of filename patterns to exclude from the export, only used if `path` is specified and points to a folder | no | string | | | fail-on-error | Flag to specify if the first error should end the export | no | boolean | true | | forward-depth | The depth of outgoing cross-references to traverse | no | integer | 0 | | host | The host of the URI to export  | no | string | *see below* | | image-metadata-only | Flag to specify if only metadata of referenced images should be included in the export. *DEPRECATED use `binary-metadata-only` instead.* | no | boolean | false | | includes | Comma-separated list of filename patterns to include in the export, only used if `path` is specified and points to a folder | no | string | | | independent | Flag whether to remove `_` from `_local` and `_external` folders so they can be uploaded, making the export self-contained | no | boolean | `false` | | interpublication-xrefs | Flag whether to resolve`{parentnumber}`, `{prefix}` and `{heading}` templates of xrefs between publications. Uses the **default** publication of the target. | no | boolean | false | | load-alternates | Flag to specify if alternate xrefs should be included in the export | no | boolean | false | | load-images | Flag to specify if referenced images should be included in the export | no | boolean | true | | metadata-only | Flag to specify if only metadata PSML should be included in the export | no | boolean | false | | position | Position in the publication for numbering | no | integer | `1` | | process-publication | Whether to process publication TOC, numbering and placeholders. *Requires PageSeeder v6.1 or higher.* | no | boolean | `false` | | publicationid | The `ID` of the publication for  processing and versions | no | publicationid | | | reverse-depth | The depth of reverse cross-references to traverse | no | integer | 0 | | since | Last modified date used to filter URIs to export, only used if `path` is specified and points to a folder | no | string | | | version | Value of the version to export. If the value is a float or ISO 8601 date and none match, the closest previous version is loaded | no | string | | | with | Comma-separated list of facets used to filter URIs to export, only used if `path` is specified and points to a folder | no | string | | | xref-types | Comma-separated list of cross-references to traverse (`none,embed,transclude`) | no | string | *\[all types\]* | > **Note:** If `process-publication="true"` then transcluded content will be included in documents (except if `compare` specified), however `transclude` should still be specified in `xref-types` to follow xrefs in that content. ### host If specified, the host must be one of the define PageSeeder hosts. It defaults to the `webSiteAddress` template property. ## Permission User must have access to view the group and documents being exported. ## Response This service returns the following XML (even if an asynchronous process has not been started): ```xml ... [] [] [[zip file name]] ``` When `status="complete"` the export can be downloaded using the URL: `[scheme]://[my server]/ps/member-resource/[group ID or name]/[zip file name]` For example: `https://example.org/ps/member-resource/example-specs/export-1449617820208.zip` ## Error Handling No specific errors expected for this service.