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Deployment API - Export Package

Note:  This API is only available for v2 of the endpoint.

Overview

This endpoint executes an export on an Appian environment. To trigger the export, specify the type of export you want to perform (application or package) and the identifier for the corresponding deployment contents.

A deployment package is a single .zip file that can contain a package, an application, multiple applications, or multiple packages.

  • HTTP Request Method: POST
  • Header: Action-Type: export
  • Endpoint: /deployments

Note:  By default, the Action-Type in the header will be import if no type is specified.

Request

When performing a POST request, you must define a request body using the multipart/form-data content type. Form data allows you to send a JSON object to configure the export.

Each POST request’s body must include a JSON object (application/json content type) and form parameters (uploaded files). The JSON object is a list of key-value pairs, as listed below.

JSON object parameters

Key Value Required Array?
uuids Array of the uuids specified for export. You can only specify multiple uuids when exporting applications. This parameter always expects an array, even for package exports. However, you can only specify a single UUID in the array when exporting packages.

When exporting a package, you can use the application package details endpoint to retrieve the uuid for your package.

You cannot mix application and package uuids in a deployment.		 Yes Yes
exportType Specifies the kind of export being performed of the types supported: package or application. Yes No
name Name of the deployment. This name will appear in the Deploy view in Appian Designer. If you do not specify a name, Appian will generate one using <siteName> - <packageName> - <date_timestamp>.zip No No
description Description of the deployment. This description will appear in the Deploy view in Appian Designer. No No

Request examples

Request

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POST /deployments

JSON object example

Package export example

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{
   "exportType": "package",
   "uuids": ["d243b14c-3ba5-41c3-9f51-76da51beb8f5"],
   "name": "CR-176543 Add reports dashboard",
   "description": "Updates the executive summary view."
}

Application example

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{
   "exportType": "application",
   "uuids": ["378271a6-ca0d-4466-bac9-385e4fcb951a"],
   "name": "Fraud Investigation Management Release 1.0",
   "description": "Initial FIM release to production."
}

cURL example

If you’re calling the API from a command line interface, you can use cURL to make a request. The cURL command with the above JSON object and its corresponding files looks like:

Package example

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curl --location --request \
POST 'https://mysite.appiancloud.com/suite/deployment-management/v2/deployments' \
--header 'Appian-API-Key: <API key>' \
--header 'Action-Type: export' \
--form json='{
      "name": "CR-176543 Add reports dashboard",
      "description": "Updates the executive summary view.", 
      "uuids": ["d243b14c-3ba5-41c3-9f51-76da51beb8f5"],
      "exportType": "package"
}'

Application example

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curl --location --request \
POST 'https://mysite.appiancloud.com/suite/deployment-management/v2/deployments' \
--header 'Appian-API-Key: <API key>' \
--header 'Action-Type: export' \
--form json='{
      "name": "Fraud Investigation Management Release 1.0",
      "description": "Initial FIM release to production.", 
      "uuids": ["378271a6-ca0d-4466-bac9-385e4fcb951a"],
      "exportType": "application"
}'

Response

Successful response

Attribute Value
uuid UUID of the deployment. This can be used to retrieve details of the deployment.
url The URL to use to retrieve the details of the deployment.
status Status of the deployment. These correspond to the statuses that appear on the Deploy view in Appian Designer.

Possible statuses: IN_PROGRESS, COMPLETED, COMPLETED_WITH_ERRORS, or FAILED.

Response example

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{
   "uuid": "d243b14c-3ba5-41c3-9f51-76da51beb8f5",
   "url": "https://mysite.appiancloud.com/suite/deployment-management/v2/deployments/d243b14c-3ba5-41c3-9f51-76da51beb8f5/",
   "status": "IN_PROGRESS"
}

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