- [HTTP request](https://docs.cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/admin-api/rest/v1beta4/instances/export#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)
- [Path parameters](https://docs.cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/admin-api/rest/v1beta4/instances/export#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)
- [Request body](https://docs.cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/admin-api/rest/v1beta4/instances/export#body.request_body)
- [Response body](https://docs.cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/admin-api/rest/v1beta4/instances/export#body.response_body)
- [Authorization scopes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/admin-api/rest/v1beta4/instances/export#body.aspect)
- [InstancesExportRequest](https://docs.cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/admin-api/rest/v1beta4/instances/export#InstancesExportRequest)
  - [JSON representation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/admin-api/rest/v1beta4/instances/export#InstancesExportRequest.SCHEMA_REPRESENTATION)
- [Examples](https://docs.cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/admin-api/rest/v1beta4/instances/export#examples)
- [Try it!](https://docs.cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/admin-api/rest/v1beta4/instances/export#try-it)

Exports data from a Cloud SQL instance to a Cloud Storage bucket as a SQL dump or CSV file.

### HTTP request

`POST https://sqladmin.googleapis.com/sql/v1beta4/projects/{project}/instances/{instance}/export`

The URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.

### Path parameters

| Parameters ||
|---|---|
| `project` | `string` Project ID of the project that contains the instance to be exported. |
| `instance` | `string` The Cloud SQL instance ID. This doesn't include the project ID. |

### Request body

The request body contains an instance of `https://docs.cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/admin-api/rest/v1beta4/instances/export#InstancesExportRequest`.

### Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of `https://docs.cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/admin-api/rest/v1beta4/operations#Operation`.

### Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloudsql`
- `
  https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`

For more information, see the [Authentication Overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication#authorization-gcp).

## InstancesExportRequest

Database instance export request.

| JSON representation |
|---|
| ``` { "exportContext": { object (`https://docs.cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/admin-api/rest/v1beta4/operations#ExportContext`) } } ``` |

| Fields ||
|---|---|
| `exportContext` | ``object (`https://docs.cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/admin-api/rest/v1beta4/operations#ExportContext`)`` Contains details about the export operation. |