Export script sources as a ZIP archive#

Description#

Starts the process to export a script’s current source directory as a ZIP archive. This is a long-running operation.

The response includes a Location header (and an operationLocation field in the response body) that points to the operation polling endpoint. For more details, see Operations endpoint.

When the operation completes, resourceUrl on the operation holds the presigned download URL for the ZIP archive.

POST /scripts/{scriptId}/sources/export

Required OAuth Scopes

file:read

Parameters#

Parameter	In	Type	Required	Description
X-Version	header	string	true	Version of the API (2026-09-01.scripting.preview)
scriptId	path	string	true	The unique identifier of the script

Code Samples#

curl

curl -X POST https://api.app.wdesk.com/scripts/{scriptId}/sources/export \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    -H 'X-Version: 2026-09-01.scripting.preview'

httpie

http POST https://api.app.wdesk.com/scripts/{scriptId}/sources/export \
    X-Version:2026-09-01.scripting.preview \
    Accept:application/json \
    Authorization:"Bearer {access-token}"

wget

wget --method=POST "https://api.app.wdesk.com/scripts/{scriptId}/sources/export" \
    --output-document - \
    --header 'Accept: application/json' \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    --header 'X-Version: 2026-09-01.scripting.preview'

python

import requests

headers = {
  'X-Version': '2026-09-01.scripting.preview',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.app.wdesk.com/scripts/{scriptId}/sources/export', headers = headers)

print(r.headers['Location'])

Returns#

202 - Accepted#

Response body for asynchronous operations. Contains an operationLocation field that specifies the URL to poll for the operation result. This URL can also be found in the Location header on the response.

Header	Description
Location	The location to poll for the operation result.
Retry-After	The number of seconds to wait before polling for a result and between polling attempts.