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title: "create-file-export"
slug: "create-file-export"
updated: 2026-09-17T09:47:59Z
published: 2026-09-17T09:47:59Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/create-file-export"
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# create-file-export

Available in VPC

Request file export to export a file from a box to a bucket in Object Storage.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| POST | /api/v1/export/create-file-export |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Datafence APIs, see [Datafence request headers](/docs/en/datafence-overview#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request body

You can include the following data in the body of your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `fenceId` | Integer | Required | Datafence number - See [get-datafence](/docs/en/get-datafence). |
| `boxId` | Integer | Required | Box number - See [get-box-list](/docs/en/get-box-list). |
| `sourceNasInstanceNo` | Integer | Required | Source NAS instance number - See [get-source-nas-list](/docs/en/get-source-nas-list). |
| `sourceFilePathList` | List | Required | List of file names requested for export - Number of files that can be exported simultaneously: 10 - Maximum size per file: 2 GB - File name: Set to {Import number (`fileId`)}_{Source file name (`sourceFilePath`)}. - See [get-import-list](/docs/en/get-import-list). |
| `targetBucketName` | String | Required | Target bucket name |
| `fileDescription` | String | Required | Description of the export request file - 1-1000 characters |
| `exportPurpose` | String | Required | Export purpose - 1-1000 characters |
| `description` | String | Required | Description for the export request - 0-50 characters |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request POST 'https://datafence.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v1/export/create-file-export' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--data '{
  "fenceId": 26,
  "boxId": 74,
  "sourceNasInstanceNo": ********,
  "sourceFilePathList": ["108_datafence001.csv"],
  "targetBucketName": "test-bucket-for-fence",
  "fileDescription": "Test file",
  "exportPurpose": "File export test",
  "description": "File export test"
}'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `message` | String | - | API processing result message |

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all Datafence APIs, see [Datafence API response status codes](/docs/en/datafence-overview#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
    "message": "File export requested."
}
```