v2 (discontinued)

API Discontinued

This API version is discontinued, it's advised you use gRPC.

Export Formats Enum

Type	ID	Description	File Extension
PlainText	0	Export to a plaintext file	txt
HtmlDark	1	Export to an HTML file in dark mode	html
HtmlLight	2	Export to an HTML file in light mode	html
CSV	3	Export to a comma separated values file	csv
JSON	4	Export to a JSON file	json

POST /v2/export

Exports a channel. On success, it returns a file stream.

JSON Body

Field	Type	Description
token	string	The bot token for performing requests
channel_id	string	The id of the channel to export
export_format	?ExportFormat	The format to export the channel as, defaults to HtmlDark
date_format	?string	The date format for dates in exported files, defaults to dd-MMM-yy hh:mm tt
after	?string	Only include messages sent after this date
before	?string	Only include messages sent before this date

Examples

Typescript:

import fetch from 'node-fetch';

async function exportChannel(channel_id: string, token: string): Promise<Buffer> {
    const response = await fetch('http://exportapi:80/v2/export', {
        method: 'POST',
        body: JSON.stringify({ channel_id, token }),
        headers: {
            'Content-Type': 'application/json'
        }
    });
    if (response.ok) {
        return response.buffer();
    }
    throw Error('Channel export failed!');
}

Rust

// reqwest = { version = "0.10", features = ["json"] }
use reqwest::Client;
use std::collections::HashMap;
use std::io::copy;
use std::fs::File;

async fn export_channel(channelId: &str, token: &str) -> Result<File, reqwest::Error> {
    let client = Client::new();
    let mut map = HashMap::new();
    map.insert("channel_id", "channel id");
    map.insert("token", "discord token");

    let file = client.post("http://exportapi:80/v2/export").json(&map).await?.text().await?;

    let dest = File::create("myexport.html")?;
    copy(&mut file.as_bytes(), &mut dest)?;

    Ok(dest)
}